IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,407
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,407 · App. 18/289,161 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Moving apparatus

Inventor: Shingo Tsukada (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
A61G5/14A61G5/1056A61G5/128A61G7/02
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Patent No.
US 12,440,407
App. No.
18/289,161
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for movement ( 10 ) includes a main frame ( 20 ) and a front frame ( 40 ) detachably attached to the main frame ( 20 ). The main frame ( 20 ) includes a seat face ( 23 ) which has a hole opened in a vertical direction (Z) and on which a user (U) sits, and includes a truck ( 21 ) arranged below the seat face ( 23 ) and opened backward. The front frame ( 40 ) includes a front leaning part ( 41 ) which is disposed above and forward of the main frame ( 20 ) and against which a user (U) sitting on the seat face ( 23 ) leans.

Claims (13)

1. An apparatus for movement, comprising:

a main frame; and

a front frame detachably attached to the main frame, wherein

the main frame includes a seat face, which has a hole opened in a vertical direction and on which a user sits, and also includes a truck disposed below the seat face and opened backward; and

the front frame includes a front leaning part which is disposed above and forward of the main frame and against which the user sitting on the seat face leans.

2. The apparatus for movement according to claim 1 , wherein

the main frame is provided with mounting parts separated from each other in the right and left directions, and

the front frame is attached to the mounting parts, and can be opened and closed so as to rotate with a vertical direction as an axis and with one of the mounting parts as a fulcrum.

3. The apparatus for movement according to claim 1 , wherein

the seat face is detachably provided to the main frame.

4. The apparatus for movement according to claim 1 , wherein

the main frame comprises an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a height of the seat face.

5. The apparatus for movement according to claim 1 , further comprising a footrest disposed forward and below the seat face.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072875/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2023
From: TSUKADA, SHINGO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065419/0054 →
Continuity (1)
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