Title:
ASSISTING DEVICE FOR ASCENDING AND DESCENDING STAIRCASE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016163622
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably support the body of a user.SOLUTION: An assisting device for ascending and descending staircases comprises a slider 40 which is slidably mounted on a rail 30 provided at the side of the staircases according to the slope of staircases, and is driven so as to ascend and descend, and an assist member 50 which is mounted on the slider. The assist member 50 is configured of an inverse triangular arm, and in the assist member, a bottom part in parallel to a tread board 12 of the staircase is used as a side supporting arm 52 of a user, and an oblique side part is used as holding arms 54 and 56. The assisting device ascends and descends according to the slide of the assist member while supporting the side supporting arm of the assist member by the right arm 112 and the side of the user 110, and holding the holding arms with the right hand 114.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Inventors:
KITAJIMA EIJI
Application Number:
JP2015044326A
Publication Date:
September 08, 2016
Filing Date:
March 06, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV NAGASAKI
International Classes:
A61H3/00; B66B9/08; E04F11/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yamaguchi International Patent Office