Title:
MOBILITY AID WHICH STORES AND RELEASES ENERGY GENERATED BY THE KNEES AND ANKLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/057452
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a mobility aid includes: a foot part to be worn on a foot of wearer; a unit for storing the energy of the foot part, which is disposed on the foot part to store energy when the foot is moved from an initial contact position to a loading response position; a shinbone support part, one side of which is connected to the foot part, the shinbone support part being disposed so as to correspond to a shinbone region of the wearer in order to interlock with the shinbone region; a thigh support part rotatably connected to the other side of the shinbone support part, the thigh support part being disposed so as to correspond to a thigh region of the wearer in order to interlock with the thigh region; and a unit for storing the energy of a knee part, which is disposed on the shinbone support part, the unit for storing the energy of a knee part being connected to the foot part to store energy when the foot is moved from the initial contact position to the loading response position.
Inventors:
KIM CHEOL WOONG (KR)
HAN GI BONG (KR)
HAN GI BONG (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2011/006959
Publication Date:
May 03, 2012
Filing Date:
September 21, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TRIPLE C MEDICAL CORP (KR)
KIM CHEOL WOONG (KR)
HAN GI BONG (KR)
KIM CHEOL WOONG (KR)
HAN GI BONG (KR)
International Classes:
A61H3/00; A61H1/02; A63B23/04
Foreign References:
| JPH09206347A | 1997-08-12 | |||
| US5362288A | 1994-11-08 | |||
| KR100871720B1 | 2008-12-08 | |||
| JP2007195900A | 2007-08-09 | |||
| US20090036815A1 | 2009-02-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JEONG, SEONG JIN (KR)
정성진 (KR)
정성진 (KR)
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