WAIST MOUNTING DEVICE - HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

Title:

WAIST MOUNTING DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/123516

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A waist mounting device (1) for mounting a frame (7) formed of a rigid body on the waist of a wearer to support the drive unit (3) of a walking assisting device manufactured as a heavy object. A waist protective band (4) wrapped around the waist part is formed of a fabric, a flexible plate (body side plate) (5) is installed on the outside of the waist protective band, pressing plates (outer plates)(6) are installed on the outside of the flexible plate to partially touch the flexible plate (5) with a rigidity higher than that of the flexible plate (5), and the frame (7) is fixed to the waist through both plates (5) and (6). Since the rigid feeling of the frame (7) is transmitted to the waist protective band (4) after being relieved by intermediate bodies (flexible plate (5), pressing plates (6)), tightness feeling by the frame (7) can be prevented from being imparted to the wearer when the attitude of the wearer is changed in a worn state. Also, since the frame (7) is not deformed though the waist protective band (4) is easily deformed according to the shape of the body of the wearer, the frames (7) of several different sizes can be used by absorbing a difference in deformation against a difference in body type by the intermediate bodies (5) and (6). Thus, the production cost of the waist mounting device can be reduced by mass-production.

Inventors:

HIRATA TAKASHI (JP)
SHIMADA KEI (JP)
FUJII TAKAKO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2006/308552

Publication Date:

November 23, 2006

Filing Date:

April 24, 2006

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
HIRATA TAKASHI (JP)
SHIMADA KEI (JP)
FUJII TAKAKO (JP)

International Classes:

A61H3/00

Foreign References:

JP2002301124A	2002-10-15
JP2003220102A	2003-08-05
JP2005000634A	2005-01-06

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