PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking assist device with a novel structure capable of favorably and stably retaining a correct worn state of second fitting parts on knee sides.SOLUTION: A walking assist device 10 includes second fitting parts 16 having a composite structure each of which consists of at least two different cloth layers of an inner layer 54 and an outer layer 64 superposed in the thickness direction to be connected to each other. The second fitting parts are fitted to the knee sides of the patients leg parts by being wound therearound in the circumferential direction, where each inner layer 54 in a human body side is defined as a highly-stretchable cloth layer having higher stretching property than that of the outer layer 64 and is configured to apply assist force by an assist-force transmission part 12 to the outer layer 64. However, the inner layer 54 and the outer layer 64 are configured to be independent of each other at least at one circumferential end of the second fitting part 16. The second fitting part includes an inner-layer fixing tool for fixing the circumferential end of the inner layer 54 with it wound around the human body, and an outer-layer fixing tool for fixing the circumferential end of the outer layer 64 with it wound around the human body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】第二の装着部における膝側への正しい装着状態を良好に且つ安定して保つことが可能とされた、新規な構造の歩行補助装置を提供する。【解決手段】歩行補助装置10において、第二の装着部16が厚さ方向に重ね合わされて相互に連結された内層54および外層64の少なくとも二つの異なる生地層からなる複合構造とされて使用者の脚部の膝側に対して周方向に巻き付けられて装着されるようになっており、人体側の内層54が外層64よりも伸縮性の大きい高伸縮性の生地層とされていると共に、補助力伝達部12によるアシスト力が外層64に及ぼされるようになっている一方、第二の装着部16の少なくとも一方の周方向端部で内層54と外層64が相互に独立とされており、内層54の周方向端部を人体への巻き付け状態で固定する内層用固定具と、外層64の周方向端部を人体への巻き付け状態で固定する外層用固定具とが、設けられている。【選択図】図1
