PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking assist device facilitating wearing and, when wearing, giving a wearer little sense of incompatibility.SOLUTION: The walking assist device comprises: a lower part including superior iliac spine parts, and lower-part non-stretchable string-like bodies for connecting the superior iliac spine parts to knee parts located at same side in the front/back/left/right of a human body and an upper part including upper-part string-like bodies for connecting the superior iliac spine parts to upper-body rear parts extending from the shoulders to the upper arms in the back surface side of the human body. The lower-part non-stretchable string-like bodies and the upper-part string-like bodies are connected at the superior iliac spine parts.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】装着が容易で、装着時の違和感が少ない歩行支援用具を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】上腸骨棘部と、前記上腸骨棘部と人体の前後左右で同じ側に位置する膝部とを接続する下部非伸縮性紐状体を備える下部と、 前記上腸骨棘部と、人体の後面側で肩から上腕に亘る上体後部とを接続する上部紐状体を備える上部とを有し、 前記下部非伸縮性紐状体と前記上部紐状体とが、前記上腸骨棘部で連結される歩行支援用具。【選択図】図1