PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking auxiliary device with a new structure, the walking auxiliary device making it possible to stably keep a proper mounting state while adopting a flexible structure not disturbing a users spontaneous exercise.SOLUTION: A walking auxiliary device includes: an auxiliary force transmission unit 12 having flexibility a first mounting unit 14 that is provided on one end of the auxiliary force transmission unit 12 and is mounted on a user As part lower than a hip joint, the part including a knee a second mounting unit 16 that is provided on the other end of the auxiliary force transmission unit 12 and is mounted on the user As part higher than the hip joint, the part including a loin and a driving source 25 that is supported by the second mounting unit 16 to exert an assist force in the extraction direction on the auxiliary force transmission unit 12. The one end of the auxiliary force transmission unit 12 is attached to the first mounting unit 14s front part and the other end is attached to the second mounting unit 16s front part, making the auxiliary force transmission unit 12 in a mounted state be disposed in front of the user As leg a hanging support unit 40 that is hung on the user As shoulder in a mounted state is attached to the second mounting unit 16s front half part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】使用者の自発的な運動を阻害しない柔軟な構造を採用しながら、正しい装着状態を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こと。【解決手段】柔軟性を有する補助力伝達部12と、補助力伝達部12の一方の端部に設けられて使用者Aの股関節を挟んだ膝側に装着される第一の装着部14と、補助力伝達部12の他方の端部に設けられて使用者Aの股関節を挟んだ腰側に装着される第二の装着部16と、第二の装着部16によって支持されて補助力伝達部12に対して引張方向のアシスト力を及ぼす駆動源25とを、有すると共に、補助力伝達部12の一端が第一の装着部14の前部に取り付けられるとともに他端が第二の装着部16の前部に取り付けられて、補助力伝達部12が装着状態で使用者Aの脚部の前方に配される一方、装着状態で使用者Aの肩部に掛けられる吊り支持部40が第二の装着部16の前半部分に取り付けられている。【選択図】図1
