PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise support tool which allows even a person with extremely declined lower body muscles to stand up without loading a load on the knees and the waist.SOLUTION: The exercise support tool 1 includes a lift means 30 which vertically moves a chair 50 so as to be always positioned near the hip matching motion of a user, the chair 50 assisting the user to practice bending and stretching exercise while holding hand levers 40a, 40b provided on both sides of column supports 20a, 20b in hands. The lift means 30 includes elastic members 39a-39d which energize a moving member 25 vertically moving the chair 50 to a lifting up direction, and first to fourth links which are assembled between the fulcrum 25 of the hand levers 40a, 40b and moving member 25 and a base plate 10 to form a link mechanism. Those links vary so as to move the chair 50 in a direction reverse to the vertical movement of the hand levers 40a, 40b.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】下半身の筋肉が極端に衰えた人でも膝や腰に負担をかけることなく立ち上がることが可能な運動補助具を提供する。【解決手段】運動補助具1は、支柱20a,20bの両側に配設されたハンドレバー40a,40bを手で持ちながら屈伸運動を行う使用者をアシストするための椅子50を常に使用者の動作に合わせて臀部近傍に位置させるように上下移動させる昇降手段30を備える。昇降手段30は、椅子50を昇降させる移動部材25を上昇方向へ付勢する弾性部材39a~39dと、ハンドレバー40a,40bの支点と移動部材25及び基台10との間に組み付けられてリンク機構を構成する第1~第4のリンクとを備え、これらのリンクは、ハンドレバー40a,40bの上下方向の動きとは逆方向に椅子50を動かすように変化する。【選択図】図1
