CN109202860A - Wearable thigh support device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of wearable thigh support devices, which includes: sequentially connected hip support, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support;First connector, the first connector connect hip support and thigh support part;Second connector, the second connector connect calf support and ankle support;Knee joint connector, knee joint connector includes: connecting lateral plate, joint support arm, joint limited block, connecting lateral plate connects thigh support part and calf support, joint support arm is arranged on the inside of connecting lateral plate, joint limited block is arranged inside calf support, one end of joint support arm is articulated with thigh support part, and the other end is articulated with joint limited block.The wearable thigh support device can reduce the manipulation strength of worker.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to production ancillary equipment fields, and in particular, to a kind of wearable thigh support device.
Background technique
Existing ectoskeleton product, is mainly used in medical industry, to help people in need to realize the hope of walk again.
And in industrial manufacturing, also there is no a kind of products for mitigating worker operation intensity, when worker carries out operation,
Since the limitation of working environment is frequently necessary to semi-crouch or leans to operate equipment or installed, in semi-crouch or worker when leaning to
Equipment is directed at while overcoming self gravity to operate, brings great inconvenience to worker, since this inconvenient bring is endangered
Dangerous accident happens occasionally.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop a kind of wearable thigh support devices that can reduce worker operation intensity.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of wearable thigh support device, which passes through hip support, thigh
The setting of supporting element, calf support and ankle support mitigates the manipulation strength of worker.
To achieve the goals above, a kind of wearable thigh support device packet is provided according to an aspect of the present invention
It includes:
Sequentially connected hip support, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support;
First connector, first connector connect the hip support and the thigh support part;
Second connector, second connector connect the calf support and the ankle support;
Knee joint connector, the knee joint connector include: connecting lateral plate, joint support arm, joint limited block, the company
It connecing side plate and connects the thigh support part and the calf support, the joint support arm is arranged on the inside of the connecting lateral plate,
The joint limited block is arranged inside the calf support, and one end of the joint support arm is articulated with the thigh support
Part, the other end are articulated with the joint limited block;
Wherein, the calf support two sides are provided with joint adjustment hole, and joint limited block two sides of the bottom are provided with
Joint elasticity buckle, cooperates with the joint adjustment hole, and the calf support is arranged by joint elasticity buckle in institute
It states inside calf support.
Preferably, first connector includes the first adjusting rod and the first Elastic buckle, and first Elastic buckle is set
It is placed in first adjusting rod one end, offers the first adjustment hole at the top of the thigh support part, the one of first adjusting rod
End is fixed on the hip support, first Elastic buckle and first adjustment hole buttocks branch in mating connection
Support member and the thigh support part.
Preferably, second connector includes the second adjusting rod and the second Elastic buckle, and second Elastic buckle is set
It is placed in first adjusting rod one end, offers the second adjustment hole at the top of the ankle support, the one of second adjusting rod
End is fixed on the calf support, second Elastic buckle and second adjustment hole shank branch in mating connection
Support member and the ankle support.
Preferably, the hip support includes: buttocks soft seat and buttocks bindiny mechanism, and the buttocks soft seat is set to institute
Buttocks bindiny mechanism side is stated, the buttocks bindiny mechanism connects two thigh support parts.
Preferably, further includes: foot support, the foot support are articulated with the ankle support bottom.
It preferably, further include connection waistband, the connection waistband is connected to the hip support, is located at the buttocks branch
At the top of support member.
Preferably, the foot support includes: ball connector and cutting ferrule, and the cutting ferrule passes through the ball connector
It is articulated with the ankle support bottom.
Preferably, buttocks bindiny mechanism includes two semicircular connecting pieces and universal joint, described two semicircular connecting pieces
One end be connected to the universal joint other end and be connected to two thigh support parts.
Preferably, the thigh support part, the calf support and the ankle support are made of titanium alloy material.
It preferably, further include leg connecting band, the leg connecting band is arranged on the thigh support part.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: pass through hip support, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support
Setting worker leg is supported, be bonded with worker leg, pass through knee joint connector and adjust thigh support part and shank
Bending angle between supporting element plays the role of support to worker's self weight when worker needs semi-crouch or leans to, reduces work
The work intensity of people.
The present invention has other characteristics and advantages, these characteristics and advantages are from the attached drawing and subsequent tool being incorporated herein
It will be apparent, or will be carried out in the attached drawing and subsequent specific embodiment being incorporated herein detailed in body embodiment
Statement, these the drawings and specific embodiments are used together to explain specific principle of the invention.
Detailed description of the invention
Exemplary embodiment of the present is described in more detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, of the invention is above-mentioned and other
Purpose, feature and advantage will be apparent, wherein in exemplary embodiments of the present invention, identical reference label is usual
Represent same parts.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of wearable thigh support device according to an embodiment of the invention.
Description of symbols:
1, hip support;2, thigh support part;3, calf support;4, ankle support;5, the first connector;6,
Two connectors;7, knee joint connector;8, connecting lateral plate;9, joint support arm;10, joint limited block;11, joint adjustment hole;12,
Joint elasticity buckle;13, the first adjusting rod;14, the first Elastic buckle;15, the first adjustment hole;16, the second adjusting rod;17,
Two Elastic buckles;18, the second adjustment hole;19, buttocks soft seat;20, buttocks bindiny mechanism;21, foot support;22, cutting ferrule;
23, waistband is connected.
Specific embodiment
The preferred embodiment that the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to accompanying drawings.Although being shown in attached drawing of the invention
Preferred embodiment, however, it is to be appreciated that may be realized in various forms the present invention without that should be limited by embodiments set forth here
System.On the contrary, thesing embodiments are provided so that the present invention is more thorough and complete, and can be complete by the scope of the present invention
Ground is communicated to those skilled in the art.
It is of the invention to provide a kind of wearable thigh support device and include:
Sequentially connected hip support, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support;
First connector, the first connector connect hip support and thigh support part;
Second connector, the second connector connect calf support and ankle support;
Knee joint connector, knee joint connector include: connecting lateral plate, joint support arm, joint limited block, and connecting lateral plate connects
Thigh support part and calf support are connect, joint support arm is arranged on the inside of connecting lateral plate, and joint limited block is arranged in leg support
Inside part, one end of joint support arm is articulated with thigh support part, and the other end is articulated with joint limited block;
Wherein, calf support two sides are provided with joint adjustment hole, and joint limited block two sides of the bottom are provided with joint elasticity
Buckle cooperates with joint adjustment hole, and calf support is arranged inside calf support by joint elasticity buckle.
Specifically, connecting lateral plate one end is articulated with thigh support part, and the other end is connected to calf support, makes leg support
Part can be rotated relative to thigh support part;Joint limited block is arranged inside calf support, passes through joint adjustment hole and pass
The setting for saving Elastic buckle, keeps position of the joint limited block inside calf support adjustable;Joint support arm is arranged in thigh branch
Inside support member, be located on the inside of connecting lateral plate, one end of joint support arm is articulated with the middle part of thigh support part, joint support arm it is another
End is tip-angled shape or arc-shaped, and the other end of joint support arm is connected to joint limited block;In joint, limited block is relative to shank branch
When support member is adjusted up, the movable range of joint support arm reduces, and then adjusts worker in semi-crouch or bending angle when leaning to,
Bending angle is set to become smaller;When in joint, limited block is adjusted downwards relative to calf support, the movable range of joint support arm becomes
Greatly, and then worker is adjusted in semi-crouch or bending angle when leaning to, bending angle is made to become larger.
Specifically, by the setting of knee joint connector, thigh support part and calf support, when worker's body is to backward
It is capable of providing multi-angle support when tilting when lower, while body being made to keep balance;Mitigate thigh support burden, can be convenient personnel
Multi-angle free operation.
Preferably, the first connector includes the first adjusting rod and the first Elastic buckle, the setting of the first Elastic buckle
The first adjustment hole is offered at the top of first adjusting rod one end, thigh support part, one end of the first adjusting rod is fixed on buttocks branch
In support member, the first Elastic buckle and the first adjustment hole hip support in mating connection and thigh support part.
Specifically, pass through the setting of the first Elastic buckle and the first adjustment hole, effective length of adjustable first adjusting rod
Degree, and then the effective length between thigh support part and hip support is adjusted, better adapt to the height and posture of worker.
Preferably, the second connector includes the second adjusting rod and the second Elastic buckle, the setting of the second Elastic buckle
In first adjusting rod one end, the second adjustment hole is offered at the top of ankle support, one end of the second adjusting rod is fixed on shank branch
In support member, the second Elastic buckle and the second adjustment hole calf support in mating connection and ankle support.
Specifically, pass through the setting of the second Elastic buckle and the second adjustment hole, effective length of adjustable second adjusting rod
Degree, and then the effective length between calf support and ankle support is adjusted, better adapt to the height and posture of worker.
Preferably, hip support includes: buttocks soft seat and buttocks bindiny mechanism, and buttocks soft seat is set to buttocks
Bindiny mechanism side, buttocks bindiny mechanism connect two thigh support parts.
Specifically, convenient for worker, the buttocks in dependence, semi-crouch is in contact with buttocks soft seat for the setting of buttocks soft seat, makes worker
It is more comfortable.
Preferably, further includes: foot support, foot support are articulated with ankle support bottom.
Specifically, shoes can be fixed in foot support by worker in actual use, and then drive foot support,
Calf support, thigh support part and ankle support movement, make between wearable thigh support device and worker leg
Connection relationship is more firm.
It preferably, further include connection waistband, connection waistband is connected to hip support, is located at hip support top
Portion.
In use, wearable thigh support device is fixed on human body waist by connection waistband, make wearable leg
Connection relationship between portion's support device and worker leg is more firm.
Preferably, foot support includes: ball connector and cutting ferrule, and cutting ferrule is articulated with by ball connector
Ankle support bottom.
Specifically, ball connector is connected to ankle support bottom, enables cutting ferrule using ankle support bottom as axis
The movement of heart multi-angle, the footware of worker can be fixed on cutting ferrule, use wearable thigh support device more convenient.
Preferably, buttocks bindiny mechanism includes two semicircular connecting pieces and universal joint, two semicircle connections
One end of part is connected to the universal joint other end and is connected to two thigh support parts.
Specifically, one end of two semicircular connecting pieces is connected to universal joint, keeps two semicircular connecting pieces polygonal
Degree movement uses wearable thigh support device more convenient.
Preferably, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support are made of titanium alloy material.Mitigate big
The weight of leg supporting element, calf support and ankle support.
It preferably, further include leg connecting band, leg connecting band is arranged on thigh support part.
Specifically, leg connecting band is used to for wearable thigh support device being fixed on the leg of worker.
Embodiment:
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of wearable thigh support device according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the wearable thigh support device includes:
Sequentially connected hip support 1, thigh support part 2, calf support 3 and ankle support 4;
First connector 5, the first connector 5 connect hip support 1 and thigh support part 2;
Second connector 6, the second connector 6 connect calf support 3 and ankle support 4;
Knee joint connector 7, knee joint connector 7 include: connecting lateral plate 8, joint support arm 9, joint limited block 10, connection
Side plate 8 connects thigh support part 2 and calf support 3, and the setting of joint support arm 9 is set in 8 inside of connecting lateral plate, joint limited block 10
It sets inside calf support 3, one end of joint support arm 9 is articulated with thigh support part 2, and the other end is articulated with joint limited block
10;
Wherein, 3 two sides of calf support are provided with joint adjustment hole 11, and limited block 10 two sides of the bottom in joint are provided with joint
Elastic buckle 12 cooperates with joint adjustment hole 11, and calf support 3 is arranged by joint elasticity buckle 12 in calf support 3
It is internal.
Wherein, the first connector 5 includes the first adjusting rod 13 and the first Elastic buckle 14, and the first Elastic buckle 14 is set to
First adjusting rod, 13 one end offers the first adjustment hole 15 at the top of thigh support part 2, and one end of the first adjusting rod 13 is fixed on stern
On portion's supporting element 1, the first Elastic buckle 14 and the first adjustment hole 15 hip support 1 and thigh support part 2 in mating connection.
Wherein, the second connector 6 includes the second adjusting rod 16 and the second Elastic buckle 17, and the second Elastic buckle 17 is set to
First adjusting rod, 16 one end offers the second adjustment hole 18 at the top of ankle support 4, and one end of the second adjusting rod 16 is fixed on small
3 on leg supporting element, the second Elastic buckle 17 and the second adjustment hole 18 calf support 3 and ankle support 4 in mating connection.
Wherein, hip support 1 includes: buttocks soft seat 19 and buttocks bindiny mechanism 20, and buttocks soft seat 19 is set to buttocks
20 side of bindiny mechanism, buttocks bindiny mechanism 20 connect two thigh support parts 2.
Wherein, further includes: foot support 21, foot support 21 are articulated with 4 bottom of ankle support.
It wherein, further include connection waistband 23, connection waistband 23 is connected to hip support 1, is located at hip support 1 and pushes up
Portion.
Wherein, foot support 21 includes: ball connector (not shown) and cutting ferrule 22, and cutting ferrule 22 passes through ball connector
It is articulated with 4 bottom of ankle support.
Wherein, thigh support part 2, calf support 3 and ankle support 4 are made of titanium alloy material.
It wherein, further include leg connecting band (not shown), leg connecting band is arranged on thigh support part 2.
In use, worker is consolidated wearable thigh support device by connection waistband 23, cutting ferrule 22 and leg connecting band
It is scheduled on worker leg, by adjusting the effective length of the first connector 5 and the second connector 6, adjusts wearable thigh support
The effective length of device is bonded wearable thigh support device more with the height of worker and posture, is adjusted by joint
Hole 11 and joint elasticity buckle 12 adjust the position of joint limited block 10, and then adjust the bendable angle of knee joint connector 7,
In semi-crouch or worker's self weight is supported when leaning to convenient for worker.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that above to the purpose of the description of the embodiment of the present invention only for illustratively saying
The beneficial effect of bright the embodiment of the present invention is not intended to limit embodiments of the invention to given any example.
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1. a kind of wearable thigh support device, wherein described device includes:
Sequentially connected hip support, thigh support part, calf support and ankle support;
First connector, first connector connect the hip support and the thigh support part;
Second connector, second connector connect the calf support and the ankle support;
Knee joint connector, the knee joint connector include: connecting lateral plate, joint support arm, joint limited block, the connecting side
Plate connects the thigh support part and the calf support, and the joint support arm is arranged on the inside of the connecting lateral plate, described
Joint limited block is arranged inside the calf support, and one end of the joint support arm is articulated with the thigh support part, separately
One end is articulated with the joint limited block;
Wherein, the calf support two sides are provided with joint adjustment hole, and joint limited block two sides of the bottom are provided with joint
Elastic buckle cooperates with the joint adjustment hole, and the calf support is arranged by joint elasticity buckle described small
Inside leg supporting element.
2. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein first connector includes the first adjusting
Bar and the first Elastic buckle, first Elastic buckle are set to first adjusting rod one end, the thigh support part top
The first adjustment hole is offered, one end of first adjusting rod is fixed on the hip support, first Elastic buckle
With first adjustment hole hip support in mating connection and the thigh support part.
3. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein second connector includes the second adjusting
Bar and the second Elastic buckle, second Elastic buckle are set to first adjusting rod one end, the ankle support top
The second adjustment hole is offered, one end of second adjusting rod is fixed on the calf support, second Elastic buckle
With second adjustment hole calf support in mating connection and the ankle support.
4. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein the hip support includes: that buttocks is soft
Seat and buttocks bindiny mechanism, the buttocks soft seat are set to buttocks bindiny mechanism side, the buttocks bindiny mechanism connection
Two thigh support parts.
5. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein further include: foot support, the foot
Supporting element is articulated with the ankle support bottom.
6. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein further include connection waistband, the connection waist
Band connection is located at the top of the hip support in the hip support.
7. wearable thigh support device according to claim 5, wherein the foot support includes: that ball connects
Fitting and cutting ferrule, the cutting ferrule are articulated with the ankle support bottom by the ball connector.
8. wearable thigh support device according to claim 4, wherein buttocks bindiny mechanism includes two semicircles
Connector and universal joint, one end of described two semicircular connecting pieces are connected to the universal joint other end and are connected to two
The thigh support part.
9. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein the thigh support part, the shank branch
Support member and the ankle support are made of titanium alloy material.
10. wearable thigh support device according to claim 1, wherein further include leg connecting band, the leg
Connecting band is arranged on the thigh support part.
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