JPH08308893A - Walking aid - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce fatigue at walking time by placing a knee on a knee placing part arranged in one support body. CONSTITUTION: A walking aid has a knee placing part 9 formed so as to project in a horizontal shape in an intermediate stage position inside of one support body 4, and when a knee is placed on this knee placing part 9, a load applied to an armpit is reduced, and fatigue is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a walking aid, and more particularly to a novel improvement for reducing fatigue during walking by placing a knee on a knee rest provided on one support. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a walking aid of this type that has been conventionally used, a structure generally called a crutch is adopted, and a patient with an injured leg contacts the upper part of the crutch with the inside of the armpit. , I was trying to walk with my weight on the inside of my armpits.

[0003]

The conventional walking aids are
Since it was configured as described above, there were the following problems. That is, in the conventional crutch, since all the weight is applied to the inner side of the armpit, physical strength is consumed and the inner side of the arm becomes painful, and it is extremely difficult to walk for a long time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in particular, the knee is placed on the knee placement portion provided on one of the supports to reduce fatigue during walking. An object of the present invention is to provide a walking aid as described above.

[0005]

In the walking aid according to the present invention, walking is performed by using a pair of first and second supports which have a longitudinal shape and a part of which abuts on the inside of the armpit. The walking assist device is characterized in that it has a knee rest portion formed to project horizontally in order to place a knee at a substantially middle position inside one of the second supports of the supports. Walking aid.

More specifically, the second handle is provided outside the second support and above the knee rest.

More specifically, the knee rest has a plate-shaped base fixed with bolts and a plate-shaped elastic member provided on the base.

More specifically, the second support is provided with a plurality of handle holes and a plurality of knee rest portion holes, and the second handle changes its height through the handle holes. With
The knee rest has a configuration in which the height is changed via the hole for the knee rest.

[0009]

In the walking aid according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the knee of the injured foot is placed on the knee rest of one of the supports, and the normal foot not injured is placed on the ground. By walking on the knees, the weight is put on the knee rest through the knees, the burden on the inside of the armpits is significantly reduced, and the consumption of physical strength can be prevented more significantly than the conventional crutches.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the walking aid according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. A reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 denotes a walking aid, and the walking aid 1 has a pair of longitudinal shapes, and first (first) and second (second) support members with a part (upper end) abutting against the inside of the armpit 2. It is composed of 3 and 4.
Since the first support 3 has the same structure as the conventional crutch, its description is omitted here, and the second support 4 is configured as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.

A side contact part 5 for contacting the inside of the side 2 is provided at the upper end of the second support 4, and a ground contact part for contacting the ground is provided at the lower end of the second support 4. 6 is provided. A plurality of knee rest part holes 7 are formed above the ground contact part 6, and one pair of knee rest part holes 7 out of each knee rest part hole 7 has one hole. A knee placement portion 9 fixed via a pair of bolts 8 projects horizontally and is detachably attached. The knee rest portion 9 includes a plate-shaped base portion 10 made of a lightweight and highly rigid material such as aluminum, and a plate-shaped elastic member 11 made of, for example, a sponge attached to the base portion 10. And a pair of arm-shaped attachment pieces 10a and 10b formed by extending the base portion 10 to the knee mounting portion holes 7 by bolts 8 respectively.
It is detachably installed via. The knee rest portion 9 can be freely selected in its height position at approximately the middle position of the second support 4 by selecting the position of each knee rest portion hole 7 to which the bolt 8 is attached. You can

A plurality of handle holes 12 are formed between the knee rest portion 9 and the armpit support portion 5 of the second support 4, and any one of the handle holes 12 is A second handle 14 having the same structure as the first handle 13 provided on the outer side of the first support 3 is detachably provided via a bolt 15. The second handle 14 is provided on the second support 4
Of the attachment piece 14a and the handle piece 14b.
The height position of the second handle 14 can be freely changed by selecting the position of each handle hole 12 in which the bolt 15 of a is mounted. The second support 4 at the position where the second handle 14 and the armpit support 5 are provided has a bifurcated shape as is well known.

Next, the operation will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the injured person 20 receives the armpit part 5 of each of the supports 3 and 4.
To the inside of the armpit 2 so that the knee of the injured foot is brought into contact with the elastic member 11 of the knee rest 9 and walking in this state causes the knee rest to pass through the knee. The weight can be received on the armpit 9, the load on the armpit 2 is less than in the conventional case, and the consumption of physical strength due to walking can be less than in the conventional case.

[0014]

Since the walking aid according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, the knee of the injured foot can be placed on the knee rest, the weight on the armpit can be reduced more than before, and consumption of physical strength during walking can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a usage state of a walking aid according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged configuration diagram showing a second support body in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a knee rest portion of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Side 3 First support 4 Second support 7 Knee rest hole 8 Bolt 9 Knee rest 10 Base 11 Elastic member 12 Handle hole 14 Second handle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A walking aid that is configured to walk using a pair of first and second supports (3, 4) that have a longitudinal shape and are partially in contact with the inside of a side (2). , Each of the supports (3,
4) A walk characterized in that it has a knee rest portion (9) formed to project horizontally in order to place a knee at a substantially middle position inside one of the second supports (4). Auxiliary equipment. 2. The second handle (14) is provided outside the second support (4) above the knee rest (9). The walking aid described. 3. The knee rest (9) is a plate-shaped base (10) fixed with bolts (8), and a plate-shaped elastic member (11) provided on the base (10). The walking aid according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The second support (4) is provided with a plurality of handle holes (12) and a plurality of knee rest portion holes (7), and the second handle (14) is the handle. The height is changed through the hole (12), and the knee rest (9) is changed in height through the knee rest hole (7). The walking aid according to any one of Items 1 to 3.