WALK-ASSISTING EQUIPMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walk-assisting equipment which includes a leg link which flexibly connects the first link member 5 of the upper part connected with a load transfer section through the first joint section with the second link member 7 of the lower part connected with a flat-foot mounting part through the second joint section in the third joint section 8 of the middle and transmits force generated in the leg link by the actuation of the third joint section to the truncus of a user through the load transfer section, wherein the third joint section is largely flexible and enables the user to deeply squat down. SOLUTION: The third joint section 8 includes a joint link member 81, the first joint part 82 which flexibly connects the joint link member 81 and the first link member 5, and the second joint part which flexibly connects the joint link member 81 and the second link member 7. The first joint part 82 includes a driving source which gives a torque in an extension direction to the first joint part 82 and an elastomer 84 which flexibly holds the second joint part 83 in a predetermined extension status until a moment over a predetermined value acts. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT