WALKING FACILITATING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: sports and medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has carcass with members secured to human body, two pairs of levers, each consisting of coxofemoral and talocrural levers interconnected through pivot unit and connected with one end to carcass and with other end to boot supporting platform. Pivot unit retaining mechanism with ratchet toothed gear is adapted to connect levers and is provided with pair of wheels having ratchet toothed gear. Pivot unit retaining mechanism is kinematically connected with movable platform and fixed at the level of knee joint. Levers are made composite. It allows levers to be adjusted in accordance with anthropometrical parameters of User's limbs. EFFECT: simplified construction, increased efficiency and enhanced reliability in operation. 16 dwg