Patent ID: 9050225
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61G,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A traveling device comprising: a support body; a columnar section extending upward from the support body; a gripping section provided at an upper part of the columnar section, the gripping section having a right gripping part and a left gripping part; a middle abutting part provided in a middle of the columnar section; and a middle elastic member, wherein: the support body includes a right support part that supports a right foot of a user and a left support part that supports a left foot of the user, the right support part being provided with a right-rear abutting part at a rear part thereof, the left support part being provided with a left-rear abutting part at a rear part thereof, the right-rear abutting part restricting rearward movement of a right heel of the user, the left-rear abutting part restricting rearward movement of a left heel of the user; the middle abutting part extends in a horizontal direction and is provided with a right-middle abutting part at a first side and a left-middle abutting part at a second side, the right-middle abutting part being covered with a right cylindrical elastic member and restricting forward movement of a patellar ligament or a shin bone of a right leg of a user, the left-middle abutting part being covered with a left cylindrical elastic member and restricting forward movement of a patellar ligament or a shin bone of a left leg of the user; the middle elastic member is provided between the right elastic member and the left elastic member and supports the right knee and the left knee of the user; the right-rear abutting part, the left-rear abutting part, the right-middle abutting part, and the left-middle abutting part together enable the user to stand by restricting the rearward movement of the right heel and the left heel and the forward movement of the patellar ligaments or the shin bones of the right leg and the left leg; and in order for the user to ride onto the support body, the user, from a sitting position, (i) places the right foot on the right support part such that the right heel abuts against the right-rear abutting part, (ii) places the left foot on the left support part such that the left heel abuts against the left-rear abutting part, (iii) abuts the patellar ligament or the shin hone of the right leg against the right elastic member, (iv) abuts a right knee against a right side of the middle elastic member, (v) abuts the patellar ligament or the shin bone of the left leg against the left elastic member, (vi) abuts a left knee against a left side of the middle elastic member, and grips the right gripping part and the left gripping part with a right hand and a left hand, and then (vii) stands up by lifting up a user's body using arm strength with the right-rear abutting part, the left-rear abutting part, the right-middle abutting part, and the left-middle abutting part restricting the rearward movement of the right heel and the left heel and the forward movement of the patellar ligaments or the shin hones of the right leg and the left leg.