Patent ID: 8388559

Claim:
A walking assist device, comprising: a load transmit portion, a foot attachment portion adapted to be fitted to a foot of a user, and a leg link provided between the load transmit portion and the foot attachment portion, so as to support at least a part of a weight of the user by the leg link via the load transmit portion when the walking assist device is worn by the user, in which the foot attachment portion is formed integrally with a connecting member connected to a lower end of the leg link at a position forward of an ankle of the user while having at least a degree of rotational freedom around an axis line in a horizontal direction as seen from a front of the walking assistance device when the walking assist device is worn by the user; wherein the foot attachment portion is equipped with a footplate member comprised of a rigid plate and is adapted such that the rigid plate is stepped on by the foot of the user at a position outside of a region below an acting range in a sagittal plane of a load transmitted from the leg link to the connecting member when the foot of the user is fitted to the foot attachment portion, and the connecting member is formed integrally with the footplate member so as to limit the rotation with respect to the footplate member around the axis line in the horizontal direction.