Patent ID: 8652075

Claim:
A walking assistance device for providing a walking assistance force to a femoral part of a user, comprising: a C-shaped pelvic frame configured to be worn on a back part of the user and to extend on either side of a pelvic part of the user; a power generator provided on a part of the pelvic frame corresponding to a side of the pelvic part of the user; a single rigid femoral support frame connected to the power generator, the femoral support frame having a base end connected to an output end of the power generator and a free end extending from the base end to a position adapted to oppose a front part of the femoral part of the user, wherein among the front part of the femoral part of the user and a rear part of the femoral part of the user, which is opposite to the front part of the femoral part of the user, the femoral support frame is configured to oppose only the front part of the femoral part of the user, and a flexible belt attached to the free end of the femoral support frame via a pivot pin and adapted to be releasably worn around a circumference of the femoral part of the user at a height corresponding to that of the free end of the femoral support frame, wherein the femoral support frame is an only rigid support frame connected to the power generator, and the walking assistance device is devoid of a rigid support frame configured to oppose the rear part of the femoral part of the user.