Patent ID: 7416538

Claim:
A walking assistance device comprising an assisting force generator disposed on a side of each of a hip joint and a knee joint to provide an assisting force to a movement of a lower limb, comprising: a hip support member having an attachment means capable of repeatedly attaching and detaching a hip joint assisting force generator; a lower leg support member having an attachment means capable of repeatedly attaching and detaching a knee joint assisting force generator; and a drive unit formed by integrally joining the hip joint assisting force generator and the knee joint assisting force generator via a link bar, wherein the hip support member, the lower leg support member and the drive unit are separate members from each other and are joined together by attaching the hip joint assisting force generator to the attachment means of the hip support member and attaching the knee joint assisting force generator of the drive unit to the attachment means of the lower leg support member.