Patent ID: 8435195

Claim:
A walking assistance device, comprising: a load transmitting assembly, a foot-worn assembly to be attached to a foot of a user, and a leg link provided between the load transmitting assembly and the foot-worn assembly, so as to support at least a part of the weight of the user by the leg link through the intermediary of the load transmitting assembly, the foot-worn assembly including a ground contact member, on which a foot of the user is rested, and a connecting member which connects the ground contact member to a joint provided at a lower end of the leg link, and the ground contact member being provided with tread force sensors for detecting a tread force of the user, wherein the connecting member is formed so as to rise in a cantilever manner from one lateral side of the ground contact member, and the tread force sensors are installed in at least one location adjacent to the heel of a foot of the user and in at least two locations adjacent to a toe, the two locations being laterally spaced apart from each other.