| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a movement support apparatus enabling a person who has difficulty in standing up because of weak muscle strength or a person who may possibly fall down during walking even if he/she can stand up, such as an elderly person, to stand up by himself/herself by lifting up his/her body and to walk. <P>SOLUTION: The movement support apparatus includes: a reverse input preventing means capable of preventing a user's body from slipping down even if the user releases a hand force for pulling a rope in liftdown operation; and a friction force generating means capable of preventing a sudden fall by generating a friction force increasing/decreasing in accordance with the magnitude of a gripping force applied to the rope by hand only by adding a little force to the hand in pulling the rope in lowering operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
