Walking aid

The rotating armrest structure solves the problems of bumping and arm extension when sitting down in existing walking aids, achieving a balance between convenience when standing and walking and comfort when sitting down.

CN223731718UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-30CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
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Application Number
CN202422834369.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-20
Publication Date
2025-12-30
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-20

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Technical Problem

The existing handrail design of walking aids makes it easy for users to bump into it when they sit down, and the height also affects arm extension, resulting in a poor riding experience.

Method used

A rotatable handrail structure is designed, including a mounting rod, a handle bar, and a support plate. It can be switched between standing and sitting states via a locking and unlocking mechanism. In the first state, the mounting rod is vertical, providing sufficient height; in the second state, it is horizontal, and its outward movement does not affect arm movement. It is also equipped with a support plate for arm support.

Benefits of technology

Without compromising the ease of standing and walking, it provides a more comfortable seating posture, enhancing the user's riding experience.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the field of walking aid, and particularly relates to a walking aid device which comprises a frame body, a seat cushion and armrests, the frame body is provided with horizontally arranged armrest mounting rods on two sides of the cushion, each armrest comprises a mounting rod, a connecting rod and a handle rod which are connected with each other, the mounting rods are parallel to the handle rods, each armrest further comprises a bearing plate arranged on one side, deviating from the corresponding handle rod, of the corresponding mounting rod, and the bearing plates, the mounting rods and the handle rods are coplanar; and the mounting rod is rotationally arranged on the handrail mounting rod. Through the structural design of the handrail, the handrail can be switched to the first state when a user needs to stand and walk, the handle rod has enough height so that the user can hold the handle rod conveniently, and the handrail can be switched to the second state when the user needs to sit down. Therefore, the supporting plate is turned over and is used for supporting the arms of the user in a relatively low posture, so that a more comfortable sitting posture is provided.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of walking aid, specifically relates to a walking aid device. BACKGROUND

[0002] The walking aid device is also called a walking aid or a walking aid, which is an appliance for assisting human body to support body weight, maintain balance and walk through the support of the appliance, and the main function is to support the center of the human body, assist or replace the limb function, reduce the weight of the affected limb, maintain the stability of the lower limbs, and facilitate the use of special groups such as the elderly, patients and disabled people.

[0003] The current walking aid device has more and more rich functions, for example, the Chinese utility model patent "CN210044418U - a multifunctional walking aid for the elderly", which provides a seat cushion for the user to sit on, and the backrest can be adjusted in direction, so that the user can sit in two directions, and a handrail is also designed to facilitate the support of the user's arm when sitting, but in this way, the handrail is always within the range of the seat cushion, which will cause bumping when the user sits down, so that the space is small and crowded, in addition, when the user sits on one side of the handle, the height of the handle will also seriously affect the stretching of the user's arm, which seriously affects the riding experience. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] The utility model solves the technical problem of providing a walking aid device with high riding comfort.

[0005] The utility model discloses a walking aid device, which comprises a frame body, a seat cushion and a handrail arranged on the frame body.

[0006] The frame body is provided with a handrail mounting rod arranged horizontally on both sides of the seat cushion, the handrail comprises a mounting rod, a connecting rod and a handle rod connected with each other, the mounting rod and the handle rod are parallel to each other, and the handrail further comprises a supporting plate arranged on one side of the mounting rod away from the handle rod, and the supporting plate, the mounting rod and the handle rod are coplanar.

[0007] The mounting rod is rotationally arranged on the handrail mounting rod, when the mounting rod is rotated to a first state, the handle rod, the mounting rod and the supporting plate are in a plumb state from top to bottom, and when the mounting rod is rotated to a second state, the handle rod, the mounting rod and the supporting plate are in a horizontal state from outside to inside.

[0008] Further, a locking and unlocking mechanism is arranged on the rotating connection structure of the mounting rod and the handrail mounting rod, when the locking and unlocking mechanism is unlocked, the mounting rod can be switched between the first state and the second state, and when the locking and unlocking mechanism is locked, the mounting rod is fixed in the first state or the second state.

[0009] Further, the handrail mounting rod is provided with a mounting hole, and an end of the rod body of the mounting rod is rotatably arranged in the mounting hole.

[0010] The locking and unlocking mechanism comprises at least two positioning holes arranged at the bottom of the mounting hole and a positioning pin arranged at the end of the mounting rod and being retractable.

[0011] The mounting rod or the handle rod is provided with a driving part for driving the positioning pin to move.

[0012] Further, the end face of the mounting rod is provided with a sliding hole, the positioning pin is slidably arranged in the sliding hole, and a spring is arranged between the positioning pin and the hole bottom of the sliding hole, the spring drives the positioning pin to move towards the positioning hole.

[0013] Further, the rotating connection structure of the mounting rod and the handrail mounting rod is further provided with an elastic driving part for driving the mounting rod to be in the first state.

[0014] Further, the elastic driving part is a torsion spring arranged on the rotating connection structure of the mounting rod and the handrail mounting rod.

[0015] Further, the supporting plate is fixedly arranged on the mounting rod and / or the connecting rod.

[0016] Further, the supporting surface of the supporting plate is provided with a flexible pad.

[0017] Further, the walking aid device further comprises a backrest arranged on the side of the mounting rod away from the handle rod.

[0018] Further, the frame body is provided with a supporting column or a walking wheel.

[0019] The walking aid device has the advantages that, through the special structural design of the handle, the handle rod can be switched to the first state when a user needs to stand and walk, so that the handle rod has sufficient height for the user to hold the handle rod, and the handle rod can be switched to the second state when the user needs to sit down, so that the handle rod is moved outward and does not affect the movement of the user's arm, and the supporting plate is flipped and supports the user's arm in a relatively low posture, so that a more comfortable sitting posture is provided. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] ATTACHMENT Figure 1 Fig. 1 is a structural schematic view of the first state of the mounting rod in the walking aid device;

[0021] ATTACHMENT Figure 2The second state of the mounting rod is a structure schematic view.

[0022] In the figure, 1 is a frame body; 11 is a handrail mounting rod; 111 is a mounting hole; 1111 is a positioning hole; 2 is a cushion; 3 is a backrest; 4 is a handrail; 41 is a mounting rod; 411 is a positioning pin; 42 is a connecting rod; 43 is a handle rod; 44 is a supporting plate; 45 is a handle; 5 is a walking wheel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0024] It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications also change accordingly.

[0025] In addition, the description of "first", "second" and the like in the present application is only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0026] In the present application, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "connection", "fixing" and the like should be broadly understood, for example, "fixing" can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral; can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection, or physical connection or wireless communication connection; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship of two elements, unless otherwise specifically limited. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0027] In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment of the present application can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the fact that a person skilled in the art can realize it, when the combination of technical solutions appears contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the scope of protection required by the present application.

[0028] As shown in the accompanying drawings Figure 1 - the accompanying drawings Figure 2 The utility model provides a walking aid device, including frame body 1, setting cushion 2 and handrail 4 on frame body 1, wherein handrail 4 is provided with two, and two handrails 4 are located at the both sides of cushion 2 respectively;

[0029] The frame body 1 is located the horizontal arrangement of handrail mounting rod 11 on the both sides of cushion 2, the handrail 4 includes mutually connected mounting rod 41, connecting rod 42 and handle bar 43, preferably, mounting rod 41, connecting rod 42 and handle bar 43 are sequentially arranged along the horizontal direction, make handle bar 43 protrude on one side of frame body 1 and cushion 2, at this time, the body of user is at one side of frame body 1 and cushion 2 when standing state and hand holding handle bar 43, frame body 1 and cushion 2 will not affect the body of user, more conveniently, user hand holding handle bar 43 is assisted to walk, the mounting rod 41 is mutually parallel with the handle bar 43, the handrail 4 still includes the support plate 44 of setting on the one side of mounting rod 41 away from the handle bar 43, the support plate 44, mounting rod 41 and handle bar 43 are coplanar, preferably, mounting rod 41 and handle bar 43 also are in the same plane;

[0030] The mounting rod 41 rotationally arranged on the handrail mounting rod 11, and mounting rod 41 has two fixed states, is first state and second state respectively;

[0031] Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 When the mounting rod 41 rotates to the first state, the walking aid device is used to assist the user to stand and walk, the handle bar 43, mounting rod 41 and support plate 44 are in plumb state from top to bottom, at this time, handle bar 43 is located at the top, and it is convenient for the user to hold handle bar 43 in standing state, and at this time, support plate 44 will not invade the space within the range of cushion 2, which will not affect the user's walking on the one hand, and will not affect the user to enter two handrails 4 between sitting on cushion 2 on the other hand, to ensure the spaciousness of the entering space;

[0032] Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 2, the installation rod 41 rotates to the second state, the walker is used for assisting the user to sit on the cushion 2, the handle rod 43, the installation rod 41 and the support plate 44 are horizontal from outside to inside, at this time, the support plate 44 is horizontal and invades the range of the cushion 2 to a certain extent, and because the support plate 44 is lower than the handle rod 43 in the first state at this time, the user's forearm is more convenient to support, relative to the existing walker, because the height of the handle rod 43 is relatively high when being ridden, the user needs to support the upper arm on the handle rod 43, on the one hand, the user's upper arm lifting will seriously affect the comfort, on the other hand, the area of the handle rod 43 is relatively small, and the pressure caused by the small force area after the arm support for a long time will also seriously affect the comfort, the relatively low posture and the relatively large contact area of the support plate 44 can make the user ride more comfortably, and because the handle rod 43 rotates to the outside at this time, it will not interfere with the user's forearm movement.

[0033] The utility model discloses a structure design of handrail 4, can switch to the first state when the user needs to stand and walk, make handle rod 43 have enough height and facilitate user's hand to hold handle rod 43, can switch to the second state when the user needs to sit down, make handle rod 43 move outward and not affect the user's arm movement, and still make support plate 44 overturn and with relatively low posture for the user's arm to support, to provide more comfortable riding posture. That is, the handrail 4 design, without changing the use convenience of the first state, can also conveniently adjust to the second state for the user to adopt a more comfortable sitting posture to ride.

[0034] In one embodiment, a locking and unlocking mechanism is provided on the rotating connection structure of the installation rod 41 and the handrail mounting rod 11. When unlocked, the installation rod 41 can be switched between the first state and the second state. When locked, the installation rod 41 is fixed in the first state or the second state. This arrangement can improve the fixing stability of the installation rod 41 in the first state or the second state, avoiding the handle rod 43 rotating around the installation rod 41 when the user holds the handle rod 43 in the first state, and also avoiding the support plate 44 rotating when the user's arm is supported on the support plate 44 in the second state.

[0035] In one embodiment, a mounting hole 111 is provided on the handrail mounting rod 11, and the rod end of the installation rod 41 is rotatably arranged in the mounting hole 111. Preferably, a limiting structure is provided between the mounting hole 111 and the rod end of the installation rod 41 to limit the axial movement of the two, so that the installation rod 41 and the handrail mounting rod 11 can only rotate relative to the axis.

[0036] The locking and unlocking mechanism comprises at least two positioning holes 1111 arranged at the bottom of the mounting hole 111 and a positioning pin 411 arranged at the end of the mounting rod 41, when the positioning pin 411 cooperates with one of the positioning holes 1111, the mounting rod 41 is in the first state, and when the positioning pin 411 cooperates with the other positioning hole 1111, the mounting rod 41 is in the second state, the design of the positioning holes 1111 and the positioning pin 411 facilitates the locking and unlocking;

[0037] The mounting rod 41 or the handle rod 43 is provided with a driving part for driving the positioning pin 411 to move, when the driving part is arranged on the mounting rod 41, the driving part can be directly the tail part of the positioning pin 411, which can be moved by the user through the side wall of the mounting rod 41, when the driving part is arranged on the handle rod 43, the driving part comprises a sliding button and a control line, the sliding button is arranged on the handle rod 43, the handle rod 43, the connecting rod 42 and the mounting rod 41 are hollow and provided with a wire hole, the control line is arranged in the wire hole, one end of the control line is connected with the tail part of the positioning pin 411, and the other end of the control line is connected with the sliding button, by controlling the sliding button, the positioning pin 411 can be driven to move through the control line. Preferably, the driving part is arranged on the handle rod 43, which is convenient for the user to control and is also convenient for the user to directly hold the handle rod 43 to drive the mounting rod 41 to rotate, at this time, the operation of the handle rod 43 to drive the mounting rod 41 to rotate can be labor-saving.

[0038] In one embodiment, the end surface of the mounting rod 41 is provided with a sliding hole, the positioning pin 411 is slidingly arranged in the sliding hole, and a spring is arranged between the positioning pin 411 and the bottom of the sliding hole, the spring drives the positioning pin 411 to move towards the positioning hole 1111, in this embodiment, the spring drives the positioning pin 411 to move towards the positioning hole 1111, and the driving part drives the positioning pin 411 to move away from the positioning hole 1111, thereby the driving difficulty of the driving part can be simplified, and when the locking and unlocking mechanism is in the unlocked state, the mounting rod 41 reaches the position of the first state or the second state, the spring drives the positioning pin 411 to cooperate with the corresponding positioning hole 1111 to automatically complete the locking, thereby the locking difficulty is simplified.

[0039] In one of the embodiments, the rotating connection structure of the mounting rod 41 and the handrail mounting rod 11 is further provided with an elastic driving member for driving the mounting rod 41 to be in the first state. In this embodiment, under the condition that the locking and unlocking mechanism is in the unlocked state and without external force, the elastic driving member drives the mounting rod 41 to move towards the first state, and the spring can automatically realize the locking of the first state, thereby facilitating the mounting rod 41 to be in the first state and maintaining the hand holding state of the handle rod 43. Under the condition that the locking and unlocking mechanism is in the unlocked state and with external force, the mounting rod 41 can move towards the second state, thereby switching the mounting rod 41 to the second state by applying a certain pressure.

[0040] In one of the embodiments, the elastic driving member is a torsion spring provided on the rotating connection structure of the mounting rod 41 and the handrail mounting rod 11. One end of the torsion spring is fixed on the mounting rod 41, and the other end is fixed on the mounting hole 111 of the handrail mounting rod 11.

[0041] In one of the embodiments, the supporting plate 44 is fixedly arranged on the mounting rod 41 and / or the connecting rod 42. Preferably, the mounting rod 41, the connecting rod 42, the handle rod 43 and the frame body 1 all adopt a circular tube structure. At this time, the supporting plate 44 is welded on the mounting rod 41 and the connecting rod 42 to improve the connection strength.

[0042] In one of the embodiments, a flexible pad is arranged on the supporting surface of the supporting plate 44. When the mounting rod 41 is in the first state, the upper surface of the supporting plate 44 is the supporting surface, and the flexible pad is arranged on the supporting surface to further improve the comfort during sitting.

[0043] In one of the embodiments, a handle 45 is sleeved on the handle rod 43 to improve the comfort of holding.

[0044] In one of the embodiments, the walking aid device further comprises a backrest 3 arranged on the side of the mounting rod 41 away from the handle rod 43. The backrest 3 improves the comfort of the user sitting and can also prevent the user from falling from the side of the backrest 3. In this embodiment, the backrest 3 and the handle rod 43 are respectively located on the two sides of the seat cushion 2, so that the user only needs to turn around on the side of the handle rod 43 to change from a standing position to a sitting position, thereby facilitating the user to sit down.

[0045] In one of the embodiments, the bottom of the frame body 1 is provided with a supporting column or a walking wheel 5. When the supporting column is used, the user needs to take a step to lift the walking aid device and move it forward when walking. When the walking wheel 5 is used, the walking wheel 5 is provided with a brake device. The brake device can be directly arranged on the walking wheel 5 or arranged on the handle rod 43.

[0046] The above is only the embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application. Any person skilled in the art, without departing from the technical scheme of the present application, can make many possible changes, modifications or modifications of the technical scheme of the present application disclosed above as equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes. Therefore, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiments made according to the technical essence of the present application shall fall within the scope of protection of the technical scheme of the present application.

Claims

1. A walking aid, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a sofa, including frame (1), the cushion (2) and armrest (4) of setting in frame (1) on the cushion (2) both sides of frame (1) set up horizontal arrangement armrest mounting rod (11), armrest (4) include each other's connection mounting rod (41), connecting rod (42) and handle bar (43), mounting rod (41) with handle bar (43) each other parallel, armrest (4) still include the support plate (44) of setting in mounting rod (41) side away from handle bar (43), support plate (44), mounting rod (41) and handle bar (43) are coplanar, Mounting rod (41) rotation sets up in armrest mounting rod (11), when mounting rod (41) rotates to first state, handle bar (43), mounting rod (41) and support plate (44) from top to bottom present plumb state, when mounting rod (41) rotates to second state, handle bar (43), mounting rod (41) and support plate (44) from outside to inside present horizontal state. Locking and unlocking mechanism is set up on the rotation connection structure of mounting rod (41) and armrest mounting rod (11), when locking and unlocking mechanism is unlocked, mounting rod (41) can switch between first state and second state, when locking and unlocking mechanism is locked, mounting rod (41) is fixed in first state or second state.

2. The walking aid of claim 1, wherein, Mounting hole (111) is set up on armrest mounting rod (11), and the rod body end of mounting rod (41) rotation sets up in mounting hole (111); 3. The walking aid of claim 2, wherein, Locking and unlocking mechanism includes at least two positioning holes (1111) set up in mounting hole (111) hole bottom and positioning pin (411) set up in the end of mounting rod (41) and can be extended and retracted; Driving part is set up on mounting rod (41) or handle bar (43) and is used to drive positioning pin (411) to move. Spring is arranged between positioning pin (411) and the hole bottom of sliding hole, and the spring drives positioning pin (411) to move to positioning hole (1111).

4. The walking aid of claim 3, wherein, Elastic driving piece is further arranged on the rotation connection structure of mounting rod (41) and armrest mounting rod (11) and is used to drive mounting rod (41) to be in first state.

5. The walking aid of claim 2, wherein, The elastic driving piece is a torsion spring arranged on the rotation connection structure of mounting rod (41) and armrest mounting rod (11).

6. The walking aid of claim 5, wherein, Support plate (44) is fixedly arranged on mounting rod (41) and / or connecting rod (42).

7. A walking aid according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that, Flexible pad is arranged on the support surface of support plate (44).

8. The walking aid of any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that Backrest (3) is further arranged on the side, away from handle bar (43), of mounting rod (41).

9. The walking aid of any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that Support column or walking wheel (5) is arranged at the bottom of frame (1).

10. The walking aid of any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that ​

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    CN210044418U