Wearable chair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10987798-B2
Application number	US-201916655831-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2019
Priority date	Dec 27, 2018
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A wearable chair may include a foot frame configured to support a foot of a user; a shank link configured to rotatably connect to the foot frame; a connecting link provided in front of the shank link and configured to rotatably connect to the foot frame; a knee link configured to rotatably connect to each of the shank link and the connecting link; and a thigh link configured to extend from the knee link. The foot frame, the shank link, the connecting link, and the knee link constitute a four-bar linkage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable chair comprising:
a foot frame configured to support a foot of a user;
a shank link configured to rotatably connect to the foot frame;
a connecting link provided in front of the shank link and configured to rotatably connect to the foot frame;
a knee link configured to rotatably connect to each of the shank link and the connecting link such that the foot frame, the shank link, the connecting link, and the knee link form a four-bar linkage; and
a thigh link configured to extend from the knee link.

2. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein the thigh link comprises:
a thigh link body having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the knee link such that the thigh link body is configured to extend from the knee link backward towards a posterior of the user; and
a thigh link head at the second end of the thigh link body.

3. The wearable chair of claim 2 , wherein the thigh link head is configured to move along a downward convex path while the shank link rotates backward towards the posterior based on the foot frame.

4. The wearable chair of claim 2 , wherein the thigh link head is configured to ascend while the shank link rotates backward towards the posterior based on the foot frame.

5. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein the knee link and the thigh link are integrally formed.

6. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein, while the shank link rotates backward towards a posterior of the user based on the foot frame, the four-bar linkage is configured to move such that an angle between the shank link and the knee link gradually decreases and an angle between the connecting link and the knee link gradually increases.

7. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein a length of the shank link is greater than a length of the connecting link.

8. The wearable chair of claim 7 , wherein a travel path of a first joint connecting the shank link and the knee link intersects a travel path of a second joint connecting the connecting link and the knee link.

9. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein the foot frame comprises:
a foot frame body; and
a first support part configured to protrude upward from the foot frame body, and to rotatably support the shank link.

10. The wearable chair of claim 9 , wherein the foot frame further comprises:
a second support part, the second support part having a length greater than a length of the first support part, the second support part configured to protrude upward from the foot frame body, and to rotatably support the connecting link.

11. The wearable chair of claim 10 , wherein the first support part and the second support part are connected to the foot frame body such that a distance between the first support part and the second support part is adjustable.

12. The wearable chair of claim 10 , wherein the connecting link and the second support part are connected such that a distance between a joint that connects the connecting link and the second support part and the foot frame body is adjustable.

13. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein the connecting link is configured to selectively disconnect from the foot frame to break the four-bar linkage.

14. The wearable chair of claim 13 , wherein the thigh link comprises:
a coupler configured to fasten the connecting link to the thigh link when the connecting link is disconnected from the foot frame.

15. The wearable chair of claim 1 , wherein a length of at least one of the shank link, the connecting link, the knee link, and the thigh link is adjustable.

16. The wearable chair of claim 1 , further comprising:
a shank fastening part configured to fasten the shank link to a shank of the user; and
a thigh fastening part configured to fasten the thigh link to a thigh of the user.

17. A wearable chair comprising:
a thigh link configured to support a thigh of a user;
a foot frame configured to support a foot of the user;
a knee link configured to extend forward from the thigh link;
a shank link configured to rotatably connect to the knee link and the foot frame, and to support a shank of the user; and
a connecting link provided in front of the shank link and configured to rotatably connect to the knee link and the foot frame such that the foot frame, the shank link, the connecting link, and the knee link form a four-bar linkage.

18. The wearable chair of claim 17 , wherein an upper end of the thigh link is configured to move along a downward convex path while the shank link rotates backward towards a posterior of the user based on the foot frame.

19. The wearable chair of claim 17 , wherein a travel path of a first joint that connects the shank link and the knee link intersects a travel path of a second joint that connects the connecting link and the knee link.

20. The wearable chair of claim 17 , wherein the connecting link is configured to selectively disconnect from the foot frame to break the four-bar linkage.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Univ Korea Ind Univ Coop Found

Inventors

• Lee Minhyung
• Lee Youn Baek
• Kim Yong Jae
• Lee Jongwon
• Choi Byungjune

Classifications

• Y10S297/10

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• A61G5/14

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