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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2015
Upnride Robotics Ltd, Yokneam Illit, IL;
Amit Goffer, Kiryat-Tivon, IL;
UPnRIDE Robotics Ltd, Yokneam Illit, IL;
Abstract
A standing wheelchair device includes a wheeled base for enabling the device to move on a supporting surface. A harness assembly includes a plurality of braces for attaching to parts of a body of a user of the device, at least some adjacent braces of being connected by joints. A lifting unit mounted on the base, supports a hip joint of the harness assembly, and is configured to raise or lower the hip joint. When the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a sitting position, raising a height of the hip joint causes the user to assume a standing position. When the when the user is attached to the harness assembly and is in a standing position, lowering the hip joint causes the user to assume a sitting or reclining position.