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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Springactive, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Matthew A. Holgate, Mesa, AZ (US);

Jeffrey A. Ward, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Chase Wheeler, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

SpringActive, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61F 5/0102 (2013.01); A61F 5/024 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A human motion assistance device has upper back straps and is configured to attach to a user. A leg strap arrangement with lower back straps is configured to attach to the user. A differential assembly is connected between the upper back straps and lower back straps to reduce resistance of the upper torso harness and leg strap arrangement during gait. When crouching or lifting, the differential assembly transfers force to stretch and retract the upper torso harness and leg strap arrangement, which provides human motion assistance. The differential assembly can be implements as an x-bar, lever arm, pulley, gears, or tube. The leg strap arrangement has a knee pad adapted to cover a knee of the user. The knee pad opens along a segment. The upper torso harness has a shoulder strap and buckle. The leg strap arrangement is an elastic material.


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