161 |
Monorail system |
US440812 |
1974-02-08 |
US3941060A |
1976-03-02 |
Paul Morsbach |
A monorail system for roller coasters comprising suspended track-bound vehicles each of which comprises a pair of distanced roller gears for movement along the track and support arms with a passenger car attached thereon arranged so as to prevent pivoting of the roller gears on the track means but permitting limited or controlled lateral swinging of the car relative to the roller gears. |
162 |
Amusement device |
US81613559 |
1959-05-27 |
US3057305A |
1962-10-09 |
BEHRENS ROBERT H H |
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163 |
Trolley suspended playground device |
US76309247 |
1947-07-23 |
US2469069A |
1949-05-03 |
GRAZIER DON C |
|
164 |
Toy aeroplane |
US30281028 |
1928-08-29 |
US1779333A |
1930-10-21 |
CAL REEDER JOHN |
|
165 |
Amusement gravity suspension railway |
US14995126 |
1926-11-22 |
US1651961A |
1927-12-06 |
ISIDOR MILLER |
|
166 |
Amusement device |
US54730022 |
1922-03-27 |
US1422032A |
1922-07-04 |
FRANK CHAPMAN |
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167 |
一种人类模拟鸟飞翔的装置 |
CN201620026734.1 |
2016-01-12 |
CN205796477U |
2016-12-14 |
卢东秀 |
本实用新型提供一种人类模拟鸟飞翔的装置,其特征在于:所述装置包括支撑体、动力部、模拟翅膀,其中模拟翅膀用于安装在人体的双臂上,支撑体用于支撑动力部以及安装有模拟翅膀的人体,动力部用于使人体进行位移。通过该装置可以实现人类在特定的空间内像鸟一样用自己的翅膀飞翔起来。 |
168 |
Marine-environment, emergency-egress system and method |
US15666707 |
2017-08-02 |
US10150487B2 |
2018-12-11 |
Eric S. Cylvick |
Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing a zip line (catenary) from higher, accessible, working locations to lower, safer areas in a marine environment. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching the launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Track line systems installed may be left undeployed indefinitely. Deployment of a track line will typically be fully effected at the time of egress, adding time but eliminating permanent obstructions that would result if a permanent deployment of track lines were undertaken. Terminal ends are anchored and configured to accommodate workers arriving after escape. |
169 |
MOTION SIMULATION AMUSEMENT PARK ATTRACTION |
US15852727 |
2017-12-22 |
US20180304163A1 |
2018-10-25 |
Daniel Freedman; Nathanael G. White; Paula Stenzler |
A motion simulator ride assembly includes a motion base and a rider support assembly positioned beneath and coupled to the motion base. The rider support assembly includes a plurality of rider support units, each rider support unit of the one or more rider support units having an inversion table having a surface that may abut a rider. The inversion table may rotate about an axis to transition between a loading configuration and a ride configuration and the ride configuration positions the rider in a substantially facedown position. Each rider support unit also includes a restraint system that may secure the rider onto the inversion table. The restraint system includes a first moveable restraint and a second moveable restraint that are each coupled to the inversion table and the first and second moveable restraints may move relative to the surface to move the first and second movable restraints from an unrestrained configuration to a restrained configuration. The motion simulator ride assembly also includes a display screen that may project a simulated environment. The display screen is positioned below the motion base. |
170 |
MOTION GENERATING PLATFORM ASSEMBLY |
US15892170 |
2018-02-08 |
US20180221778A1 |
2018-08-09 |
Steven C. Blum; Steven King |
A ride system includes a base, a ride vehicle, a platform assembly positioned between the base and the ride vehicle, and an extension mechanism coupled to the platform assembly and positioned between the base and the ride vehicle. The platform assembly includes a first platform, a second platform, and six legs extending between the first platform and the second platform, and the platform assembly is configured to actuate each of the six legs so as to move the first platform relative to the second platform in different configurations based on which of the six legs is actuated. The extension mechanism is configured to extend and contract so as to move the ride vehicle away from and toward, respectively, the base of the ride system. |
171 |
ZIP TRACK SYSTEM |
US15897404 |
2018-02-15 |
US20180170403A1 |
2018-06-21 |
Randy G. Watermiller; Steven J. Schaust |
An extension mechanism for a zip track system within a playground environment is provided. The extension system comprises a crossover unit configured to attach to a zip track. The crossover unit comprises a crossover arch, configured to couple to the zip track. The crossover unit also comprises a support pole configured to couple to an end of the crossover arch, such that the support pole does not obstruct a path of movement under the zip track. The extension mechanism also comprises a connection mechanism configured to connect the crossover unit to the zip track system such that the crossover unit distributes the weight of the track through the crossover arch and the crossover support poles. |
172 |
TERMINAL-RECOIL-ATTENUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US15605786 |
2017-05-25 |
US20170259181A1 |
2017-09-14 |
Eric S. Cylvick |
A cable in suspension (clear span) supports a trolley. At the upper end, a launch block fixed to the cable registers the trolley in all directions, including a safety release link holding the trolley near the launch block. After release and descent with a rider, the trolley strikes an attenuator of distributed springs and spacers. The spring stack absorbs momentum from the trolley, but a leash limits recoil “bounce” after reversing the trolley. A second, recoil, leash resists recoil by capturing a subset of the springs between respective ends of itself and the first leash. The doubly leashed trolley will oscillate to a stop in an equilibrium position. |
173 |
Human flying apparatus |
US15187359 |
2016-06-20 |
US09682326B2 |
2017-06-20 |
Elizabeth Wales Burroughs |
The lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, screw, and inclined plane are the six Simple Machines of the Classical era. Over 2000 years ago a man from Syracuse used them to create a way to move water against the pull of gravity. The Archimedes' screw is still a standard for simple efficiency. In homage to those early machines and the dreamers who built them, the Human Flying Apparatus provides a carriage, wheels and an axle, a harness, and a braking and steering system and, in specific embodiments, thrusters, all suspended from a single rail, which allows a human being to soar in simulated flight that is safe, sustained, and suitable for all skill levels.“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return.”Leonardo Da Vinci |
174 |
EMERGENCY-EGRESS, ZIP-LINE SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US15441101 |
2017-02-23 |
US20170157433A1 |
2017-06-08 |
Eric S. Cylvick |
Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing zip line catenary from higher, inaccessible, working locations to lower, safer areas. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching a launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Autonomous braking, inter-trolley bumpers, and vertical stabilizers enable each rider to quickly occupy a seat (harness, etc.) and launch onto the track line, unconcerned with riders ahead or behind until underway. Multiple trolleys may thus load, launch, and in close proximity on a single line, regardless of the total weight of multiple riders. |
175 |
Terminal-recoil-attenuation system and method |
US14451932 |
2014-08-05 |
US09669319B2 |
2017-06-06 |
Eric S. Cylvick |
A cable in suspension (clear span) supports a trolley. At the upper end, a launch block fixed to the cable registers the trolley in all directions, including a safety release link holding the trolley near the launch block. After release and descent with a rider, the trolley strikes an attenuator of distributed springs and spacers. The spring stack absorbs momentum from the trolley, but a leash limits recoil “bounce” after reversing the trolley. A second, recoil, leash resists recoil by capturing a subset of the springs between respective ends of itself and the first leash. The doubly leashed trolley will oscillate to a stop in an equilibrium position. |
176 |
Simulator ride |
US14704201 |
2015-05-05 |
US09643094B2 |
2017-05-09 |
Nathanael G. White |
A flying simulator ride in accordance with present embodiments may include a suspended rotator ring capable of motion in six degrees of freedom. The flying simulator ride may also include a passenger support system suspended from the rotator ring wherein the passenger support system includes a first passenger support unit; and a second passenger support unit, wherein at least one of the first passenger support unit or the second passenger support unit are configured to move relative to one another to assume a stacked configuration and a loading configuration, wherein a distance between the rotator ring and the first passenger support unit is decreased in the stacked configuration relative to the loading configuration. |
177 |
Suspended Cable Transportation Vehicle and System |
US14882799 |
2015-10-14 |
US20170106878A1 |
2017-04-20 |
Kevin Louwsma |
A vehicle which is intended to travel along a downward sloping cable, which is suspended between two supports having a change in elevation. Preferably, the vehicle includes a fuselage, a trolley assembly, a translation system, a seat, a counterweight system, and at least one wing. The trolley assembly is attached to the cable. This connection allows the vehicle to travel along the cable. A counterweight system is included in order to balance the weight of the rider sitting in the seat below the fuselage. This allows the vehicle to easily rotate, via rotary joint, around the cable while traveling along the line. Preferably, the rider can induce roll by either activating ailerons or by rotating one of the wings about the lateral axis in order to increase the lift on one side of the aircraft depending on whether the wings are fixed. |
178 |
CARRIAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US14920100 |
2015-10-22 |
US20170043791A1 |
2017-02-16 |
Rick Briggs; Mark Weston; Hyuma Frankowski; Greg MacDougall; Daniel Brassard; Peter Petkov |
Embodiments of the invention provide a safety system for coupling a rider to an amusement attraction with a track assembly including a junction box, and a plurality of control surfaces. The plurality of control surfaces includes slideable and rollable control surfaces. The safety system includes a carriage system for coupling the rider to the track assembly including a main support assembly, and a rolling safety mechanism including a rotatable element. The rotatable element includes a track engagement surface including rolling and sliding surfaces. In some embodiments, the rolling safety mechanism includes a plurality of pucks. Some embodiments include a rolling safety mechanism with a partially truncated ellipsoidal member rotatably mounted to a control support. In other embodiments, the rolling safety mechanism includes two partially truncated ellipsoidal members each positioned at substantially opposite ends of a support frame that includes at least one lanyard support. |
179 |
Human Flying Apparatus |
US15187359 |
2016-06-20 |
US20170043265A1 |
2017-02-16 |
Elizabeth Wales Burroughs |
The lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, screw, and inclined plane are the six Simple Machines of the Classical era. Over 2000 years ago a man from Syracuse used them to create a way to move water against the pull of gravity. The Archimedes' screw is still a standard for simple efficiency. In homage to those early machines and the dreamers who built them, the Human Flying Apparatus provides a carriage, wheels and an axle, a harness, and a braking and steering system and, in specific embodiments, thrusters, all suspended from a single rail, which allows a human being to soar in simulated flight that is safe, sustained, and suitable for all skill levels.“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return.” |
180 |
Amusement Ride Test Dummy System |
US14751300 |
2015-06-26 |
US20160379525A1 |
2016-12-29 |
Dave Berkley |
A test dummy device and a system of test dummies are provided that enable quick and varied testing of amusement rides. A test dummy includes a weighted canister is surrounded by a relatively soft dummy body. The dummy body is formed of a material that prevents contact damage to the ride structures and provides accurate load transfer during test operations. A second weight is configured to be received within the canister while the test dummy is in place in test operation, to provide for a second test weight configuration. An inflatable cushion can be provided to engage a ride lap bar or similar ride structure to stabilize the test dummy during use. |