Amusement ride

Abstract

An amusement ride including an elongated boom connected to a vertical tower so as to be selectively rotated and pivoted with respect to the tower. The tower includes a pitch actuator, a yaw actuator, and a roll actuator for pivoting or rotating the boom about three axes or degrees of motion. A rider carriage assembly is rotatably coupled to the elongated boom. The rider carriage assembly may include pitch actuators, yaw actuators, and roll actuators to impart selective rotating motion to the rider and rider carriage assembly and up to three axes or degrees of motion independent of the boom motion.

Description

RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 601,423, filed Aug. 14, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention generally relates to amusement rides. More particularly, the present invention relates to tower amusement or carnival rides, sometimes referred to as flat rides, that allow for controlled motion in multiple phases or axes. [0003] Amusement rides have long been a fixture in amusement parks and carnivals. These ride devices normally consist of a fixed frame structure that supports riders while spinning them around in circles to create positive G, or gravitational acceleration, loads. Riders load and unload at a platform or station onto different vehicle assemblies or carriages that are designed to flip and / or rotate them in different directions. In a carnival setting, these ride devices are typically portable. Although there are multiple types different ride devices, the overall intended effect is ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0011] In a particularly preferred embodiment, an actuator is operably connected to the rider carriage assembly for selectively rotating the rider therein. The rider's securement means typically comprises a rider seat and restraint. Preferably, the actuator includes at least two of a pitch actuator, a yaw actuator, and a roll actuator operably connected to the rider carriage assembly to impart selective rotating mo

Problems solved by technology

However, this device has many disadvantages.

First, the boom can only make a single rotational movement between moving the fluid between the storage tanks.

However, this ride also has limitations.

However, this device fails to provide rotation to the arms with yaw and roll rotation, and also fails to provide passenger compartments with pitch, roll, and yaw rotation.

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