Amusement ride

a technology for amusement rides and rides, applied in amusements, great wheels, russian swings, etc., can solve the problems of ride limitations, not being able to provide arms with yaw and roll rotation, and only making a single rotational movemen
US20060035715A1Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-16THRELKEL DAVID V
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
THRELKEL DAVID V
Publication Date
2006-02-16
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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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.
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[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 ...

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