Swing type amusement ride

US5527223A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• William J. Kitchen · Windermere, US
• Kenneth G. Bird · Casper, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 1994
• Grant date: Jun 18, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63G9/22
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The ride (10) is capable of raising a rider (22) to a height of ten meters or more above the ground, and then releasing the rider to swing. It includes a support structure (12), a support line (16) secured to the support structure at one end, with an opposed end secured to a rider, preferably to an attachment which is worn by a rider (20). A launch structure (26) is spaced from the support structure (12) and carries a launch line (24) which has an end (48) which is capable of being raised and lowered above the ground, and which is designed to be releasably attached to a rider attachment, so as to lift a rider from the ground. In operation the rider attachment with the support line attached is secured to the rider, the launch line is releasably secured to the attachment, and the launch line is activated to move the rider laterally and upwardly towards the top of the launch structure. When the launch line is released from the attachment which carries the rider, the rider swings downwardly at a high speed simulating the sensation of "body flight" in a pendulum like motion. A skysaucer embodiment features a conveying vehicle which nominally holds sixty riders who simultaneously experie…