Retaining system

US7695070B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAURER SOEHNE GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Alfred Muller · Krefeld, DE
• Robert Gettert · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/1806
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A retaining system for amusement rides, more particularly roller coasters, carrousels or the like has a chair member for a passenger to sit on and which comprises a seat and a back rest and furthermore a retaining device with at least one locking part able to be moved between at least one getting on position and at least one retaining position, the retaining device possessing an essentially U-like retaining part, which at least to a major extent surrounds the pelvic region of the passenger to be secured, the retaining part being inclined in an anthropometrically optimized plane, which is inclined in a range of 30° to 60°, more particularly 40° to 50°, preferably approximately 45° to the horizontal and/or the seat. Furthermore the present invention relates to a measuring system for determination of the optimum locking position, the measuring system comprising a band- or cable-like element 8 arranged at the ends of the U-like retaining part, which element on applying the retaining device to the passenger to be secured engages the passenger to be secured rendering it possible to ascertain the locking or retaining position of the retaining device or, respectively, of the retaining part…