Swing type amusement ride

Details Swing type amusement ride Swing type amusement ride

1994-06-27

1996-06-18

Friedman, Carl D.

Amusement devices

Swing

472131, 472133, A63G 900

Patent

active

055272231

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 experience the body flight ride.

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patent: 5203744 (1993-04-01), Checketts
patent: 5267906 (1993-12-01), Kitchen et al.

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