Amusement devices – Roundabout – Occupant or article carriage follows stationary,...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-15
2011-03-15
Nguyen, Kien T (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices
Roundabout
Occupant or article carriage follows stationary,...
C472S059000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07905790
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle and screen assembly is provided for theme park rides to create a ride-through screen experience. The assembly includes a vehicle for carrying passengers that includes a top or roof assembly with first and second sets of magnetic elements on an exterior surface of the top assembly, with each of the sets having a like pole oriented outward from the exterior surface. A screen assembly is included with first and second planar screen segments that are pivotably mounted adjacent to each other so as to hang or be positioned in a plane that is transverse to a track traveled by the vehicle. The screen segments include magnetic elements with exposed poles that match the outward facing pole of the corresponding sets of magnetic elements on the vehicle. The screen segments magnetically levitate away from the top assembly when the vehicle passes through the screen assembly without touching the vehicle.
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Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Lembke Kent A.
Marsh & Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
Nguyen Kien T
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