Vehicle track and vehicle

Details Vehicle track and vehicle Vehicle track and vehicle

1975-01-22

1976-04-13

Love, John J.

Railways

Elevated structure

104 69, 104125, 104242, 272 565R, A63G 2104, E01B 2522

Patent

active

039496805

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle track and vehicle of the same general class of vehicles which includes toboggans, bobsleds, roller coasters, and other free-falling vehicles. The track includes a multiplicity of longitudinally joined, juxtaposed track sections and stanchions for supporting the section at selected elevations above the ground. Each section further includes a rigid supporting frame extending between adjacent stanchions and a pair of generally parallel, spaced-apart rails secured to the frame in a vertically spaced-apart relationship thereto. The frame and rails define therebetween an elongated channel. The vehicle includes an enclosure dimensioned to accomodate at least one person and to be received within the aforementioned channel. A plurality of wheels are rotatably mounted to the vehicle and in rolling engagement with the rails by means of axles secured to the vehicle at points above the bottom of the vehicle enclosure. Keeper means are secured to the vehicle for maintaining the wheels in engagement with the rails.

REFERENCES:
patent: 314626 (1885-03-01), Stoddard et al.
patent: 901194 (1908-10-01), Sayer
patent: 1702091 (1929-02-01), Sellner
patent: 1761824 (1930-06-01), Goodrich
patent: 1805266 (1931-05-01), Traver
patent: 3626857 (1971-12-01), Goicoechea
patent: 3631805 (1972-01-01), Schwarzkopf

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