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US 10,369,720 B2Granted
Stacked rolling vehicle track
AssigneeRocky Mountain Coasters, Inc.
InventorsAlan Schilke, Fred Grubb
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Abstract
A roller coaster track may comprise a laminate and a metal bearing layer. A method of manufacturing a roller coaster track may comprise manufacturing a laminate, manufacturing a metal bearing layer, and assembling the laminate and bearing layer. The bearing layer may be at least partially filled with grout. A method of repairing a wood roller coaster track may comprise removing a layer of laminate, and replacing the layer with a metal bearing layer.
Claims4
A method of manufacturing a section of roller coaster track, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a design of a curve of the roller coaster track section comprising a laminate and a bearing layer, the bearing layer comprising metal, the bearing layer further comprising a cross-section substantially in a shape of a first parallelogram, the first parallelogram comprising a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, the design comprising a first design element corresponding to the first side, a second design element corresponding to the second side, a third design element corresponding to the third side, and a fourth design element corresponding to the fourth side;
- for each of the first design element, the second design element, the third design element and the fourth design element:
- determining a planar shape of the side, the planar shape of the side corresponding to such design element as laid flat, and
- cutting planar material into a form of the planar shape of the side so as to form the side;
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- assembling the cut planar material corresponding to each of the design elements to form the bearing layer substantially according to the design;
- laminating at least two strips of non-metal material together to form the laminate substantially according to the design;
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- assembling the laminate and the bearing layer to form the curve of the roller coaster track section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.