Amusement apparatus, components, and method
OwnerDarrell M. Henleyinventor
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Abstract
An amusement ride for locating on a ground leading to a ledge of a drop off has a pair of rocking boom, an axle, spokes and a passenger carrier. The pair of rocking booms are pivotally mounted near the ledge of the drop off. The axle is carried between the ends of rocking booms and when the rocking booms are tilted outboard of the ledge, the axle is suspended out over the empty space past the drop off. The spokes extending radially away from the axle to connections with the carrier. The axle is driven by a drive system to swing the carrier, from large arcs to full 360° revolutions.
Claims20
An amusement ride for locating on a ground leading to a ledge of a drop off, comprising:
- a pair of spaced rocking booms pivotally mounted with respect to the ground;
- said amusement apparatus comprising:—
- a driven axle carried between the rocking booms;
- a passenger carrier;
- and
- spokes extending radially away from the axle to connections with the passenger carrier;
- and
- a pair of spaced mounting blocks engaging the ground and defining a rocking axis therebetween;
- said rocking booms extending between base ends and distal ends;
- each mounting block pivotally supporting a respective one of the rocking booms proximate the base end thereof such that the rocking booms rock in common on the rocking axis;
- each mounting block pivotally supporting the axle at spaced locations proximate a respective one of the ends of the axle;
- an axle drive system for the driven axle to swing the passenger carrier in urge arcs large arcs;
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- a rocking boom drive system for pivoting the rocking booms between inboard and outboard extremes.
The amusement ride of claim wherein:
- said passenger carrier comprises plural bucket seats.
An amusement ride for locating on a ground leading to a ledge of a drop off, comprising:
- a pair of spaced elongate rocking booms extending between base ends and distal ends, pivotally mounted proximate the base ends with respect to the ground;
- said amusement apparatus comprising:—
- a pivotal spaced pair of suspension connections carried directly or indirectly proximate the spaced distal ends of the rocking booms;
- a passenger carrier;
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- elongate spokes extending between (1) inner ends directly or indirectly connected to the spaced suspension connections and (2) outer ends connected directly or indirectly to the passenger carrier;
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- a drive system for pivoting the pivotal suspension connection in large arcs to thereby swing the passenger carrier in large arcs;
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- a rocking boom drive system for pivoting the rocking booms between inboard and outboard extremes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.