# US 10,478,737 B2 · Zip track and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,478,737 B2 - Document ID: US10478737B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/282,647 - Filed: 2019-02-22 - Published: 2019-06-20 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-18 - Assignees: Ropes Courses, Inc. - Applicants: Ropes Courses, Inc. - Inventors: James Allen Liggett; Troy Lee Garland; Timothy John Powers - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478737B2 ## CPC - A63G 21/20: Slideways with movably suspended cars, or with cars moving on ropes, or the like - B61B 3/00: Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles (with suspended flexible tracks B61B7/00; saddle or like balanced type with monorail B61B13/06; with propelling cables and for transporting materials B65G; tracks therefor E01B25/00) - A63G: MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT - B61B: RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (lifts or hoists, elevators, escalators, moving walkways B66B) ## Abstract A zip track system that is integrally connected to a challenge course so that a user can traverse one portion of the challenge course, and then can slide down the zip track system via a zip track to any other desired location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A track system for a challenge course comprising: a puck track traversing the challenge course; the puck track having a puck support and a puck-track opening; the puck track integrally attached to a zip track; the zip track has a first end connected to a first structure and a second end connected to a second structure; the zip track also has a wheel support and a zip track opening; a body moveably disposed within the puck track and the zip track; the body has a puck and at least one rotating member, the at least one rotating member being disposed on the body downwardly from the puck; wherein the body extends from the puck to attach to a lanyard, the lanyard can be attached to a safety harness worn by a user; wherein the body extends through the puck-track opening, and the puck is moveably disposed above the puck support, when the body is displaced along the puck track; wherein the body extends through the zip track opening, and the at least one rotating member is rollably disposed above the wheel support, when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, wherein the puck track extends above the zip track between the first structure and the second structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The track system of claim 2, wherein the puck does not contact the puck support when the at least one rotating member is displaced along the wheel support through at least part of the zip track. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, wherein the first end of the zip track is vertically higher than the second end of the zip track. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, wherein the zip track has a non-linear slope. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, wherein a first rotating member and a second rotating member are arranged on opposing sides of the body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The track system of claim 6, wherein the first rotating member and the second rotating member are rollably disposed above the wheel support on opposite sides of the zip track opening, when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, wherein the zip track extends either between structures of the challenge course, the challenge course and another challenge course, or the challenge course and ground level. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The track system of claim 1, further comprising a braking means to slow the body when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 10 A track system for a challenge course comprising: a zip track extending between two structures of the challenge course, the zip track having a first end and a second end; the first end and the second end of the zip track are integrally connected to a puck track which traverses through the challenge course; the zip track has a wheel support provided vertically lower than a puck support of the puck track; a body moveably disposed within the puck track and the zip track; the body has a puck and at least one rotating member, the at least one rotating member being disposed on the body downwardly from the puck; wherein the body extends from the puck to attach to a lanyard, the lanyard can be attached to a safety harness worn by a user; wherein the puck can slide above the puck support of the puck track; wherein the at least one rotating member can roll above the wheel support of the zip track. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, wherein the puck track extends alongside the zip track between the two structures of the challenge course, with the puck support of the puck track being arranged above the wheel support of the zip track. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The track system of claim 11, wherein the puck does not contact the puck support when the at least one rotating member is displaced along the wheel support through at least part of the zip track. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, wherein the puck track comprises a puck-track opening extending through the puck support, and the body extends downward from the puck through the puck-track opening when the body is displaced along the puck track. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The track system of claim 13, wherein the zip track comprises a zip track opening extending through the wheel support, and the body extends downward from the at least one rotating member through the zip track opening when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, wherein the first end of the zip track is vertically higher than the second end of the zip track. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, wherein the zip track has a non-linear slope. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, wherein a first rotating member and a second rotating member are arranged on opposing sides of the body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The track system of claim 17, wherein the first rotating member and the second rotating member are rollably disposed above the wheel support on opposite sides of a zip track opening which extends through the wheel support, when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The track system of claim 10, further comprising a braking means to slow the body when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 20 A challenge course comprising: a plurality of puck tracks traversing elements of the challenge course; a zip track having a first end at one platform of the challenge course and a second end at another platform of the challenge course; the first end of the zip track is integrally connected to a first puck track of the challenge course; the second end of the zip track is integrally connected to a second puck track of the challenge course; the zip track has a puck support and a wheel support, the wheel support being provided below the puck support; a body having a puck and at least one rotating member, the at least one rotating member being disposed on the body downwardly from the puck; the body extends from the puck to attach to a lanyard, the lanyard can be attached to a safety harness worn by a user; wherein the puck of the body is moveably disposed above the puck support of the zip track; wherein the at least one rotating member of the body is moveably disposed above the wheel support of the zip track; wherein the body can move between the plurality of puck tracks and the zip track. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein the puck support extends above the wheel support between the first end and the second end of the zip track. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The challenge course of claim 21, wherein the puck does not contact the puck support when the at least one rotating member is displaced along the wheel support through at least part of the zip track. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein the puck support comprises a puck-track opening extending therethrough, and the body extends downward from the puck through the puck-track opening when the puck is displaced along the puck support. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The challenge course of claim 23, wherein the wheel support comprises a zip track opening extending therethrough, and the body extends downward from the at least one rotating member through the zip track opening when the at least one rotating member is displaced along the wheel support. ### Claim 25 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein the first end of the zip track is vertically higher than the second end of the zip track. ### Claim 26 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein the zip track has a non-linear slope. ### Claim 27 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein a first rotating member and a second rotating member are arranged on opposing sides of the body. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The challenge course of claim 27, wherein the first rotating member and the second rotating member are rollably disposed above the wheel support on opposite sides of a zip track opening which extends through the wheel support, when the body is displaced along the wheel support. ### Claim 29 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, further comprising a braking means to slow the body when the body is displaced along the zip track. ### Claim 30 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, further comprising a plurality of zip tracks. ### Claim 31 (depends on 20) The challenge course of claim 20, wherein the puck is slidably disposed within the plurality of puck tracks traversing the challenge course.