Amusement riding device
OwnerMark Conrad Blumhageninventor
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Abstract
An amusement device attached to a flat bed surface of a flatbed truck. A subfloor is hingedly attached to one end of the flat bed. A mechanical assembly such as a telescoping hydraulic rod can be extended or retracted by an operator to change the angle of the subfloor. A plurality of flat panels unfold to form a circularly shaped main floor. The floor includes a central shaft that can be activated to cause the floor to rotate. People holding carriages are round in plan view and have castor support wheels cause the carriage to slide around on the circular shaped floor as the floor both rotates and is tilted at an angle. The centrifugal force of the rotation causes the carriages to be flung outwards where the are retained by a scalloped perimeter wall attached to the circular floor.
Claims7
An amusement riding device comprising:
- a flatbed truck type vehicle having a relatively flat bed carrying surface;
- a subfloor panel hingedly attached to one end of said flatbed carrying surface;
- a mechanical assembly capable of lifting one end of said subfloor panel and comprising:
- a circular sleeve surrounding a central shaft perpendicularly attached to said subfloor panel;
- a plurality of support trusses, each having an end proximal to the said circular sleeve, wherein each truss is hingedly attached to the said circular sleeve at the proximal end of the said truss;
- a plurality of flat panels hinged to each other that when unfolded form a substantially circular floor surface;
- said circular floor surface including a scalloped perimeter wall;
- said circular floor surface caused to lay flat upon said trusses;
- said circular floor surface capable of rotating about said central shaft;
- a plurality of people-holding carriages each having a circular shape when viewed from above;
- each carriage supported by a plurality of caster type wheels;
- said carriages capable of rolling across said flat floor surface when said floor surface is tilted by said mechanical assembly;
- said carriages each capable of temporarily seating themselves within said scalloped area of said perimeter wall when said floor surface is rotated causing a centrifugal force;
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- said carriages each having a resilient perimeter bumper allowing one carriage to safely bump into another carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.