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US 10,794,073 B2Granted
Systems and methods for an entertainment system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsGregory Self, Kenneth Walker
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Abstract
An entertainment system includes a cylinder within a body of liquid, an entertainment platform within the cylinder, and a pump system. The entertainment platform is configured to move within the cylinder. The pump system is configured to remove fluid from and provide fluid to an interior of the cylinder on a first side of the entertainment platform to move the entertainment platform within the cylinder.
Claims18
An entertainment system, comprising:
- a cylinder disposed within a body of liquid;
- an entertainment platform disposed within the cylinder, wherein the entertainment platform is configured to move within the cylinder;
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- a pump system configured to remove fluid from and provide fluid to an interior of the cylinder on a first side of the entertainment platform to move the entertainment platform within the cylinder, wherein the pump system is configured to remove fluid from the cylinder on the first side of the entertainment platform and configured to direct the fluid to a location external to the cylinder to store the fluid, wherein the cylinder comprises an access panel coupled to a bottom portion of the cylinder, and wherein the access panel is configured to enable access for at least one performer, at least one object, or both to enter the interior of the cylinder from a passageway exterior of and extending from the bottom portion of the cylinder.
1 more element
An entertainment system, comprising:
- a body of liquid;
- a cylinder comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the cylinder is disposed within the body of liquid;
- an entertainment platform disposed within an interior of the cylinder, wherein the entertainment platform is configured to move axially within the cylinder between a first position at the bottom portion and a second position at the top portion;
- a pump system;
- a first conduit fluidly coupling the pump system and the interior of the cylinder at the bottom portion, wherein the pump system is configured to selectively provide and remove a flow of the liquid to and from the interior of the cylinder at the bottom portion to move the entertainment platform between the first position and the second position;
- a reservoir configured to store the liquid, wherein the reservoir is external to the cylinder;
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- a second conduit fluidly coupling the pump system and the reservoir, wherein the pump system is configured to remove the liquid from the interior of the cylinder at the bottom portion and configured to direct the liquid to the reservoir to store the liquid, wherein when the entertainment platform is located and maintained at the first position at the bottom portion of the cylinder, the pump system is configured to remove all of the liquid above the entertainment platform.
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A method of providing an entertainment platform in a body of liquid, the method comprising:
- removing liquid from an interior of a cylinder on a first side of the entertainment platform, wherein the entertainment platform is disposed within the cylinder, and wherein the cylinder is disposed within the body of liquid;
- providing liquid to the interior of the cylinder on a second side of the entertainment platform to lift the entertainment platform within the cylinder;
- removing the liquid from the interior of the cylinder on the second side of the entertainment platform to lower the entertainment platform within the cylinder;
- directing the liquid removed from the interior of the cylinder on the second side of the entertainment platform to a reservoir external to the cylinder to store the liquid;
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- enabling access for at least one performer, at least one object, or both from a passageway, exterior of the cylinder, to the entertainment platform within the cylinder via an access panel of the cylinder after removing the liquid from the interior of the cylinder on the first side of the entertainment platform and when the entertainment platform is disposed within a bottom portion of the cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.