Apparatus for invoking a free-fall experience
OwnerJimmy Doyle Mosleyinventor
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Abstract
A free-fall apparatus comprising a vertical structure that houses and supports a lifting assembly that includes a wearable harness, a support member, anchored pulleys, a lifting cable, and a lifting device. The vertical structure also houses and supports a braking assembly that includes a pair of cylinders, pistons, anchored pulleys, and braking cables. The amusement ride's unique design provides end-users with selective control of their entertainment experience by allowing each end-user the ability to decide when to engage the release mechanism that induces the safe yet exhilarating free-fall experience.
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An apparatus for invoking a free-fall experience, comprising:
- a vertical structure including a plurality of structural members to provide structural integrity, wherein the vertical structure is securable to a level surface;
- a lifting assembly for lifting an end-user a vertical distance away from the level surface and positioning an end-user in a free-fall position;
- and
- a braking assembly for slowing the end-user fall speed when falling from the free-fall position and bringing the end-user to a full stop before the end-user reaches the level surface,
- wherein the lifting assembly, comprises:
- a lift assembly confined within the vertical structure for positioning an end-user in the free-fall position, the lift mechanism including a lifting device securable to the level surface, a plurality of anchored pulleys anchored to an upper portion of the vertical structure, and at least one lifting cable extending from the lifting device through the anchored pulleys and selectively engageable to a wearable body harness donned by the end-user.
An apparatus for invoking a free-fall experience, comprising:
- a vertical structure including a plurality of structural members to provide structural integrity, wherein the vertical structure is securable to a level surface;
- a lifting assembly for lifting an end-user from the level surface, positioning an end-user in a free-fall position, the lifting assembly including a releasable mechanism selectively engageable by an end-user when in the free-fall position to initiate a free-fall experience,
- wherein the free-fall position is a distance above the level surface;
- and
- a braking assembly for slowing the end-user fall speed when falling from the free-fall position and bringing the end-user to a full stop before the end-user reaches the level surface,
- wherein the lifting assembly, comprises:
- a lift assembly confined within the vertical structure for positioning an end-user in the free-fall position, the lift mechanism including a lifting device securable to the level surface, a plurality of anchored pulleys anchored to an upper portion of the vertical structure, and at least one lifting cable extending from the lifting, device through the anchored pulleys and selectively engageable to a wearable body harness donned by the end-user.
An apparatus for invoking a free-fall experience, comprising:
- a vertical structure including a plurality of structural members to provide structural integrity, wherein the vertical structure is securable to a level surface;
- a lifting assembly for lifting an end-user a vertical distance away from the level surface and positioning an end-user in a free-fall position;
- and
- a braking assembly for slowing the end-user fall speed when falling from the free-fall position and bringing the end-user to a full stop before the end-user reaches the level surface,
- wherein the lifting assembly includes a wearable body harness assembly for securing an end-user to the lifting assembly, comprising:
- a body harness;
- a support member positioned normal to the relative vertical standing position of the end-user;
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- at least one harness webbing, the webbing including a first end removably attachable to a portion of the body harness and a second end securably attached to the support member for securing the wearable body harness to the support member of the lifting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.