Movable platform for a path
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsDaren E. Fluty, Christine Marie Sorrentino, Jeff Kelso
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Abstract
An amusement park attraction system includes a user path extending through at least a portion of the amusement park attraction system, a railing extending along the user path, and a platform slidingly and rotatably coupled to the railing. The platform is configured to translate along the railing to position the platform relative to the user path, and the platform is configured to rotate relative to the user path to adjust between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration.
Claims20
An amusement park attraction system, comprising:
- a user path extending through at least a portion of the amusement park attraction system;
- a railing extending along the user path;
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- a platform slidingly and rotatably coupled to the railing, wherein the platform is configured to translate along the railing to position the platform relative to the user path, and the platform is configured to rotate relative to the user path to adjust between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration.
An auxiliary path system for an amusement park attraction, the auxiliary path system comprising:
- a support panel;
- a platform coupled to the support panel;
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- a mount configured to couple the support panel to a railing of the amusement park attraction, wherein the mount is configured to translate along the railing to move the support panel and the platform relative to the railing, and the auxiliary path system is configured to provide a gap between the platform and a user path to provide an auxiliary path over a feature that blocks the user path.
An amusement park attraction system, comprising:
- a user path extending within the amusement park attraction system, wherein the user path comprises a railing;
- an auxiliary path and/or a bridging system, comprising:
- a support panel configured to movably couple to the railing;
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- a platform movably coupled to the support panel, wherein the platform is movable relative to the support panel to transition the auxiliary path and/or the bridging system between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration;
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- a ride vehicle configured to at least partially extend across the user path, wherein the auxiliary path and/or the bridging system is configured to be in the deployed configuration when the ride vehicle at least partially extends across the user path such that the platform at least partially extends over the ride vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.