US 12,654,082 B2Granted

Wall-traversal amusement attraction

AssigneeActivate Games Inc.

InventorAdam Schmidt

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Abstract

An amusement attraction features a wall structure, a respective set of illuminable handholds distributed over a wall surface of at least one upright wall of the structure, a floor surface residing adjacent to the upright wall on a side thereof faced by the wall surface, and one or more detection devices operable to detect landing of a participant on the floor surface during attempted traversal of the wall surface. A controller is operable to illuminate the handholds in different colour-coded patterns. Each pattern includes illumination of “authorized” handholds in a first colour, illumination of “prohibited” handholds in a second colour, and illumination of “targeted” handholds in a third colour. In a game-play session, participants are tasked with grasping of the targeted handholds while traversing the wall structure, with penalties applied for detected landing of participants on the floor surface and gripping of prohibited handholds.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An amusement system comprising:

a wall structure comprising one or more upright walls;
a plurality of handholds on the one or more upright walls in positions distributed over a wall area of the one or more upright walls for use as hand grips by which at least one participant can support themselves on the one or more upright walls, and thereon traverse a course that spans from a starting point adjacent a first end of the wall area to an end point adjacent a second end of the wall area, of which the second end is of horizontally distant relation to the first end;
a floor surface comprising a penalty zone residing adjacent to the one or more upright walls on a side thereof faced by the wall area;
one or more penalty detection devices positioned relative to the one or more upright walls and the floor surface, and configured to detect landings of the at least one participant on the penalty zone during attempted traversal of the course via the plurality of handholds;
and
a controller, connected to the one or more penalty detection devices, configured to execute a gameplay session, and therein:
execute a countdown timer;
monitor the detected landings of the at least one participant on the penalty zone;
in response to each detected landing, penalize a health point from a number of health points given to the at least one participant;
determine whether the countdown timer has expired;
in response to determining the countdown timer has expired, terminate the gameplay session;
in response to determining the countdown timer has not expired, determine whether the given number of health points are penalized;
and
in response to determining the given number of health points are penalized, terminate the gameplay session.

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A method for a gameplay session in an amusement system comprising a wall structure including one or more upright walls, a plurality of handholds on the one or more upright walls in positions distributed over a wall area of the one or more upright walls for use as hand grips by which at least one participant can support themselves on the one or more upright walls, a floor surface comprising a penalty zone residing adjacent to the one or more upright walls on a side thereof faced by the wall area, one or more penalty detection devices positioned relative to the one or more upright walls and the floor surface, and configured to detect landings of the at least one participant on the penalty zone during attempted traversal of the course via the plurality of handholds, and a controller connected to the one or more penalty detection devices, the method, executed by the controller, comprising:

executing a countdown timer;
monitoring the detected landings of the at least one participant on the penalty zone;
in response to each detected landing, penalizing a health point from a number of health points given to the at least one participant;
determining whether the countdown timer has expired;
in response to determining the countdown timer has expired, terminating the gameplay session;
in response to determining the countdown timer has not expired, determining whether the given number of health points are penalized;
and
in response to determining the given number of health points are penalized, terminating the gameplay session.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/502,537Filed 6 Nov 2023 · continuation
Priority: CA CA 306884720 Jan 2020
Published: US 2025/0177795 A15 Jun 2025
Granted: 16 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A63B 69/0048
Training appliances or apparatus for special sports: for mountaineering, e.g. climbing-walls, grip elements for climbing-walls
A63B 9/00
Climbing poles, frames, or stages
A63B 71/0669
Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills: score-keepers or…
A63B 2009/006
Climbing poles, frames, or stages: playground structures

Family

Application17/149,033Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jan 2021
US 2025/0177795 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Jun 2025
US 11,844,995 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0220688 A1Published application
US 12,654,082 B2This patent

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