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US 2001/0036867 A1Published application
Leisure equipment with wheeled vehicle
OwnerJochen Schweizerinventor
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Leisure equipment is disclosed which permits an experience of fully controlled loop-the-loop rotary motion with a wheeled vehicle. The leisure equipment comprises a frame structure with a trough-shaped wheel track, an axis of rotation and at least one rotating arm with one wheeled vehicle each. The trough-shaped wheel track is curved so as to form a closed contour. The axis of rotation is contained within this contour. At least one rotating arm is rotatably supported on this axis of rotation. At the rotating arm a wheeled vehicle is fastened which is adapted to be guided in the wheel track. The wheeled vehicle is pressed into the wheel track by a pressing device acting on the rotating arm. In this way a contact of wheel track and wheeled vehicle exists in every point of the wheel track. With the wheeled vehicle of the leisure equipment, a rider can perform loop-the-loop rotary motions or revolutions during which he retains full command of the motion at all times.
Leisure equipment having a frame structure, comprising:
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where the contour of the wheel track (110, 120) is circular and the axis of rotation (210) is situated in the center of the circle.
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where the wheeled vehicle (300) is detachably connected with the rotating arm (200).
Leisure equpiment according to one of the preceding claims where the wheeled vehicle (300) is solidly connected with the rotating arm (200).
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where at the free end of the rotating arm (200) opposite to the wheeled vehicle (300) at least one weight can be fastened (at 270), and the position of the weight along the rotating arm (200) is adjustable.
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where the wheeled vehicle (300) has a bicycle.
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where the rotating arm (200) can be decelerated by a braking system operable from outside.
Leisure equipment according to one of the preceding claims where appropriate harness to secure the rider is attached to the rotating arm (200).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.