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US 2014/0174314 A1Published application
Coaster design
AssigneeBecher-Schmidt USA
InventorJordan M. SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A coaster having a rotatable track area capable of rotating, for example, 180° and repositioning a car for further movement along another track different than the one from which it originated. The rotatable track area can have a cross section of any polygonal shape. A corresponding rotation system with computer controls can selectively rotate the rotatable track area in predetermined increments according to the coaster track end positions so as to selectively align the rotatable tracks with the coaster tracks.
Claims10
A coaster comprising:
- a rotatable track area having
- a rotatable portion capable of rotating about an axis;
- and
- at least one track positioned on an outer periphery of the rotatable portion;
- wherein selective rotation of the rotatable portion positions the at least one track on the outer periphery of the same in alignment with one or more tracks of the coaster.
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A coaster comprising:
- a coaster track having two ends terminating at the same point and being displaced from each other;
- a rotatable track area positioned at the termination point of the two ends of the track, the rotatable track area further comprising:
- a rotatable portion capable of rotating about an axis;
- and
- at least one track positioned on an outer periphery of the rotatable portion;
- wherein selective rotation of the rotatable portion positions the at least one track in alignment with at least one of the two ends of the coaster track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.