Family amusement ride
AssigneeAntonio Zamperla S.p.A.
InventorsAntonio ZAMPERLA, Valerio FERRARI
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Abstract
An amusement ride comprises a track having at least one oval portion, at least one vehicle adapted to travel around the track, and a movement mechanism adapted to cause the at least one vehicle to travel around the track. The movement mechanism and the track cause each vehicle to experience an acceleration when the vehicle reaches a curved end of the oval portion and wherein the acceleration causes a top, carriage portion of the vehicle to rotate with respect to a lower carriage portion of the vehicle, about the vehicle axis. Each vehicle is rotatable around a vehicle axis at all locations about the track, including straight portions.
Claims20
An amusement ride comprising:
- a track having at least one oval portion;
- at least one vehicle adapted to travel around said track;
- a movement mechanism adapted to cause each said at least one vehicle to travel around said track;
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- each said vehicle further adapted to rotate around a vehicle axis of said vehicle at all locations about said track,
- wherein said movement mechanism and said track cause each said vehicle to experience an acceleration when said vehicle reaches a curved end of said oval portion and wherein said acceleration causes a top portion of said vehicle to rotate about said vehicle axis.
An amusement ride comprising:
- an oval track;
- at least one gondola adapted to travel around said oval track;
- a movement mechanism adapted to cause said at least one gondola to travel around said oval track;
- each said gondola having a lower chassis part coupled to said movement mechanism and an upper carriage part rotatable around an axis of said gondola at all locations about said oval track, said lower chassis part rotatably coupled to said upper carriage part via a bearing;
- wherein said movement mechanism and said track configuration cause each said gondola to experience a whipping motion when said gondola reaches an end section of said oval track and wherein said whipping motion causes said upper carriage part to rotate about said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.