Aerial car suspension

An aerial transport system including an aerial track defining a way along which a carriage travels, the carriage being suspended from said aerial track to rotate in the yaw and pitch directions with respect to the track,

• wherein a structure for suspending the carriage from the track comprises:
• a plurality of beams located in spaced apart relationship with respect to one another, each of said beams having vertical axes on both ends thereof and a horizontal axis on the transversely central portion thereof;
• a pair of wheel supporting frames having one end rotatably supporting a wheel engagable with said track and rotating therealong, and the other end rotatably connected with both ends of each beam, said frame being rotatable in the yaw direction about said vertical axis of said beam;
• and
• a hanger having one end connected with said beam and being rotatable about said horizontal axis of said beam and the other end provided with joining means which has both vertical and horizontal axes and through which said other end is connected with said carriage so that said carriage is universally rotatable in yaw and pitch directions about said vertical and horizontal axes of said joining means.

In an aerial transport system having an aerial track such as a cableway and a carriage travelling along the track, a structure for suspending the carriage from the track including a beam, both ends of which are pivotally connected to a plurality of frame supporting wheels, said frames being rotatable in a yaw direction about yaw axes with respect to said beam, and a hanger, the upper end of which is connected to said beam in a pivotable position in a pitch direction about a pitch axis with respect to said beam,

• the improvement comprising, in combination:
• a plurality of separated beams being positioned apart from one another and linked to respective opposing ends by link members in alignment;
• a pair of frames respectively connected to both ends of each of said beams in a pivotal position with respect to said beams about respective yaw axes;
• one wheel being mounted on each of said frames;
• and
• joining means provided on the lower end of said hanger and having yaw and pitch axes so that said joining means connects said carriage to said hanger in a universally pivotable position in the yaw and pitch directions.