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US 5,167,321 AGranted
Hook and loop conveyer system
OwnerLouis T. Brodrick, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
Conveying system for transportable objects, especially inflatable, semi-rigid, and rigid rafts, using hook and loop materials to releasably secure the transported objects to conveyors during transport.
Claims5
Conveying system using hook and loop materials, forming part of a closed-loop transport system, and consisting of one or more upwardly inclined conveyers provided with hook or loop surfaces for the transport of objects, especially rafts:
- "such as used in water rides for amusement, the rafts being approximately circular or oval," inflatable, semi-rigid, or rigid, equipped with the matching loop or hook surfaces, the rafts to be releasably attached to the conveyer by means of the hook and loop materials irrespective of the orientation of the rafts with respect to the conveyer, and, after transport to the desired point, there to be released from the conveyer, and subsequently returned by any suitable means to the front end of the conveyer for repeating the cycle;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.