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US 5,224,425 AGranted
Cable skydiving
OwnerBruce Remingtoninventor
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Abstract
A diverse variety of high speed gravity cableway rides in which a rider on a pulley block car descends a mountainside and generally stops by frictional forces, due to the design of the cable arc, before hitting the lower cable support point. In some forms, the rider may control his speed with a braking device and use a ski-lift to return to the top of the hill. In all form suitably safe embarking and disembarking platforms or procedures are employed.
Claims18
A cable amusement ride comprising:
- an upper and lower cable support, said lower cable support being located at a considerably lower elevation than said upper cable support;
- a cable loosely hung between said upper and lower cable supports such that the nadir of said cable is at a lower elevation than said upper and lower cable supports;
- slidable means mounted on said cable for movement therealong;
- passenger support means connected to said slidable means for supporting at least one passenger for travel along said cable;
- access means located below said upper cable support for permitting entry of said at least one passenger for commencement of said ride;
- return means for returning said slidable means to said access means upon completion of said ride, and
- disembarking means located below said lower cable support, said disembarking means having actuation means for moving said disembarking means between a first position whereat said at least one passenger passes freely past said disembarking means during traversal of said cable, and a second position wherein said at least one passenger contacts said disembarking means so as to disembark from said passenger support means upon completion of said ride.
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A cable amusement ride comprising:
- an upper and lower cable support, said lower cable support being located at a lower elevation than said upper cable support;
- a cable of varying length loosely hung between said upper and lower cable supports such that the nadir of said cable is at a lower elevation than said upper and lower cable supports;
- slidable means mounted on said cable for movement therealong in one direction beyond said nadir to an intermediate position between said lower cable support and said nadir, and in an opposite direction for intersection with disembarking means;
- passenger support means connected to said slidable means for supporting at least one passenger for travel along said cable;
- access means located below said upper cable support for permitting entry of said at least one passenger for commencement of said ride, and
- return means for returning said slidable means to said access means upon completion of said ride.
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A cable amusement ride comprising:
- an upper and lower cable support, said lower cable support being located at a lower elevation than said upper cable support;
- a cable loosely hung between said upper and lower cable supports such that the nadir of said cable is at a substantially lower elevation than said upper and lower cable supports;
- slidable means mounted on said cable for movement therealong in one direction beyond said nadir to an intermediate position between said lower cable support and said nadir, and in an opposite direction for intersection with disembarking means;
- passenger support means connected to said slidable means for supporting at least one passenger for travel along said cable;
- access means located below said upper cable support for permitting entry of said at least one passenger for commencement of said ride;
- return means for returning said slidable means to said access means upon completion of said ride, and
- wherein said at least one passenger may pass freely by said disembarking means during transversal of said cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.