Swing type amusement ride

An amusement ride for raising a plurality of riders from a static position at or near the ground to a height of at least ten meters, and releasing the riders to swing in a curved trajectory, the amusement ride comprising:

• a support structure extending at least eleven meters from the ground;
• a support line having a given length and a first end and a second end, said first end of said support line attached to said support structure, said second end of said support line attached to a multi-rider support means;
• said support line suspended from a normal position on said support structure vertically downward;
• a launch means to raise the multi-rider support means in a curved trajectory defined by the support line;
• a launch release means to launch the multi-rider support means in the curved trajectory;
• the multi-rider support means further comprising an intermediary support member affixed to said second end of said support line;
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• an individual rider carriage means for each rider and individual coupling means for each carriage affixed to said intermediary support member.

An amusement ride for raising a conveyance holding riders from a static position at or near the ground to a height of at least ten meters, and releasing the conveyance to swing in a curved trajectory, the amusement ride comprising:

• an upright support structure, said support structure extending at least eleven meters from the ground;
• a conveyance support line assembly having a given length and first ends and second ends, said first ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to said upper portion of said support structure, said second ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to the conveyance, said conveyance support line assembly suspended from a normal position on said support structure vertically downward;
• an upright launch structure extending upwardly from the ground and disposed from said support structure at a distance not greater than the length of said support line assembly;
• a launch line having a first end and a second end, said first end of said launch line attached to means for raising and lowering said launch line on said launch structure, said second end releasably attached to said conveyance;
• a movable loading structure having means a for lifting and lowering said movable loading structure, functioning to move said movable loading structure upward to a raised position to enable the riders to embark/disembark from the conveyance and to move said movable loading structure downward to allow the conveyance to swing in a curved trajectory;
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• said movable loading structure further comprises braking means for stopping said conveyance functioning to bring said braking means into contact with said conveyance when said movable loading structure is in the raised position.

An amusement ride for raising a conveyance holding riders from a static position at or near the ground to a height of at least ten meters, and releasing the conveyance to swing in a curved trajectory, the amusement ride comprising:

• an upright support structure, said support structure extending at least eleven meters from the ground;
• a conveyance support line assembly having a given length and first ends and second ends, said first ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to said upper portion of said support structure, said second ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to the conveyance, said conveyance support line assembly suspended from a normal position on said support structure vertically downward;
• an upright launch structure extending upwardly from the ground and disposed from said support structure at a distance not greater than the length of said support line assembly;
• a launch line having a first end and a second end, said first end of said launch line attached to means for raising and lowering said launch line on said launch structure, said second end releasably attached to said conveyance;
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• said launch line further comprises a launch weight line having a first and a second end and a launch weight functioning to enable the return of the second end of launch weight attached to said second end of said launch line, said first end of said launch weight line attached to said upper portion of said support structure, said second end of said launch weight line attached to said second end of said launch line.

An amusement ride for raising a conveyance holding riders from a static position at or near the ground to height of at least ten meters, and releasing the conveyance to swing in a curved trajectory, the amusement ride comprising:

• an upright support structure, said support structure extending at least eleven meters from the ground;
• a conveyance support line assembly having a given length and first ends and second ends, said first ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to said upper portion of said support structure, said second ends of said conveyance support line assembly attached to the conveyance, said conveyance support line assembly suspended from a normal position on said support structure vertically downward;
• an upright launch structure extending upwardly from the ground and disposed from said support structure at a distance not greater than the length of said support line assembly;
• a launch line having a first end and a second end, said first end of said launch line attached to means for raising an lowering said launch line on said launch structure, said second end releasably attached to said conveyance;
• said conveyance further comprises a plurality of access rows serving a plurality of seats, thereby enabling the rapid ongress and egress of riders;
• a loading structure functioning to enable riders to embark/disembark from the conveyance;
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• a braking means functioning to stop the conveyance from swinging.