Safety device for a fairground attraction
AssigneeCobra Beheer B.V.
InventorsLouisito Johannes Eusebio Kroon, Albert Louisito Phillipus Kroon
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Abstract
A safety device for a construction in which a person is able to sit and with which movements can be executed, for example for an attraction for a fairground or an amusement park. The safety device includes a base that can be fixed to the construction, a restraint that at one end is pivotably connected to the base and that can be moved between a lifted-up position such that the person is able to sit down in the construction or to leave the latter, and a safety position in which the person is secured in the construction, and locking means for locking the restraint in the safety position. The locking means has a locking component that is located at the end of the restraint that faces away from the end where the restraint is pivotably mounted.
Claims12
A construction for a safety device in which a person is able to sit and with which movements can be executed, comprising:
- a base that can be fixed to the construction;
- a restraint pivotably connected at one end to the base and that can be moved between a lifted-up position such that the person is able to sit down or leave the construction, and a safety position in which the person is secured in the construction;
- and
- a locking means for locking the restraint in the safety position,
- wherein the locking means has a locking component that is located at an end of the restraint that faces away from the one end where the restraint is pivotably mounted;
- wherein the locking means further comprises:
- a projection;
- a lock housing having a recess into which the projection can be inserted;
- and
- a retaining means for retaining the projection in the lock housing;
- wherein either the projection or the lock housing is fixed to the restraint and whichever of these components is not fixed to the restraint can be fixed to the base;
- wherein the retaining means comprises at least one roller that can be rolled along an upward sloping path in the lock housing, wherein the upward sloping path together with the projection defines a wedge-shaped space which becomes narrower in the direction in which the projection can be moved out of the lock housing, in which space the roller is present in contact with the path and the projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.