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US 9,873,058 B2Granted
Ride vehicle and amusement attraction
AssigneeAmusement Products LLC
InventorEarl Knight Magrath, III
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a platform, a passenger seat supported above the platform, a pair of drive tires positioned on the platform and a pair of independent drive motors respectively connected to the pair of drive tires. The vehicle may further include a ride controller for controlling the pair of independent drive motors and the pair of drive tires. Additionally, the vehicle may include a laser gun mounted thereon and incorporated into a system including a target that is targetable by the laser gun.
Claims19
A vehicle, comprising:
- a platform;
- a seat frame rotatably suspended above the platform;
- a passenger seat suspended above the platform within the seat frame;
- vertically disposed supports disposed on opposite sides of a top surface of the platform, the seat frame being rotatably mounted on the vertically disposed supports such that the seat frame and the passenger seat are rotatable with respect to the vertically disposed supports;
- a pair of drive tires positioned on the platform;
- a pair of independent drive motors respectively connected to the pair of drive tires;
- a seat frame disposed above the platform, wherein the passenger seat is rotatably supported within the seat frame;
- and
- a vehicle controller, mounted on the passenger seat, adapted to allow a user to control the vehicle to drive forward, drive backward and rotate up to 360°.
6 more elements
A vehicle, comprising:
- a platform;
- a seat frame rotatably suspended above the platform;
- a passenger seat suspended above the platform within the seat frame;
- vertically disposed supports disposed on opposite sides of a top surface of the platform, the seat frame being rotatably mounted on the vertically disposed supports such that the seat frame and the passenger seat are rotatable with respect to the vertically disposed supports;
- a pair of drive tires positioned on the platform;
- a pair of independent drive motors respectively connected to the pair of drive tires;
- a seat frame disposed above the platform, wherein the passenger seat is supported within the seat frame;
- a pair of vertical supports positioned on opposite sides of the platform;
- a vertical drive system, disposed on one of the pair of vertical supports, the vertical drive system configured to rotate the seat frame;
- and
- a vehicle controller, mounted on the passenger seat, adapted to allow a user to control the vehicle to drive forward, drive backward and rotate up to 360°.
8 more elements
A vehicle, comprising:
- a platform;
- a seat frame rotatably suspended above the platform;
- a passenger seat suspended above the platform within the seat frame;
- vertically disposed supports disposed on opposite sides of a top surface of the platform, the seat frame being rotatably mounted on the vertically disposed supports such that the seat frame and the passenger seat are rotatable with respect to the vertically disposed supports;
- a pair of drive tires positioned on the platform;
- a pair of independent drive motors respectively connected to the pair of drive tires;
- and
- a ride controller adapted to allow a user to control the pair of independent drive motors and the pair of drive tires to drive the vehicle forward and backward.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.