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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Universal City Studios Llc, Universal City, CA (US);
Jerrell Andrew Loudon, Orlando, FL (US);
David Wayne Komives, Rockledge, FL (US);
Elizabeth Teresa Colon, Winter Park, FL (US);
Francis K. Weigand, La Canada, CA (US);
Michael Gordon, Glendale, CA (US);
Arthur Derby Ahlstone, Ventura, CA (US);
Daniel Coats, Alamo, CA (US);
Brad Borgman, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dave Clare, Olympia, WA (US);
Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US);
Abstract
A carousel ride system includes a rotatable platform, a plurality of figures that are configured to rotate with the rotatable platform, and a lift system. The lift system is configured to raise and to lower the plurality of figures relative to the rotatable platform along a vertical axis during ride operations and to position each of the plurality of figures at a same vertical height relative the rotatable platform along the vertical axis during loading and unloading operations.