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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Schilke, Eden, UT (US);
Fred W. Bolingbroke, Syracuse, UT (US);
Joseph Trillo, Layton, UT (US);
Alan Camomile, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jan Bruening, Riverton, UT (US);
Peter Hines, Ogden, UT (US);
Gary Bird, Ogden, UT (US);
Gary Iser, Layton, UT (US);
Assignee:
S&S-Arrow, LLC, Logan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63G 1/00 ;
Abstract
Amusement rides and methods are described. The amusement rides of the present invention include roller coaster vehicles that have a controlled spin or controlled rotation in a direction or dimension independent from the track of the roller coaster. The controlled rotation or spin is provided by using displacement of the track configuration to power a proportional rotation of the vehicle.