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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Dynamic Structures, Ltd., Port Coquitlam, CA;
David Robert Rupp, Frederick, MD (US);
Cynthia Lynn Emerick-Whitson, Camden, OH (US);
DYNAMIC STRUCTURES, LTD., Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
A track switching element for providing a ride experience in an amusement ride that includes a pivotable track section that has a longitudinally extending support beam with a longitudinally extending upper surface, a first end and a second end, the support beam includes a pivot element located between the first end and the second end, and a longitudinally extending rail that is adapted to receive a vehicle and that is located adjacent the upper surface. The rail communicates with an entry rail section when the pivotable track section is in a first position. A support structure cooperates with the pivot element such that the pivotable track section is pivotable about the pivot element from the first position to at least a second position such that the rail communicates with an exit rail section in the second position.