Swing type amusement ride with pendulum damper
CA 2181352 C · Owner: Bird, Kenneth G. · Inventors: Kitchen, William J.; Bird, Kenneth G.
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The ride is capable of raising a rider to a height of ten meters or more above the ground and then release the rider to swing. It includes a support structure (412), a support line (416b) secured to the support structure and to a rider. A launch structure (426) is spaced from the support structure (412) and carries a launch line (424a, 424b) designed to be releasably attached to a rider attachment (524b), so as to lift a rider from the ground. When the launch line (424a) is released from the attachment which carries the rider, the rider swings downwardly. A skysaucer embodiment (524a 542b) features, a conveying vehicle which holds multiple riders and is stopped by wheels (330) on a raised …
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- Filed January 24, 1995 and granted October 16, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2015.
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