Patents Assigned to Ropes Courses, Inc
  • Patent number: 10478737
    Abstract: A zip track system that is integrally connected to a challenge course so that a user can traverse one portion of the challenge course, and then can slide down the zip track system via a zip track to any other desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Troy Lee Garland, Timothy John Powers
  • Patent number: 10213699
    Abstract: A zip track system that is integrally connected to a challenge course so that a user can traverse one portion of the challenge course, and then can slide down the zip track system via a zip track to any other desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ropes Courses, Inc.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Troy Lee Garland, Timothy John Powers
  • Patent number: 10136705
    Abstract: A carabiner gate for a carabiner having an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, that can only be opened with the use of a properly located magnet to move a sliding pin and allow rotation of the outer cylinder to open the carabiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ropes Courses, Inc.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Sean Raymond Horihan
  • Patent number: 10105564
    Abstract: An apparatus and system whereby a user can move by guidance of a return track on a challenger course. The return track may extend away from the challenge course and overhang its main frame so the user can experience an element outside of the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: Troy Lee Garland, James Allen Liggett
  • Patent number: 10093328
    Abstract: An in-line brake having a displaceable carriage for slowing and stopping a zip track trolley, that allows the trolley to continue in its direction of travel after it stops. The carriage is then repositioned automatically to stop the next trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Sean Raymond Horihan
  • Patent number: 9884633
    Abstract: The zip line rail system can be connected to a challenge course, a zip line, a zip track system, or any combination thereof. The zip line rail system of the present invention can have two rails that a member slide's two wheels rollably engage with, and the zip line rail system can be configured in any of a variety of directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ropes Courses, Inc
    Inventor: Sean Horihan
  • Patent number: D862875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Michael Matthew Kiella, Ricky James McKinney, Caitlin Marie McMahan, Sean Raymond Horihan
  • Patent number: D865895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Caitlin Marie McMahan, Sean Raymond Horihan
  • Patent number: D865896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Liggett, Caitlin Marie McMahan, Sean Raymond Horihan