Patents by Inventor Brad Borgman

Brad Borgman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • GAP BLOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK ATTRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20250145185
    Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: James Anthony Bertoncello, Michael David Russell, Jr., Fred Calvin Wainwright, Jr., Brad Borgman, Daniel Coats, Michael Gordon, Kenneth D. Salter, Frank Weigand
  • Gap blocking systems and methods for amusement park attractions
    Patent number: 12195052
    Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: James Anthony Bertoncello, Michael David Russell, Jr., Fred Calvin Wainwright, Jr., Brad Borgman, Daniel Coats, Michael Gordon, Kenneth D. Salter, Frank Weigand
  • GAP BLOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK ATTRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20230202532
    Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: James Anthony Bertoncello, Michael David Russell, JR., Fred Calvin Wainwright, JR., Brad Borgman, Daniel Coats, Michael Gordon, Kenneth D. Salter, Frank Weigand
  • Gap blocking systems and methods for amusement park attractions
    Patent number: 11613278
    Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: James Anthony Bertoncello, Michael David Russell, Jr., Fred Calvin Wainwright, Jr., Brad Borgman, Daniel Coats, Michael Gordon, Kenneth D. Salter, Frank Weigand
  • Carousel ride systems and methods
    Patent number: 11161049
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Jerrell Andrew Loudon, David Wayne Komives, Elizabeth Teresa Colon, Francis K. Weigand, Michael Gordon, Arthur Derby Ahlstone, Daniel Coats, Brad Borgman, Dave Clare
  • GAP BLOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK ATTRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20200307651
    Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: James Anthony Bertoncello, Michael David Russell, JR., Fred Calvin Wainwright, JR., Brad Borgman, Daniel Coats, Michael Gordon, Kenneth D. Salter, Frank Weigand
  • CAROUSEL RIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200298132
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jerrell Andrew Loudon, David Wayne Komives, Elizabeth Teresa Colon, Francis K. Weigand, Michael Gordon, Arthur Derby Ahlstone, Daniel Coats, Brad Borgman, Dave Clare