Abstract: Plant for amusement parks of the kind having a circuit and a series of vehicles joined one to another in an articulated way for the transport of passengers. The vehicles move along a rail track or the like, and can accommodate the transported passengers at different heights.
Abstract: A roller coaster has cars with passenger supports to hold the passengers in a substantially horizontal position within the car during the ride in seats which can be rigidly molded for each new individual passenger to conform to the unique body contours of the passenger, wherein the cars have multiple vertically-tiered levels of passenger support and are supported from above and below on the track, to provide an increased speed and thrill capability for the ride.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 15, 1992
Date of Patent:
June 15, 1993
Inventors:
Ethan J. Mesmer, Matthew S. Gray, Milton E. Parrish
Abstract: A personalized rapid transit system incorporating an interconnected network of rails which are supported in a predetermined three dimensional pattern. A plurality of vehicles which are each adapted to carry at least one person and have a configuration which facilitates the removable nesting of vehicles when not in use are provided. Connection and drive apparatus is on each vehicle and is connected to the network of rails so that the vehicle is suspended from the rail network and is guided and supported thereby during travel and storage.