Patent ID: 9744469
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A63G

Claim:
1. An amusement ride comprising: a support tower; a track mounted on the support tower having a first rail and a second rail, said rails being substantially parallel to each other; a first helical section of the track wherein the first rail is an inner rail mounted on the support tower and the second rail is an outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the first section of the track is a helix wrapping around at least a portion the tower; a second helical section of track mounted on the support tower wherein the second rail is the inner rail and the first rail is the an outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the second section of the track is a helix wrapping around at least a portion of the tower; the first and second sections of track being connected together at a top of the support tower by a first switch back section and at a bottom of the support tower by a second switch back such that a rider carriage moveably mounted on the rails can move in a continuous loop on the rails and such that a first side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the first helical section of the track and a second side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the second helical section of the track, the first and second sides of the ride carriage being opposite each other; wherein the first section and second section are evenly spaced apart for a majority of the length of the sections; a plurality of rider carriages suspended below the rails and pivotally attached to a mounting section, said mounting section being slidably attached to the bottom rails; and the rider carriages having a door on opposing sides of the rider carriage.