Patent ID: 7905790
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A63G,A63J

Abstract:
1. An assembly for use with a vehicle track of a ride system in a theme or amusement park to provide a ride-through screen experience, comprising: a vehicle for carrying at least one passenger with a base adapted for riding upon the vehicle track and with a top assembly provided on the base, wherein the top assembly comprises a first and a second set of magnetic elements proximate an exterior surface of the top assembly with the magnetic elements in each of the sets having a same pole oriented outward from the exterior surface; and a screen assembly comprising a first and a second screen segment pivotably mounted adjacent to each other and transverse to the vehicle track in a closed position, wherein the first and second screen segments each comprises a magnetic element with an exposed pole matching the same pole of the corresponding one of the first and second sets of the magnetic elements of the vehicle, whereby the first and second screen segments are magnetically levitated to an open position and away from the top assembly when the vehicle passes through the screen assembly without contacting the vehicle.