Patent ID: 8690694
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. An amusement ride comprising: a free fall tower hingedly attached to a mobile base platform having a distal end and a proximate end; a lifting assembly connected to said mobile base platform and said free fall tower for transitioning said free fall tower from a loading position and a free fall position; a passenger carriage slideably attached to said free fall tower and releasably connected to said distal end so that passengers can board said passenger carriage when said free fall tower is in said loading position; a braking assembly carried by said free fall tower for stopping said passenger carriage when said passenger carriage is released from said distal end and said free fall tower is in said free fall position; and, a trolley disengagement arm connected to said mobile base platform and slideably connected to said free fall tower so that said trolley disengagement arm moves said passenger carriage outside a braking zone as said free fall tower transitions from said free fall position to said loading position.