Patent ID: 6569024
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
An amusement ride, comprising:a) a support tower; b) a support beam rotationally coupled to the support tower and having a boom arm and one or more cam arms extending therefrom, the boom arm and the cam arms each having an attachment portion, wherein the boom arm and the cam arms are pivotal in opposite directions between loading positions and operating positions with the attachment portions of the boom arm and the cam arms elevated with respect to the attachment portions in the loading position, and the cam arms are selectively locked in the operating position during operation of the ride; c) a passenger carriage releasably coupled to the attachment portion of the boom arm; and d) one or more cables attached to the attachment portions of the cam arms and to the passenger carriage, wherein when the passenger carriage is released from the boom arm in the operating position, the passenger carriage swings safely above the ground from the attachment portions of the cam arms in the elevated operating position.