Patent EA-003347-B1 (EA)
Title: Multi-bay bungee-cord acrobatic suspension and trampoline structure
IPC: A63B5/11
Filed: 2000-10-05
Abstract: 1. A four-bay amusement-thrill apparatus for aerially suspending four separate participants in spatially segregated dynamic maneuvers; said apparatus comprising: a central vertical pylon providing a common intersection mooring means for a plurality of four rigid contiguous tubular support-booms obliquely bisecting midway up said pylon, whereby each said support-boom is thereby impinging down upon the grounding-surface at its lower half leg portion while extending up in the air via its opposite upper half arm portion relative to said pylon; a cooperative plurality of tension-cables arranged by triangulating means and secured via mechanical attachment means to the respective distal ends of said pylon and said support-booms, said triangulation thereby creating a rigidly united freestanding structure of said obliquely angled support-booms; a discrete arrangement of suspension-spring medium means strung between the distal terminuses of said support-booms, thereby defining spatially distinct maneuvering-bays within which an acrobatic persons can independently exercise bodily gyrations at will while suspended in the air from said tension-spring like means proximally between any adjoining said support-booms. 2. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-1, wherein is also included dedicated compression-beams, one each extending approximately vertically between said tower leg portion of a said support-beam and upwardly to the overhanging said upper arm portion of a bisecting opposite said support-boom; thereby totaling four said compression-beams in aggregate contributing additional rigidity to the overall said structure. 3. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-1, wherein said suspension-spring medium means are each secured to a separate pulley-line means moored from a guide-gully secured proximally the outer-upper distal end of a given said support-boom arm portion, thereby enabling the addressing acrobatic person to be independently raised from the embarking-surface when said pulley-line is shortened and conversely lowered to said embarking-surface when said pulley-line is lengthened. 4. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-3, wherein said pulleyline means is said shortened or lengthened via advantage of a manually powered windlass ratcheted winch or more conveniently via a motor-driven reversible-drive winch. 5. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-4, wherein said motordriven reversible-drive is activated via a remote-control command-module carried upon the acrobatic person or ground-operator; thereby enabling remote regulation of the degree of tension applied to the said pulley-line according to their personal preference. 6. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-1, wherein said suspension-spring medium means is essentially of one section continuous construction, and comprised of one or more linearly clustered conventional bungee-cord elements. 7. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-6, wherein said onepiece bungee-cord member includes a proximally medially located acrobat holding means in the form of a pair of hand-hold grips. 8. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-6, wherein said onepiece bungee-cord member includes a proximally medially located acrobat holding means in the form of a conventional abdominal or pelvic safety-harness device capable of passively holding the acrobat fast to said bungee-cord without hand assistance. 9. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-1, wherein said suspension-spring medium means is two cooperating linear sections each having one or more linearly clustered conventional bungee-cord elements; the interfacing ends of both said linear sections including a hand-hold means which the acrobatic person manually grips during acrobatics. 10. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-1, wherein a resilient-platform is staged upon the ground within at least one of said four maneuvering-bays, thereby enabling the acrobat to enjoy further inertial impetus compelled by rebounding upon said resilient-platform, while also relying upon said resilient-platform as a soft landing safety provision; said resilient-platform means thus being either a conventional trampoline-platform or is a conventional inflated airbag type of platform. 11. An amusement-thrill apparatus for aerially suspending multiple independent participants in three or more spatially segregated dynamic maneuvering-bays; said apparatus comprising: a central vertical pylon providing a common intersection mooring means for a plurality of rigid tubular support-booms obliquely bisecting midway up said pylon, whereby each said support-boom is thereby impinging upon the grounding-surface at one end white extending up in the air at the opposite side of said pylon; and including a compression-beam extending between the lower region of each said support-boom and the opposite overhanging upper region of an bisecting opposite said support-boom; a cooperative plurality of tension-cables arranged by triangulating means and secured via mechanical attachment means to the respective distal ends of said pylon and said support-booms, thereby creating a rigidly united free-standing structure of said obliquely angled support-booms; a discrete arrangement of bungee-cords strung between the upper distal terminuses of said support-booms, thereby defining spatially distinct maneuvering-bays within which an acrobatic person can independently exercise bodily gyrations at will while suspended in the air mid-way between said support-booms; a discrete arrangement of actuation pulley-line means for independently raising or lowering each said acrobatic person, whereby an ingressing person is attached by positive engagement means to said bungee-cord, whereupon shortening said pulley-line via winching means the acrobatic person becomes elevated to a height safely above the embarking surface, and conversely when said acrobatic person has completed their acrobatics, they are subsequently lowered back to the embarking surface for detaching and egressing from said maneuvering-bay area. 12. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein a set of two said diagonally intersecting opposing said support-booms define an X-shape when viewed from side/elevation-view and as a three-pointed Y-configuration as viewed from a upper/plan-view wherein said pylon appears as a central point of proximal convergence; said plural discrete bungee-cord members thereby aggregately appearing in upper/plan-view to form a delta-pattern strung across between said maneuvering-bays thereto. 13. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein there are two sets of two diagonally intersecting opposing said support-booms, each said set appearing to define an X-shape when viewed from side/elevation-view, and appearing in upper/plan-view to also form an X-configuration wherein said pylon appears as a central point of proximal convergence and said plural discrete bungee-cord members thereby aggregately appearing as a box-pattern strung across between adjoining said support-booms defining said maneuvering-bays thereto. 14. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein there are three sets of two diagonally intersecting opposing said support-booms, each said set appearing to define an X-shape when viewed from side/elevation-view, and appearing in upper/plan-view to form an six-pointed cross-configuration wherein said pylon appears as central point of proximal convergence and said plural discrete bungee-cord members thereby aggregately appearing as a hexagonal-pattern strung across between adjoining said support-booms defining said maneuvering-bays thereto. 15. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein there are four sets of two diagonally intersecting opposing said support-booms, each said set appearing to define an X-shape when viewed from side/elevation-view, and appearing in upper/plan-view to form an eight-pointed cross-configuration wherein said pylon appears as a central point of proximal convergence and said plural discrete bungee-cord members thereby aggregately appearing as a octagonal-pattern strung across between adjoining said support-booms defining said maneuvering-bays thereto. 16. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein said winching means is a motor-driven reversible-drive actuatable via a remote control command-module carried upon the acrobatic person or by a ground-operator; thereby enabling them to at any time regulate the degree of tension applied to the said pulley-line according to their personal preference. 17. The amusement-thrill apparatus according to Claim-11, wherein a resilient-platform is staged upon the ground within at least one of said four maneuvering-bays, thereby enabling the acrobat to enjoy further inertial impetus compelled by rebounding upon said resilient-platform, while also relying upon said resilient-platform as a soft landing safety provision; said resilient-platform means thus being either a conventional trampoline-platform or is a conventional inflated airbag type of platform. 18. A four-bay amusement-thrill apparatus for aerially suspending four separate participants in spatially segregated maneuvers dynamically enhanced by resilient-platform interaction; said apparatus comprising: a central vertical pylon providing a common intersection mooring means for a plurality of four rigid contiguous tubular support-booms obliquely bisecting midway up said pylon, whereby each said support-boom is thereby impinging down upon the grounding-surface at its lower half leg portion while extending up in the air via its opposite upper half arm portion relative to said pylon, the resulting configuration thereby defining four spatially distinct maneuvering-bays, wherein one or more of said maneuvering bays includes a resilient-platform means arranged between said leg portions; a dedicated plu