Patent SG-11201910029X-A (SG)
Title: Passenger restraint for an amusement ride
Inventor: MASTERSON TOM
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 2018-05-08
Abstract: 40 44 44 30 FIG. 1 GC GC O 00 O O (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 15 November 2018 (15.11.2018) WIPO I PCT Iiiimmoimiolollmonolooloiollmumllomomovoimill (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/208835 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A63G 7/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/031671 (22) International Filing Date: 08 May 2018 (08.05.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/591,914 10 May 2017 (10.05.2017) US (71) Applicant: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC [US/US]; 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Califor- nia 91608 (US). (72) Inventors: MASTERSON, Tom; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Florida 32819 (US). BLUM, Steven C.; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Florida 32819 (US). OLIVER, Christopher; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Flori- da 32819 (US). VANCE, Eric A.; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Florida 32819 (US). FREED- MAN, Daniel; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Florida 32819 (US). VAN WINKLE, Ted W.; 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Promenade, Orlando, Florida 32819 (US). (74) Agent: POWELL, W. Allen et al.; P.O. Box 692289, Houston, Texas 77269 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (54) Title: PASSENGER RESTRAINT FOR AN AMUSEMENT RIDE (57) : A ride assembly includes a ride vehicle (10) configured to carry one or more passengers and to move in a direction (16) along a ride path, a first passenger seat (20) of the ride vehicle (10) having a seatback (26), where the first passenger seat (20) is configured to seat a first passenger of the one or more passengers, and where the seatback (26) is configured to rotate with respect to the ride vehicle (10) from a loading position (12) to an active position, a second passenger seat (22) of the ride vehicle (10) positioned behind the first passenger seat (20) with respect to the direction (16), where the second passenger seat (22) is configured to seat a second passenger of the one or more passengers, and a passenger restraint (34) coupled to the seatback (26) of the first passenger seat (20), where the passenger restraint (34) is configured to secure the second passenger in the second passenger seat (22) when the seatback (26) is in the active position. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/208835 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRDERIHNOIRHMIIMOMEMOIS DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(11)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))