Patent ID: 7465235

Claim:
A combined human catapult and safety landing apparatus comprising: a) an elongate throwing arm to guide a passengers flight; b) a seat attached to said throwing arm locked onto the top of and at the distal end of the throwing arm; c) a pair of support beams positioned at each side of said throwing arm to provide placement of the throwing arm above ground level; d) a pin rod mounted transversally between the top end of said support beams and said throwing arm to allow rotational engagement there between; e) a base platform securely fastened to the bottom end of said support beams disposed below and parallel to said throwing arm; f) a pair of attached wings positioned one at each end and under said base platform to dampen pitch and yaw; g) a pair of thrust legs rotationally mounted at their top end to said throwing arm positioned respectively ahead and behind said pin rod; h) an pneumatic air cylinder having attached a front end coupling means and said coupling means having rotative engagement to the bottom ends of said thrust legs; i) a pair of struts fastened securely to the top side of said base platform having rotational attachment to the back end of said pneumatic air cylinder; j) an air tank for holding a predetermined quantity of gas; k) a first air hose connected to said air tank; l) an air valve connected to said first air hose; m) a second air hose connected between said air valve and said air cylinder; n) an air gauge connected to said air tank; o) a first and second safety line wherein each of one end is provided for individual attachment to a passenger; p) a first and second ring connected respectively to the opposite end of said first and second safety lines; q) a first and second suspension line connected respectively by encirclement with said first and second rings for sliding engagement there between; r) a first pair of spaced apart posts having said first suspension line linked there between and s) a second pair of spaced apart posts having said second suspension line linked there between.