Patent ID: 8573132

Claim:
A cable transportation system switch comprising: a first rail including a straight portion; a second rail including a straight portion forming an angle of more than 0 degrees and less than 45 degrees with the straight portion of the first rail; and a third straight rail located between the straight portion of the first rail and the straight portion of the second rail, said third straight rail including a first guide member and a second guide member located on opposite sides of a web of the third straight rail to define respective curved paths tangent to the web of the third straight rail, said third straight rail being selectively moveable between: (i) a first operating position in which a free end of the third straight rail forms a first joint with the first rail and the third straight rail is parallel to the straight portion of the second rail, and (ii) a second operating position in which the free end of the third straight rail forms a second joint with the second rail and the third straight rail is parallel to the straight portion of the first rail.