Patent ID: 6875115

Claim:
Apparatus for an amusement ride and fall, the apparatus comprising: a track having a discharge point, the track being positioned to provide a drop below the discharge point; a carriage for a passenger which can be conveyed along the track towards the discharge point; propelling means for propelling the carriage along the track towards the discharge point; means to prevent the carriage from being discharged from the track at the discharge point; decelerating means to impart a horizontal component of deceleration to the carriage at/or immediately before the discharge point whereby upon the carriage being given a sufficiently rapid horizontal component of deceleration by the decelerating means the passenger separates from the carriage to be discharged with a horizontal component of motion from the discharge point of the track to drop in a freefall therefrom; and an elastic tie having a secured first end and a free second end directly or indirectly connected or connectable to the passenger, which tie limits the free fall of the connected passenger and, together with the horizontal component of motion inparted to the passenger, causes the passenger to bounce and swing for a period of time at the end of the free fall.