Patent ID: 8156873

Claim:
A recreational apparatus comprising: a) an elevated rail system including a plurality of intersecting carrier rails with each of such carrier rails defining a distinct carrier pathway and being adapted to suspend a carrier therefrom, said elevated rail system further including one or more diverters to enable said carrier to be selectively guided to a different carrier rail; b) a plurality of carriers, each carrier being suspended from a respective one of said carrier rails, said carrier comprising: i) a coupling assembly for slidably coupling said carrier to said elevated rail system, said coupling assembly including a mechanism for selectively interacting with said diverter within an interior of a first carrier rail to thereby guide said carrier from solely said first carrier rail to solely a second carrier rail; ii) a drive wheel assembly configured to cooperate with said coupling assembly; and iii) a non-motorized motivation mechanism drivably coupled to said drive wheel assembly through a movable linkage secured between said motivation mechanism and said drive wheel assembly, wherein said non-motorized motivation mechanism is manually actuated to move said linkage, and to thereby motivate said drive wheel assembly to selectively advance said carrier along said elevated rail system.