AMUSEMENT ATTRACTION

• US 20100062868A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karl-Heinz Mordelt
• Original Assignee: Karl-Heinz Mordelt
• Inventors: Mordelt, Karl-Heinz
• Application Number:
  US12/522,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20100062868A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 472/131
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/007 involving water
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/02 with moving substructures
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/16 creating illusions of travel
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 9/04 with moving supporting-points

Abstract

The invention relates to an entertainment device with a main construction (1) designed as a character which has displaceable limbs (2), and a passenger unit (3) which is attached to the limbs (2), and the passenger unit (3) can be moved from an embarkation position into a plurality of ride positions and the limbs (2) can be moved independently of one another.

Claims

1. An entertainment device comprising

a) a main construction (1) designed as a character which has displaceable limbs (2),

b) a passenger unit (3) which is attached to or can be attached to the limbs (2),

c) which passenger unit (3) can be moved from an embarkation position into a plurality of ride positions,

characterised in that

d) the limbs (2) can be moved independently of one another.

2. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the limbs (2) can be moved oppositely, in particular alternately.

3. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the limbs (2) are designed as arms of an imitated living being, in particular a gorilla, an alien, a dinosaur, a robot or some other monster.

4. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the limbs (2) can be moved essentially along the body vertical axis of the character-shaped main construction (1).

5. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the limbs (2) are disposed on the main construction (1) so that they are pivotable.

6. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main construction (1) has at least one pivot bearing (6) between a stand surface (4) and the pivot bearings (5) of the limbs (2), in particular in the region of the hips of the main construction (1), by means of which the main construction (1) can be pivoted forwards and/or to the side.

7. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rotary bearing (7) for the passenger unit (3) is disposed on the limbs (2) distally of a pivot bearing (5) for the limbs (2), and the passenger unit (3) can be rotated about the rotary bearing (7), in particular by means of a drive (19).

8. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the limbs (2) has a pivot baring (14) between its pivot bearing (5) and the pivot bearing (6) for the passenger unit (3), by means of which the part of the limb disposed distally of it can be pivoted towards and away from the other limb.

9. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main construction (1) has a mouth orifice (8), in particular a mouth, which can be moved open and shut.

10. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 9, wherein an upper lip of the mouth orifice (8) and a nose (9) can be moved.

11. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the character has eyes which are able to light up, in particular can be adjusted in terms of their brightness.

12. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mouth orifice (8) or eyes are provided on a head of the character (10), and the head (10) can be pivoted forwards and/or to the side and/or about the body vertical axis.

13. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passenger unit (3) has at least one seat for accommodating one or more passengers, and a safety element is provided for each passenger, in particular a safety bracket, in order to secure the at least one passenger on the seat when the passenger compartment (3) is in a position away from the embarkation position.

14. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one seat is disposed so that the passenger occupying the seat as intended is facing in a direction towards one of the limbs (2).

15. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one vibrating unit is provided on the passenger unit (3), which is able to cause the at least one seat to vibrate, in particular as a function of an acoustic sound which the entertainment device is able to emit.

16. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passenger unit (3) has an entrance and an exit, and one of the entrance and exit is disposed towards the main construction (1) and the other of the entrance and exit is disposed away from the main construction (1).

17. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entrance and/or the exit can be opened and closed by means of automatically displaceable doors.

18. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main construction (1) is secured to a vehicle (12) so that the main construction (1) can be pivoted about an axis (11) extending transversely to the direction of travel of the vehicle (12), in particular perpendicular to the direction of travel and parallel with the road in order to erect and dismantle the entertainment device.

19. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main construction (1) in the erected state juts out beyond the rear or front end of the vehicle (12) when it is ready to travel and the jutting part can be at least partially supported from underneath by means of a support element (13) which can be attached to the rear or front end of the vehicle.

20. An entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main construction (1) comprises a supporting frame and an external cover made from polyester or polyurethane.

21. The entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, whereby the limbs (2) have coupling means by means of which a passenger unit (3) moved across a ride track is coupled with the limbs (2), the limbs (2) then assume a plurality of ride positions in which the passenger unit (3) is lifted from the ride track and the passenger unit (3) is finally deposited back on the ride track again.

22. The entertainment device as claimed in claim 1, whereby once the passenger unit (3) has been deposited on the ride track, the passenger unit (3) is uncoupled from the limbs (2) and moved across the ride track away from the entertainment device.