US 12,186,679 B2
Rear-entry style seat on motion-based attraction
Clifton Amir Montgomery, Windermere, FL (US); Sarah Anne Kelley, Orlando, FL (US); Keith Michael McVeen, Winter Garden, FL (US); Eric Rae Parr, Orlando, FL (US); and Eric Allan Vance, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,390, filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379228 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 31/16 (2006.01); A63G 31/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 31/16 (2013.01) [A63G 31/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ride vehicle, comprising:
a platform comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion is open; and
a first row of seats adjacent the front portion and a second row of seats adjacent the rear portion, wherein the first and second rows of seats are disposed on a deck on the platform, wherein:
each seat of the first and second rows of seats is configured to have a passenger load from a rear of the seat and once seated have the passenger facing the front portion,
the ride vehicle is configured to have each passenger, for both the first and second rows of seats, enter the ride vehicle via the rear portion and from behind each seat of the first and second rows of seats, and
the ride vehicle is configured to have each passenger for the first row of seats pass the second row of seats to reach the first row of seats.