US 11,883,757 B2
Rotating platform coaster
Gregory S. Hall, Orlando, FL (US); and Keith Michael McVeen, Winter Garden, FL (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,749.
Application 17/374,749 is a continuation of application No. 16/696,653, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,071,922.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,690, filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339153 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63G 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 31/14 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ride system for an amusement park, comprising:
a platform of the ride system configured to roll about a guide axis, the guide axis representing a direction of travel of the platform;
a motion system configured to drive movement of the platform;
one or more seats coupled to the platform, wherein the one or more seats are configured to move with the platform and relative to the platform;
at least one sensor coupled to the one or more seats and configured to detect movement of the one or more seats with respect to the platform and provide data indicative of the movement of the one or more seats; and
a controller configured to receive the data indicative of the movement of the one or more seats and control the motion system to roll the platform about the guide axis based on the data indicative of the movement of the one or more seats.