US 12,239,917 B2
Track for rolling vehicle and methods of fabricating and assembling the track
Michael A. Graham, Loveland, OH (US); Chad M. Miller, West Chester, OH (US); Korey T. Kiepert, West Chester, OH (US); Lawrence R. Bill, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jonathan S. Wocher, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Brian M. Kosmac, Maineville, OH (US)
Assigned to The Gravity Group, LLC, West Chester, OH (US)
Filed by The Gravity Group, LLC, West Chester, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,587.
Application 18/473,587 is a continuation of application No. 16/792,144, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,766,619, issued on Sep. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,584, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,952, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009579 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); A63G 7/00 (2006.01); A63G 21/04 (2006.01); B26F 1/00 (2006.01); A63G 21/20 (2006.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01); E01B 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 7/00 (2013.01) [A63G 21/04 (2013.01); B26F 1/0038 (2013.01); A63G 21/20 (2013.01); B32B 15/011 (2013.01); E01B 23/04 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a roller coaster track, the method comprising:
generating a computer model of a roller coaster track comprising a plurality of segments, the computer model defining parameters of each segment of the plurality of segments of the roller coaster track;
precutting a first segment from a planar material into a first shape with an automated cutting device based on the parameters defined by the computer model for the first segment;
precutting a second segment from the planar material into a second shape with the automated cutting device based on the parameters defined by the computer model for the second segment;
precutting a third segment from the planar material into a third shape with the automated cutting device based on the parameters defined by the computer model for the third segment;
precutting a fourth segment from the planar material into a fourth shape with the automated cutting device based on the parameters defined by the computer model for the fourth segment;
constructing a first layer of the roller coaster track with at least the precut first and second segments such that the precut first segment is in a longitudinal contacting relationship with the precut second segment at a first interface location; and
constructing a second layer of the roller coaster track laterally adjacent to the first layer with at least the precut third and fourth segments such that the precut third segment is in a longitudinal contacting relationship with the precut fourth segment at a second interface location, wherein the first interface location is longitudinally offset from the second interface location,
wherein the first layer and the second layer are arranged horizontally.