US 12,251,615 B2
Deployable slackline
Nicholas Weir, Davie, FL (US); Steven Michelman, Las Vegas, NV (US); Zachary Cook, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Joseph William Champelli, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Miami, FL (US)
Filed by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/471,797.
Application 18/471,797 is a continuation of application No. 17/930,903, filed on Sep. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,766,583.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,100, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009500 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 7/085 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a deployable slackline system comprising a tensioning assembly and a termination assembly, the method comprising, under control of one or more processors of the deployable slackline system:
causing a tensioning motor to set a nominal tension in at least a portion of a slackline, the portion of the slackline supported at a first end by a tensioning assembly post of the tensioning assembly and supported at a second end opposite the first end by a termination assembly post of the termination assembly;
moving the tensioning assembly post to adjust a height of the first end of the portion of the slackline; and
moving the termination assembly post during a movement of the tensioning assembly post.