US 12,403,406 B2
Multi-segment movable railing assembly
Christopher Michael Vamos, Orlando, FL (US); Jimmie Bryan Andrews, Orlando, FL (US); David Gerard Majdali, Orlando, FL (US); Nathan John Morris, Riverdale, UT (US); Kathryn Wisdom, Ogden, UT (US); and Roger Allen Sharp, Hyrum, UT (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,366.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,944, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134242 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 4/00 (2006.01); A63G 7/00 (2006.01); A63G 21/20 (2006.01); A63G 31/02 (2006.01); E04F 11/18 (2006.01); E06B 11/02 (2006.01); E06B 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 4/00 (2013.01) [A63G 7/00 (2013.01); A63G 21/20 (2013.01); A63G 31/02 (2013.01); E04F 11/18 (2013.01); E06B 11/022 (2013.01); E06B 11/026 (2013.01); E06B 11/045 (2013.01); E04F 11/1865 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A movable railing assembly, comprising:
a first railing segment comprising two first bogies and a first barrier coupled to the two first bogies, wherein the two first bogies are configured to engage a track positioned below the first barrier and to facilitate movement of the first railing segment along the track, the two first bogies are positioned at opposite longitudinal ends of the first railing segment, and the first barrier is configured to block access across the first railing segment;
a second railing segment comprising two second bogies and a second barrier coupled to the two second bogies, wherein the two second bogies are configured to engage the track and to facilitate movement of the second railing segment along the track, the two second bogies are positioned at opposite longitudinal ends of the second railing segment, and the second barrier is configured to block access across the second railing segment; and
a connector coupling the first railing segment to the second railing segment, wherein the connector comprises a connector rod pivotally coupled to a connecting bogie of the two first bogies and to a connecting bogie of the two second bogies, wherein the connector is configured to drive movement of the second railing segment along the track in response to movement of the first railing segment along the track, and wherein the connector, the first and second railing segments, or a combination thereof, is configured to substantially maintain a spacing between the first and second railing segments as the first and second railing segments move along the track.