US 12,728,362 B2
Omnidirectional locomotion system with full range of motion in multiple degrees of freedom for walkable or interactive virtual reality
Jan Goetgeluk, Austin, TX (US); James Douglas Shuffield, Cedar Park, TX (US); Ronald Kurt Bender, Dripping Springs, TX (US); David Hernandez, Austin, TX (US); and Cameron Slayter, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Virtuix Holdings Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/028,527
Filed by VIRTUIX HOLDINGS INC., Austin, TX (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/052109
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067139, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,716, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356099 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A63G 31/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 31/16 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 2203/012 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An omnidirectional locomotion system comprising:
a base portion, the base portion including a platform configured to support a user; an articulating arm extending upward from the platform, the articulating arm comprising at least:
a first link;
a second link;
a harness support assembly coupled to the second link;
a first hinged joint coupled between the first link and the second link; and
a second hinged joint coupled between the second link and the harness support assembly; and
a rotation mechanism rotatably coupling the base portion to the articulating arm, wherein the articulating arm is rotatable about a complete outer circumference of the base portion.