Claims
- 1. A roller coaster ride, comprising:a. a carriage having first and second opposing outwardly facing sides; b. a track along which said carriage is adapted to travel in a predetermined direction of travel; c. a first set of seats interconnected outwardly to said first outwardly facing side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about a longitudinal axis that extends transverse to said direction of travel; and d. a second set of seats interconnected outwardly to said second outwardly facing side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about said longitudinal axis.
- 2. A roller coaster ride, comprising:a. a carriage having first and second opposing outwardly facing sides b. a track along which said carriage is adapted to travel in a predetermined direction of travel; c. first and second seats mounted outwardly to said first outwardly facing side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about a longitudinal axis that extends transverse to said direction of travel, said first and second seats being laterally spaced relative to one another along said longitudinal axis; and d. third and fourth seats mounted outwardly to said second outwardly facing side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about said longitudinal axis, said third and fourth seats being laterally spaced relative to one another along said longitudinal axis.
- 3. A roller coaster ride, comprising:a. a carriage having first and second opposing sides with first and second outwardly facing surfaces, respectively; b. a track along which said carriage is adapted to travel in a predetermined direction of travel; c. a first set of seats interconnected to said first side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about a longitudinal axis that extends transverse to said direction of travel, and positioned exteriorly to said first outwardly facing surface; and d. a second set of seats interconnected to said second side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about said longitudinal axis, and positioned exteriorly to said second outwardly facing surface.
- 4. A roller coaster ride, comprising;a. a carriage having first and second opposing sides with first and second outwardly facing surfaces, respectively; b. a track along which said carriage is adapted to travel in a predetermined direction of travel; c. first and second seats mounted to said first side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about a longitudinal axis that extends transverse to said direction of travel, said first and second seats being laterally spaced relative to one another along said longitudinal axis, said first seat positioned exteriorly to said first outwardly facing surface; and d. third and fourth seats mounted to said second side of said carriage for 360 degree rotation about said longitudinal axis, said third and fourth seats being laterally spaced relative to one another along said longitudinal axis, said third seat positioned exteriorly to said second outwardly facing surface.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of Applicant's co-pending application, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/057,101, filed Jan. 24, 2002, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/814,083, filed Mar. 21, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,386,115, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/219,297, filed on Dec. 21, 1998, entitled “Modular Amusement Ride and Training Simulation Device”, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,227,121, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/098,043, entitled “Modularized Amusement Ride and Training Simulation Device”, filed Jun. 16, 1998, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,098,549, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/742,465, entitled “Full Range of Motion Roller Coaster”, filed Nov. 1, 1996, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,791,254 on Aug. 11, 1998, which claimed the benefit of the filing of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/007,206, entitled “Amusement or Basic Transportation Device Using a Ball (Sphere) and Track or Tube”, filed on Nov. 3, 1995, which are all incorporated herein by reference. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/742,465 also claimed the benefit of the filing of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/050,980, entitled “Modularized Amusement Ride Device”, filed on Jun. 20, 1997, which is also incorporated herein by reference.
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