Claims
- 1. An amusement device comprising:a seating means for seating at least one passenger riding said amusement device, said seating means comprising a plurality of pods; a frame for supporting said seating means; an axle attached to a carriage, said frame attached to and fully rotatable about said axle; track means allowing said carriage to travel; carriage contact means for disposing said carriage on said track means; said frame being fully rotatable about said axle and at substantially a center of gravity of said frame and said seating means; and a control means for selectively allowing and preventing free rotation of said frame about said axle.
- 2. The device of claim 1 wherein said track means comprises a suspended track.
- 3. The device of claim 2 wherein said track means comprises a suspended looping track.
- 4. The device of claim 1 wherein said track means comprises an overhead track.
- 5. The device of claim 1 wherein said carriage comprises a roller coaster carriage.
- 6. The device of claim 5 wherein said track means comprises a dual rail track.
- 7. The device of claim 1 wherein said control means comprises at least one motor selected from the group consisting of hydraulic and induction power drive devices.
- 8. An amusement device comprising:a seating means for seating at least one passenger riding said amusement device; a frame for supporting said seating means; an axle attached to a roller coaster carriage, said frame attached to and fully rotatable about said axle; track means allowing said roller coaster carriage to travel; carriage contact means for disposing said carriage on said track means; said frame being fully rotatable about said axle and at substantially a center of gravity of said frame and said seating means; and a control means for selectively allowing and preventing free rotation of said frame about said axle.
- 9. The device of claim 8 wherein said track means comprises a suspended track.
- 10. The device of claim 9 wherein said track means comprises a suspended looping track.
- 11. The device of claim 8 wherein said track means comprises an overhead track.
- 12. The device of claim 8 wherein said track means comprises a dual rail track.
- 13. The device of claim 8 wherein said control means comprises at least one motor selected from the group consisting of hydraulic and induction power drive devices.
- 14. The amusement device of claim 8 additionally comprising a motor which, when engaged by a passenger, is capable of pushing the frame around the axle forward and backward and temporarily locking the frame to the axle and when released returns the frame and the seating means to a relative upright and neutral position.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application 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 on Aug. 8, 2000, 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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