Originally Posted By just another guest Disney has developed a new roller coaster car to improve our ride experiences. I'm not sure if they have a specific ride/park/theme in mind for this, but please post if you have any inclination. The gist is, they put reclining chairs in the cars so that you are in a reclined position during the ride. They present the new ride technology as, "The present invention addresses the above problems by providing a roller coaster (or coaster-type ride system) in which passenger seats in the coaster's vehicles are adapted to be articulated so as to move between a load/unload position to a ride position, which still faces forward into the direction of travel (DOT) of the vehicle but with a much different point of view (POV). More specifically, the passenger seats may have an articulable seat back that is moved by a seat positioning mechanism (or seat actuator) between a first position that may be near vertical or upright for use in loading/unloading of passengers and a second position that may be more horizontal or reclined for use in placing the passengers in a ride orientation." <a href="http://www.google.com/patents/US20130025492?dq=ROLLER+COASTER+WITH+ARTICULABLE+SEAT+BACKS&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7DQoUfOrK-SY2wX48oCQAg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/patents/...MQ6AEwAA</a>
Originally Posted By just another guest Good one u k fan. And then after that we can all take good, long naps!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Am I the only one completely confused by the description of this thing?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't want to be reclined on a roller coaster. I'm nauseous thinking about it.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Am I the only one completely confused by the description of this thing?' No. They didn't exactly clearly articulate their "articulable" seat.
Originally Posted By just another guest You guys are right. These patent applications are legalese that just kind of go on and on... basically, it's a roller coaster car that has seats upright when you get in and then they recline you back so that you are looking more upward than forward for the actual ride. As long as I can have a beer and watch the big game!
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Sounds like a roller coaster to ride during Passover. You know, like, "On all other coasters, we ride upright, but on this one, we ride reclined!". Or " Disney's Wonderful World of Dentistry".
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Immediately thinking I need to request front of row cause I know how much I hate being on the airplane and the oerson in front adjusts their seat into my space!!! Seriously this patented idea looks like an excuse to introduce a New Attraction with minimal changes. Now you can be in a different position and experience Space Mnt, Star Wars, Pirates, etc in a whole new way.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I must be bored waking early on a Sunday morn but you can expand the info for the inventors named to reveal many patented ride ideas for Disney Enterprises but my favorite is 4 More/ Glyn Wyman App for 12/18/03 Spreading codes for quasisynchronous code division multiple access "Described herein as a method of generating spreading codes which ensures that the cross correlation-1 for all pairs of sequences within the relevant time displays... makes me wonder if this is the person with the brains to create the Next Gen technology that we all want to love/hate. Can't imagine being a genius but a patent for it would be nice.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Well, you can take a higher G-load in a reclined position. That's why the seats in spacecraft generally face upward during launch, and (with the exception of the shuttle) backward (relative to the direction of travel) during reentry and (except for the shuttle and Gemini) touchdown. And also why, even when they weren't wearing spacesuits for reentry and landing, shuttle astronauts always wore at least partial G-suits.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's true, but I don't really see Disney making a coaster that's so intense that they need to find a way to disperse the G's. That's just not Disney's type of ride. Not that I have a better idea of why they'd want it...
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl True. A rollercoaster pulling enough of a G-load for a reclining position (or a G-suit) to be necessary does seem more Magic Mountain's speed. (I've been there exactly once, back in 1976. About the only things I remember were [1] the place was practically littered with rollercoasters, [2] it was very hot, and very dry, and the observation tower had the best air conditioning in the whole place, [3] the rides I DID go on seemed woefully understaffed, [4] the food was lousy, and [5] they had an odd little "safe cracking" themed arcade game, that dispensed a souvenir token if you got the door open before the time limit, something I've never seen anywhere else.)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How is Disney's design different from this? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJT3l_KNDfk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...3l_KNDfk</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Presumably, Disney's design would have riders in more traditional seats, and remain 'seated' for the vast majority (if not entire) time, rather than suspended from above. When the flying coasters have riders lying on their backs, they travel headfirst, and Disney's design shows them going feet first (which I think would make the ride much more intense). Also, Disney's cars are much more enclosed. But there does seem to be a whole lot of overlap between a reclining and flying coaster, just depending on your perspective. It will be interesting to see if the patent gets approved.
Originally Posted By just another guest First I have to mention that "Well, you can take a higher G-load in a reclined position..." is correct but just sounds dirty. Second, Disney claims that altering POV of riders is unique and novel to their application and don't mention the "Flying Dutchman", which is a very well known amusement ride which of course, does exactly this. So I would be surprised if they got patent for this. The fact alone that their application does not mention this prior art (which needs to be done to help separate your technology from what is currently out there and very similar) shows an inability on the part of Disney. Are they even looking at prior art?
