ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,355, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Disney Enterprises Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Ride system featuring a free-range vehicle platform" was invented by Derek Lee Howard (Burbank, Calif.) and Edward Allen Nemeth (Richfield, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ride system may include a track including uneven terrain, a plurality of ride vehicles positioned on the track, and a fleet controller (e.g., a wayside controller). The ride vehicles may be adapted to traverse the uneven terrain, such as along a respective chosen path of multiple paths based on respective user control. The user control may be configured to select the chosen pa...