ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,203, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MACK RIDES IP GMBH & Co. KG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Amusement ride and method for operating an amusement ride" was invented by Dennis Gordt (Sexau, Germany), Tobias Haasch (Waldkirch, Germany) and Michael Kraus (Ehrenkirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amusement ride includes at least one vehicle which is guided along a track, at least one passenger receptacle for accommodating a passenger being situated on the vehicle. A movement, position, and/or orientation of the passenger receptacle relative to the vehicle is changeable by means of at least one adjusting unit in at least one de...