ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,409, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Loading turntable systems and methods" was invented by Luis Carlos Alarcon (Orlando, Fla.), Steven C. Blum (Orlando, Fla.) and Michael David Russell Jr. (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attraction loading system is provided that includes a turntable configured to rotate about a vertical axis. A ride vehicle is configured to travel along a loading path disposed about a perimeter of the turntable. A first track switch of the system is disposed along the loading path to direct the ride vehicle to a main portion of the loading pa...