US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Aug. 11 for "Ride system with vehicle support for suspension and floating operation" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,934, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Ride system with vehicle support for suspension and floating operation" was invented by Sarka Harrington (Orlando, Fla.) and Eric Alan Vance (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ride system includes a ride vehicle made of a buoyant material configured to float in a liquid. A bogie of the ride system includes a vehicle support positioned under the ride vehicle, and the bogie is configured to travel along a track. An extender is coupled to the vehicle support and coupled to the ride vehicle. The extender is configured to transition ...