US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Feb. 3 for "Gate systems and methods for rotating loading platform" (Pennsylvania, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,889, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Gate systems and methods for rotating loading platform" was invented by David Gerard Majdali (Orlando, Fla.) and Gregory Paul Habiak (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present embodiments are directed to a gate system for an amusement park attraction. The gate system includes a loading platform configured to rotate about a central vertical axis of the loading platform, and a gate positioned on the loading platform. The gate is configured to transition between a closed position and an open position. A gate actuation system is couple...