US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on June 23 for "Show effect system for attraction system" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,601, issued on June 23, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Show effect system for attraction system" was invented by Michael Lee Wadsworth (Orlando, Fla.), Darrin Hughes (Orlando, Fla.) and Timothy J. Eck (Windermere, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A show effect system of an amusement park attraction includes a prop component and a linkage system having an extension and a contactor system. The linkage system is configured to move relative to the prop component to move the extension toward the prop component and to cause engagement between the contactor system and the prop component, cause the p...