Amusement ride comprising and/or for vehicles

Abstract

An amusement ride or course for vehicles with their own driving and control options, on a carriageway. The amusement ride having at least one zone, in which at least one participating vehicle driving autonomously on the carriageway is guided, by means of retaining and/or guide means, along a pre-defined route in a pre-defined route section designed as an attraction. The vehicle having retaining means or leading means for a corresponding reversible connection to the guide means and/or retaining means of the installation, by which retaining—and/or leading means the vehicle is guided and/or retained through the zone, and the retaining means and/or guide means on the vehicle correspondingly interlocked with and released from the retaining—and/or guide means of the installation during a movement-or—journey of the vehicle in the zone.

1 .- 27 . (canceled) 
     
     
         28 . An amusement ride, for vehicles with their own drive and control capability, on a carriageway route, comprising:
 an amusement course having at least one zone ( 1 ), in which at least one participating vehicle ( 3 ) driving on the carriageway route is guided, by retaining guide means ( 6 ,  7 ,  11 ,  12 ,  16 ), along a pre-defined route ( 2 ,  2 ′) in a pre-defined route section designed as an attraction;   the at least one participating vehicle having retaining leading means ( 4 ,  4 ′) for a corresponding reversible connection to the retaining guide means of the amusement course, by which said retaining leading means the vehicle is guided and retained through the zone; and   the retaining leading means on the at least one vehicle are correspondingly configured to interlock with and release from the retaining guide means of the amusement course during a movement of the at least one vehicle in said zone on the amusement course.   
     
     
         29 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 28 , wherein:
 said pre-defined route ( 2 ,  2 ′) further comprises in at least one section ( 2 ,  2 ′) at least one of a looping ( 15 ), an upside-down route, a spiral route, and a steep face route, which is configured to be driven through using said at least one participating vehicle and is designed as an attraction.   
     
     
         30 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 28 , wherein:
 the amusement ride further consists of:
 a plurality of successively arranged attraction turning routes for said vehicles that are each arranged at the ends of said amusement ride and a driving back and forth of the vehicles on this at least one attraction route passes at least two of said plurality of successively arranged attraction turning routes. 
   
     
     
         31 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 28 , further comprising:
 at least one zone ( 1 ) designed with at least one funnel-shaped access area and an acceleration route ( 2 ); and   wherein said retaining leading means ( 4 ,  4 ′) are attached to the vehicle ( 3 ) at a thread or an interlock during an entry into the attraction turning route on the acceleration route corresponding to the retaining guide means ( 6 ,  7 ,  11 ,  12 ,  16 ) of the installation of the zone and are released or threaded out in an exit area.   
     
     
         32 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 28 , wherein:
 the zone is designed as an attraction route and is equipped with at least one resting area ( 2 ,  13 ) for a plurality of wheels ( 10 ) of the vehicle configured as a lane ( 13 ).   
     
     
         33 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 31 , wherein:
 the retaining guide means are arranged on the attraction route depicting the route;   the retaining guide means are provided in a profile configuration; and
 said profile configuration including at least one of a U-profile ( 12 ), a rail profile, a pipe element profile, a groove profile, or a grasping means profile for the retaining leading means ( 4 ) attached to the vehicle configured to securely keep the vehicle along the attraction route. 
   
     
     
         34 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 33 , further comprising:
 pairs of front and rear wheels on said vehicle;   said front wheels having a wheel width;   said carriageway route having opposed recesses having a recess width; and   said recess width configured to receive said wheel width and guide and stabilize said vehicle during a use of said amusement ride along said amusement course.   
     
     
         35 . The amusement ride, course, according to  claim 34 , wherein:
 said vehicle further comprising a supporting structure;   said retaining leading means attached to said support structure of said vehicle; and   said retaining leading means attached to the vehicle configured to be at least one of rotatably-mounted, spring-mounted, and cylindrical-mounted means that are fixed to at least one of said supporting structure of the vehicle and said retaining leading means ( 4 ,  4 ′).   
     
     
         36 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 35 , wherein:
 at least one of said pair of front wheels and said rear wheels being drive wheels of said vehicle; and   the retaining leading means ( 4 ) attached to the vehicle are configured as cylindrical means that are spring-and-rotatably mounted to the vehicle and which are pressed on at least two of said wheels of the vehicle when threading in the acceleration route to the attraction route and can be moved by the drive wheels when travelling through the attraction route.   
     
     
         37 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 36 , wherein:
 the at least one retaining leading means ( 4 ′) attached to the vehicle is configured to be a rotatably mounted rolling element in a front lower area of the vehicle; and   said rotatably mounted rolling element, upon entering the acceleration route or attraction route, grasps onto a guide along said pre-defined route ( 2 ,  2 ′) and engages in a reversible manner and glides out of this at the exit area.   
     
     
         38 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 37 , wherein:
 the rotatably mounted rolling element ( 4 ′) is arranged at a middle of said front lower area of the vehicle and, during the entry of the vehicle to said amusement course, engages into the guide along said pre-defined route ( 2 ,  2 ′) through at least the attraction route; and   wherein at least one of said pair of front wheels of the vehicle is raised at least in sections along said pre-defined route.   
     
     
         39 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 36 , wherein:
 the at least one retaining leading means ( 4 ′) is attached to the vehicle at an underside of the vehicle; and   when said vehicle enters said acceleration route ( 2 ) said at least one retaining leading means ( 4 ′) engages in a reversible manner into a guide on the carriageway of the attraction route and glides said vehicle out of it in the exit area.   
     
     
         40 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 35 , wherein:
 the retaining leading means attached to the vehicle are configured as protruding guide means ( 4 ) protruding beyond said pairs of wheels of said vehicle.   
     
     
         41 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 35 , wherein:
 the retaining leading means attached to the vehicle are configured as vehicle attached elements;   said vehicle attached elements are configured with an adjustable contact device and at least one rotatable mounting connecting means connecting with the retaining guide means in said attraction turning route.   
     
     
         42 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 41 , wherein:
 the vehicle is equipped with one of a roll bar and a roll cage ( 5 );   at a top side of said at least one of said roll bar and a roll cage ( 5 ) is at least one retaining guide element; and   said at least one retaining guide element is configured to engage to said guide means ( 6 ,  7 ) along the attraction turning route whereby said vehicle is retained during a journing along said attraction turning route in an inverted position.   
     
     
         43 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 42 , wherein:
 the vehicles are electric vehicles.   
     
     
         44 . The amusement ride, according to  claim 28 , wherein:
 the vehicles are remotely controlled vehicles configured to be remotely controlled for acceleration effect and braking effect.