A vehicle for use in an amusement park ride with upright passenger seating. The vehicle includes a vehicle body and a seat assembly including a seat pan provided in the vehicle body between a front end and a rear end of the vehicle body. The vehicle further includes a passenger restraint system with: (a) a lap bar assembly; (b) a lap bar mount pivotally supporting the lap bar assembly within the vehicle body to pivot about a lap bar rotation axis passing between the seat pan and the front end of the vehicle body; (c) a side leg shield; and (d) a shield articulating assembly concurrently pivoting the side leg shield about a shield rotation axis from an open to a closed position with a pivoting of the lap bar assembly about the lap bar rotation axis from a disengage to an engaged position.
Passenger restraint providing lateral leg containment in an amusement park ride vehicle
29.08.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
PASSENGER RESTRAINT PROVIDING LATERAL LEG CONTAINMENT IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE VEHICLE
Europäisches Patentamt | 2016
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