CA1196041A - Recreational device - Google Patents

Recreational device

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CA1196041A
CA1196041A CA000425896A CA425896A CA1196041A CA 1196041 A CA1196041 A CA 1196041A CA 000425896 A CA000425896 A CA 000425896A CA 425896 A CA425896 A CA 425896A CA 1196041 A CA1196041 A CA 1196041A
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Alfonso De-La-Concha-Caceres
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63GMERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00Amusement arrangements
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63GMERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00Amusement arrangements
    • A63G2031/002Free-fall

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A recreational device for producing the thrill of a free fall on the users, which comprises a housing, a shock absorbing cushion throughout the bottom of said housing, an inwardly extending peripheral deck on the top of said housing, and a plurality of elastic bands having their two ends fixed on the interior of the side walls of said housing, each individual elastic band extending in a horizontal position across said housing, said elastic bands being randomly arranged within said housing such that a person jumping from said deck into the housing cannot fall all the way down without bouncing on one or more of said elastic bands prior to reaching said shock absorbing cushion.
A part of said elastic bands may be arranged in the form of horizontal nets fixed on a frame which may be moved upwardly and downwardly to increase or decrease the vertical distance between successive elastic bands, Said frames may also be made circular and the housing correspondingly be made cylindrical to permit rotation of said frames.

Description

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FI~In 01~ [N_r.NrrrON

'Ihe present inventio~ refers to a recreational dev:ice and, more pclrtic~ rl.y, .it is rel.ated w:ith a recreational device :for enablillg persons to jurnp i.nto a. free fall which :is arres-tell by a p:Lurality of e:lastic bodies interposed in the p.ltll o:E the fall o:f said per~on.

B KGROUN )I' 'I` ._NVI'.N'I~ION

In tl~e pr:ior art recreat:i.ollal devices, there are numerous clcvices by means of wllicll tlle :F.Ill. of a person is permitted -from a predetermined high point down to a predetermined low point, either by means of a.slope, be it dry or providecl with water for permitting the user to slip down aLong the same and. there are also a plural;.ty of de-vices in ~hich the users may jump and slip over a pipe of the type ut:ilized by firemen, but up to the present time, to the knowledge of applicallt, there is no one single recrea~ional device which may ~ermi~ an absolutely free -fall, that is, W~iCIl may procluce the thrill and sensation that the user is jumping into free space, inasmuch as all the devices of the prior art a-re pro~ided with means for permitti.ng said falls liithout l.osing contact at any moment with a steady structure P' . .

on ~hicll thc users ~;lip down Ille se1lsat:ion of a :free fall i~ S any l~.sycilologi~-t nlay cle.lrl.yl:f:firm, al:)solll-tely dif:~erent :~roln a supporte~l fall, whereby the thr:i.ll caused to ~he users by a fZ~ee -fall .is o:E a totally d:ist.inct nature, ancl a clevice wh;ch may s:imul.ate an entirely -~ree fall, may be very much more thr.illillg than thosc :in wh:ich the fal.ls are made in constant contact Wit]l a so:l:id sur:~acc.
Up to the pre~en-t timc~, no rccrcational dev:icc has beerl cre~ted in l~hich t:he user may :foel the sensatioll of an entire:ly :Free :fall, whereby thc field of thrilling sou~ht in the prior art anluscment campus ]~as lcÇt nZuch to desi.re, because up to the present ti.me no recreational dev:ice for producing the sens.ltion Or an entirely :Eree fall has been created and said device has been for long sought.

BRIEIF SUMMARY OF Tl-IE INVENTION

~ laving in mind the deects o-f the pri.or art recreational devices, it is an object of the present inyention to pro~ide a recreational device for producing free but arrested falls, which may be of a very simple construction and yet may cause in the user the sensat;on of a~.entirely f:ree fall~
It is another object o:E the present invention to ~rovide a recreational clevice of the above mentioned. character, which will produce a highLy -thrilling sensation on the users and which will, however, provide a safe opera-tion, avoiding undue shocks to the users even iE the body of the users be accidentally placed in an lnconvenient position during -the fall.
The invention provides a recreational device for pro-ducing the thrill of a free Eall on the users and comprisiny in combination a housing having a bo-t-tom, tall side walls and an open top, a shock absorbing cushion extendlng throughout the area of the bo-ttom of said housing, an inwardly extending peripheral deck at the open top of said housing, a plurality of elastic bands having thelr two ends fixed on -the interior surface of the side walls of said housing, each individual elastic band extending in a horizontal position across said housing, said elastic bands being randomly arranged within said housing such that a person jumping from said deck into said housing cannot fall all the way down without bouncing on one or more of said elastic bands prior to reaching said shock absorbing cushion, said elastic bands being arranged throughout at least a substantial part of the height of said housing, a frame, at least part of said plurality of elastic bands form a hori.zontal net within said frame, and hoist means engage said frame for moving the same up and down the side walls of said housing.
The invention also provides a recreational device for producing the thrill of a free fall on the users and comprising in combination a housing having a bottom, tall side walls and an open top, a shock absorbing cushion extending throughout the axea of the bottom of said housing, an inwardly extending peripheral deck located a-t the open top of said housing, said deck having an area 3~

su:Eficlen-t to accommodate a predetermined number of persons and including a launching area :Eor allowing said persons to jump into said housing, and a plurality of elas-tic bands having -their two opposite ends fixedly attached to the interior surfaces of the side wal.ls of said housing, each individual elastic band extending in a hori7.0n-tal position throughout i.-ts length across said housing, said elas-tic bands bei.ng random:Ly arranged at diferent levels within said housing to form an elas-tic networlc leaving spans be-tween said bands which are sufficien-tly small to prevent a person jumpi.ng from said deck into said housing Erom passing through said elastic network all the way down -through said housing except by bouncing on one or more said el.astic bands, said elastic bands having an elasticity sufficient to permit said persons to manually space said bands to jump from a higher level of bands to a lower level of bands, said elastic bands being arranged through-out at least a substantial part of the height of said housing.
Preerably the recreational device may either increase or decrease the distance of free fall between a plurality o.E
elastic object.s interposed in the path of fall of the user, said elastic devices being movable either rotationally or vertically.
At the interior of the housing, a helical slope may be provided communicating said deck with an opening situated directly above said shock absorbing cushion. The frame that is arranged to be lifted or lowered by means of suitahle hoists is preferably guided by means of suitable tracks, so as to change the vertical di.s-tance of the elastic bands of said bed from ,~,~, ~....

11~3t~41 the r~nclo111ly c1istri.bute(1 clas-t:ic hanc1s througilout -the interior Or t}-c housing. I1he hous:ing may be mac1e c:ilcular in cross sec-tion anc1 the .rrame m.ly a.lso be macle annular, arld may be supporte(l on a seconc1ary Cixecl frame, so as to be able to be rotatc~cl .in orcler to -increase the thr;ll o:l the recreationa:l clevice.

BRIEF D~SCRIPTION Ol lllE l))~W:I:N~S

The :~eatures that al`C considerecl characteristi.c of the present invent:ion w-ill be sc~t :Forth with part:i.culL1rity ! i.n the appended c1a:ims. Thc? :invention itsel:f, however7 l~oth as to its organization and its method of operation, together with other objects and advantages thereo~f, will best be understood from the following description o:E specific embodi.ments, when reacl in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
~ .igure l is a diagrammat.i.c perspective view of a recreational device for producing free but arrested ~alls, bui.lt in accordance with a first embodiment o.f the present inventi.on, with parts broken away to show inner details : thereof;
. Figure 2 is a perspe~cti.ve cliagrarnmatic view of a second emboc1imel1t of a recreational clevice bui:l-t in accordance 1~ith this inven1.ion;
Figure j is a diagrammatic perspective view of a ;o~

recroat:ion.ll a~p.~ tus :~or l~roclucil-lF/ frec but arrested ~fal:ls, b~ilt .in .Iccordance with a th:ild eml)od:iTIleJlt ol the .inverl-t:ion;
and F:igure 4 :is a cross-sectional. elev,ltional view o:E
the mechan.i.sm for moving tlle beds o:L elastic bancLs o a Eourth embodimcnt o-~ thc invent;on.
}laving now morc part:icular referencc to the clrawings and more speci.f.ically to f:igu-re 1 tllereo.r, there is shown a rccreat-ional. apparatus :~or procluc:ing :~ree but arrested ralls, which essent:ial.ly compriscs a hous.ing 1, whic}l may be o:E any suitabl.e shape at the elect;on of the dcsigner, but which :in the particullr instance Or the embocliment illustrate~d in fi.gure one of the clrawings is a rectangular housi.ng 1, having side walls 2 and 3 and extreme walls 4 and S, all of said walls be:ing vertically arrangec~ in order to form a room having a suitable .height, and around which walls there is installed a stairway or ramp 5, through which ~he users may go up to use the device through cntrance 26, for passing ùnto a deck or platform 9, protected by means of a ~ence 10 in order to avoid any acciden~al fall o~ ~he users outwardly o-~ the housing, such that all the users going up through ramp 6, may stand on the deck 9 and may jump into the interior space of the housing 1, where:in a plurality of randomly distri.buted horizontal e].astic bands 11 is arra.nged, said bands being arranged wi~h random directions and at random levels h~lt suitably n~ ~

precalc~ te(l an(l prcdesi.gne(l :in oldcr to avo:icl, with Lln abso]utc mart,il- o-~ safety, thal; an entirely :Ircc ~al~ o:f the users from deck 9 to the ~Floor L3 may be pro(~uced all~
such that, when the users jump :into the space frorn dcck 9, they will at the s~-lme timc h.lVC ~}le t]-r:ill:ing of .-ln en1:irely free :Eall, said fall being arrc.ste(l at difFcrent levc:l, hy the elastic l)an(ls :I.l, on whicll thc use:r bour~ces unt:il. he re~lche~
a pneun)atic o-r so~t cusllioll 12, wh:ich cush:ion has a sur~:i.c:ierlt thi.ckness to protect t.he usc!rs agaillst any acciderltcl]. fall~
either for bre.-kage of any clast:ic bands o-r i.n view o:f thc fclct that the position that his body may adopt clur:ing the fal]. 9 m:ight rendcr said fall on the :~loor 13 to occur in an inconvenient position, whereby the cusl~ion 12 may save the user of any painful accident, thereby consti-tut:ing an absol.ute safety clevicc.
The recreational apparatus built in accorcLance with the above embodiment of the invcention, may be completed, if desirecl, by the provision of a tower 14, which may be arranged pre-ferably on the exterior o-f wal:l 4 but which may also be arranged in the ;nterior of the housi.ng, and which is provided with a stai~ay from the deck J:into the smaller tower 17 and vut o-f the window 16 at more elevatecl level, through which the users may sli.p downwardly vn a hel:ical slope schcmatically illustrateclby the reference numeral 15, in ordel to slip down over the s~me down to the exit 18, to fall over the shock absorbing safety :

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cusll,:iorl l2, ()nco the ClC?V ico ~las bc!Cn l.lSecl, thc USC!rS m~ly move th,emsel~es over the cushion 'l2 -to l~each the si('lc passage, thcreby c~itlnp the housi.ng throl,lgh the out1ets 27.
~ n adcl:itiona1 ser:ios o:~ towc!rs may be provicled, such as to-~ers 19, 21: arlcl 22, wi-thin which v~lri.ous typcs o-f ~ecre~tioT~al ~levi.ces m~ly be conta i.lleC~, for exarllplc, slip ~ipes o tlle typc! used by ~:iremen and i:l'lustratc~l uncler -,leerellce ~ul~?~l1 2~, t7~e tC)Wer 1`~ or insta~cc, hci.n~ bllilt ~i.th wal,'l,s o:f transpalent acty.l-ic matorial~ such -tllat the pcrsons wh:icll obscr~o the housing may wa-tch the desce~t o~
t]le users, wl~cre.~s towe-rs 21 allcl 22 may be coverccl by opa~ue ~; m,lte-r:ial~ a.ll~l a series oE 1:i~ht~, of tlle stroboscopic or internmittent type ~nay be :instal.lecl, or saicl. towers may be tota,1~y obscure or may contain a souncl system in order to cause diffc?ren,t sensatlon.s ancl thrills on the users.
Ila-~ing now more p~.rticulaI rei'erence to figure 2 of t~e c'~rawi.ngs, the enlbodi.~ent of thc inven,tion shown in th,is'-fi~gure is pract~.cal1y the san~e as the embocliment i11ustr~.ted in figure 1~ It may be seen, however~ that the h,ousing 1 is coverec~ by ~eans of ~ dome or roof 23, wh:ich may be built i.~.sections such C-lS sections 24 and 25, sa:iclsections being : capable of being closed or openecl cat will, either for having l,ight from the e~terior to 100d the housing, or to cancel the entrance of 1igllt i~to the housing totally or partially, ~hercby in,terlnittent ~ights may be instal1ecl for causing 3~ L

diverse cmot:iolls ancl e~E:fects on thc uscrs. ()the~ isc, the embo(l:imellt n:r Eigrure 2 i.s c~actly tile same and works in identi.cal milnTIer than the embod:i.mellt illu~trate(l -in figurc :l o:f the dla~i.ngs, that is, both n-re provided Wit}l clcv:ices ~hich pro(luce the e:ffect sought by thc prescnt invent;on, nalllelv, thc xenscltioll Or ~, ~rrcc rall by thc provis:i.on of a plwrality of el.lstic bands Il, llorizontally .:lncl randonlly arrangecl on the :ii~terior Or thc wal.ls of -thc housill~, and with their pos:i.tions, d-irect:iorls and levels ran(:lomly solected but suitably desi.gnecl in order to avo-icl cntirely -free falls from deck 9 to cushion 12 9 ancl i.n orcler to cause the rebouncling of the users, each timc at a lower level, so as to produce an arrested fa].:l. o-~ the USel` until the same reaches the cushionl2 which is at -the level of the f].oor.
I-laving now more particular re-ference to -figure 3 of the drawings, there :i.s shown a moclifiecl embodiment o-E the recreational apparatus -for producing free but arrestcd falls, which also comprises the housing 1 but said housing, in this parti.cular case, is preferably of a cylindrical form in order to permit the rotation o-f the bc~ds 31 of elastic bancls 30, ancl the housing :is also provicled with -the plurality oE
random.ly dis-tributed horizontal clastic bands 11, throughout ; the height of the housing 1 an~ ixed to its wall 2,and also contains a plura].ity of elastic bands 30 arranged in the form oF at least one bed 31 of el.asti.c bancls, such as illustrated ~ 3~

on the upper port-ion o:f thc llous:i.ng 1. in thc embod-i.men-t sho-~n in fi.guIe 3 of tlle clraw:i.ngs.
A plurality of ho:is-t mecllan:i.sms 34 is also provkled supportecl on projectiolls 33 at su:itable positions, in or~lcr to liEt or lo~ie~r at le.lst OrlC 0~ sai.~ becls o- el..lstic baJIcls, such as :illustT.~tcd at 31. in f-igure 3 o:f thc (lrawi.llg~, and at lcast a rotati.onal mcch.ln:ism 35 i.s also providecL ;n orcler to rotate thc be~ 1 o:f clast:ic b.lllcls 30.
Ihe rotati.ve mech.l.n:isnl 35 may be :f:ixed on the interior o the wall 2 o:~ the housillg l, in orcler to rotate t.he bed 31 o-f elastic bands 3() i.n one s:ingle position in i.ts height, such as illustratocl in :f:igure 3 of the drawings, or may be built ns a mechanism which may move in unison with the bed 31 of elastic bands 30, such as illustrated in figure 4 o-f the d.raw:ings, in order to be able to rotate said bed 31 on any position thereof along the hcig}lt o:E the housing :I, on which it may be s:ituated or moved by the hoi.st mech.lllism 34, as will be expla:ined more fully herci.nbelow.
When the bed 31 o.f elastic bands 30 is separated -~rom the rotative mechanisrn 35 and thclatter is fixecl on the wall 2 of housing ;l, then said bed o:f elastic bands merely compri.scs a circular :frame 36, vertically guidecl by a plurality of guides 32 and the hoist mechall.i.sms 34 lift or lower the s~id. circular frame~ by means of cables 41, and by hoisti.ng on the frame 36 o the bed 31. In this manncr, when the hoist 41 operates -for lifting the bed, in order to situate - ~0 the sa:id bc(l 3l o~ ~last;.c l~ancls .It an intcrmccL;atc hei,gilt beh~ee3l i.-ts :I.ower arl(l :its ~ el position, suclI as illlIstrLIteC
in ~:igure 3 of the clrawings, tllcn the rot.-ltiv~ meciIan:ism 35 wi].l be sep.lra-te(l from the :~rarnc 36, ancI saicl bccl 31 w;.:l.I he :Fixed in ;.ts rot.lting pOS:itiOtl on -the housi.n~, that is, wi'll not be ro-t~ltcd in rela-ti,on to s.~ ho~.ls iQg. '['hc ~e~l 3:1 ol' el~sti~ bands 30 may be rot.atc~d by IIleatIS Ol tlIe rotat.ive mcchLIll;slll 35, ~ cn thc lIoist mc~cl~.lnism 3~ owors tlle s.~ e to a su:it.l.b~ osi.t:ion ror eI-l.l~.i.ng -the ~'r:icti.on rol.l 37 o-F sai.d rotative meclIan-ism 35, to abut aga;.nst the lower ~ ce o:f the frame 36, whereby thc motor o~ thc mcciIanism 35 will. rotate t]le becl 31 such as will bc~ apparent for anyoIle ski.1lecl':i.n the art, Thc mech.lnism .Issemh:LY :for l-irtin~ or ]owerirI~ the becl of elastic bands, as ~elI. as -For rotati:n,~ thc,~ same, maY
be b~Iilt in accordancc with what :i.s illustratcd rmore clearlY
in fi.~ure 4 of the dral~in~s, such that the rotation o:r bed 31 of elastic ban~1s 30 maY be ef:Fected at any hei~ht on which the hoist mecllanism 3~ maY l.ocate the same~ bY havin,~ the rotative mechanism 31 to be also l;:Ftablc~, that is, bY ha-vin~
saicl mechanism -to be internal'l~-joinecl -to the becl 3l~ wheleby the ~ssemblv o.F mechan.isms is arrcl.n~ed~ such as i.llustratecl mQre clear1-Y i31 fi~ure 4 of t]Ie ~Irawin~s, in the fo1.lowin~
manner~
On the wall 2 o t}~e hOUS.ill~ 1 o:F the apparatus bui].t in accor(l.lrlce with this cmbocliment of tlle :invontioll, the plural.ity oE guides 32 is provicled, oI which only one is il1ustratccl in figure 4, a:ncl w.ithin wh:ich -the rotating mechallism 35 i.s guicled, said ro-tative mechanism cssentia.:L.l.y comprising a motor 48 pro-viclccl Wit~l a speciaL basce 49 wh:ich en,gages the same to tl~c gui.de p'lLIte 43 ongngecl to a non rotat;.ng :~ramc 45, sllch that the actioII of the ho-i,st 34t ~llen lifting saicl :fra1llc 45 of Lcd 3'1. o:f el.lst:i.r hancls 3(), wil'l also 1ift in ull:ison the rotatillg mcch.lllism 35.
. Motor 48 Or the rotati.rlg mechani.sm 35, tllrough :i.ts slla~t, rotates -the :frictiorl roll 47, which bears on the :Erame 36 of bed 31, sa:icl .Erame 36 bc:ing suppor-te~l on -the non rotative frame QS through a plurality of rol1s 46 which pcrmit thc same to rotate Wit]l respeG-t to the other~ in orde-.r to rotate the elastic bancls 30 which form a net by being fixed to the rotative frame 36. In, other words~ when the hoist 34 is operated~ the tota]. assembly of the rotativc mechanism 35 a.nd the bed 31 is lifted gu:ided by the flanges 44 of the guidc p1ate 43, which run a10TIg the gui.cles 32, locatecl in va-r:ious points througho-lt the circumf~rence of the housing l> such as illustra-ted in figure 3.
The hoist mechani.sm 34, in turn, comprises a motor 37 arranged uncler the deck 9, and saicl motor, by means of a suitable band 38, moves a ~ulley 39 ~hich in turn lifts or lowers the cable 41 whicll passes tllrough the projection 33 :1.31 9~

on ~ ic11 the hoist is moun-tecl, 1~y meclns o~ a ;u:i-ta1)le bore ~n~ and i.s joi~ed to ~hc gll.ic1c p~ .c ~13 on thc po:i.nt ~2~ or ma~ be Jo:ine(l to-the other l)art Or bc(l 31 in order to l:ift or l.o~1er -the same at w:i.ll, togethcr Wit]l the rotating mechslni.sm 35.
In the pa1-tic~ inst.ance of the embo~.lin1ent :il.lustratccl i.n figure 4, the rrame 36 must be rotative:ly supported ~thnoug11o-lt -tho c.ircllm.Eerence Or the housing l. an{l, Eor thi.s pUl'pOSe, the non rotati1lg frame ~5 :is p-rovided t.i.r1nly attac]le(l to the gu;de plates 43, said -Erame ~5 being provicle(l wi.th the ahove mcntioned plural:i.ty o~`:idle rolls ~6, on w1~i.ch the circum-fercnt-ial rotatclble frame 36 is supported.
ln this m..1nne-r, thc? fr<lme 3G w:i.l]. be rotated by rOI1iilg Ol- the rolls 46 and the complete bed uni-t 3]. will. be rotated at any height in whi.ch the samc may be located. In this particulai instance7 cable 4l o~ hois-t 34 w:il.l pull Erom the Eixed frame 45, such as illustratecl more clearly i.n :Eigure 4 of the drawings, in order to ~ermit the rotation of the movable frame ~6,and t1~e guide plate 43 will be attachcd to the fixed frame 45, such as is also illustrated in f:igure 4 E thc drawings, in ordcr to leave complete frcedom o-f rotati.on to t1le movable frame 36.
From the above it may be se~n that :Eor the first time a recreationcll. apparatus has been prov-ided which, contrary to all prior art recreationa]. apparatus for causing 3~

r.,lls of l:hc~ usors, I~liI.I pIo(I~lee a toInI:l:ly cI~ 'ferent sensLIt.i.orand t,hri.ll. on tlle uscrs~ inas~ leh .lS the ar)l~aratlIs of the present inventioll :is bu:ilt in suc-II a manner that -thc? user jumps into the em[~ty spacc~ trom a (IC?Ck plaeed at a eons;.clerabl.e height, thus ha~ lg the tllr:i:II. o~ eing thrown to the said ellll?ty SpaC(', tI-at is"~litho~lt the ~;upl~olt Or any so1i.d or rigid sur~,lce, atlCl i-ts -fal:l :i.s xu-itabI.y arrestocl an(l the thr:il'L
.is still .incIe.lse(I I~y the rebc)~lncIillg Or the ~lse-r ag~:l inst the elast:ice ban(Is I.l and/(l:r 30, i~lh;(,ll are l-rov:;cIetI throIlg}lout -the innc?r are<I of thc? housing7 at d:i.fEerent :Levo'l,s whi.eh eause the user to cIeseen~l ;n a free ~'a1.1. I~rom band to bancI, either rebounding OJl saicI el.lstie ballClS or hang ing crom the samo~
until he rceaelles the sl-oek absorb.i.ng eushion plaeed at the bot tom o.f thc? cleviee where tlIe j ourney terTIli.nates .
Tlle thrill may be eonsicIer,Ibly inereased by provi,cling a p1ura1ity of elastie bands arranged in beds whieh may be movab1e in an upwarcl or downwarcI direetion, as ~lel1 as in a rotational direetion, whereby the users may gai.n a more thrilling efl~eet when falling clown the housing of the reereational cleviee o f the present invention .
The ma:in cli:E-ferenee between the reereational deviee of the present invention ancl all the prior art reereational devices, is tha't the same is provided wi,th means to prodllee an entirely free uns-lpported fall, wh:ieh is arrces-tc?d f-rom t-ime to timc~ by ela,stie members, wh:i.eh is in oppos:ition to -the fall support~d by a solid surface, during all the time of said fall, as is provided by all the recreational device of the prior art.
Although certain specific embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it must be pointed out that many modifications thereof are possible.
Therefore, the present invention is not to be regarded as restricted, except insofar as is required by the prior art and by the spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (13)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A recreational device for producing the thrill of a free fall on the users and comprising in combination a housing having a bottom, tall side walls and an open top, a shock absorbing cushion extending throughout the area of the bottom of said hous-ing, an inwardly extending peripheral deck at the open top of said housing, a plurality of elastic bands having their two ends fixed on the interior surface of the side walls of said housing, each individual elastic band extending in a horizontal position across said housing, said elastic bands being randomly arranged within said housing such that a person jumping from said deck into said housing cannot fall all the way down without bouncing on one or more of said elastic bands prior to reaching said shock absorbing cushion, said elastic bands being arranged throughout at least a substantial part of the height of said housing, a frame, at least part of said plurality of elastic bands form a horizontal net within said frame, and hoist means engage said frame for moving the same up and down the side walls of said housing.
2. A recreational device according to claim 1 wherein said housing is of a cylindrical shape and means are included for rotating said frame in any direction within the housing.
3. A recreational device according to claim 1 wherein said means for moving said frame comprises a plurality of hoists arranged at the top of said housing under said top deck, means for engaging said hoists to said frame, and a plurality of guiding means for guiding the vertical movement of said frame, arranged on the interior surfaces of the side walls of said housing.
4. A recreational device according to claim 2 wherein said means for rotating said frame comprise a non rotatable frame attached to said hoist means, a plurality of rollers on the upper surface of said non rotatable frame, a rotatable frame to which said elastic bands are attached, and a rotating drive means mounted on said non rotatable frame and engaged to said rotatable frame for rotating the same.
5. A recreational device according to claim 2 wherein said means for rotating said frame comprise a plurality of rotating drive means mounted on the side wall of said housing and capable of engaging the undersurface of said frame when the hoist means lower the same to its lowermost position.
6. A recreational device according to claim 1 wherein a roof is arranged at a distance above said peripheral deck at the top of said housing.
7. A recreational device according to claim 6 wherein said roof is formed by a plurality of roof sections, and means are included for opening and closing individual desired roof sections.
8. A recreational device according to claim 7 wherein a light and sound system is included within said housing for pro-ducing light and sound effects during the fall of the users.
9. A recreational device according to claim 8 wherein a plurality of towers are provided externally of the side walls of said housing, each of said towers including an additional amusement for the users who elect not to make the free fall from said deck, said additional amusements comprising solid means through which the users may return to the floor of the device.
10. A recreational device for producing the thrill of a free fall on the users and comprising in combination a housing having a bottom, tall side walls and an open top, a shock absorbing cushion extending throughout the area of the bottom of said housing, an inwardly extending peripheral deck located at the open top of said housing, said deck having an area sufficient to accommodate a predetermined number of persons and including a launching area for allowing said persons to jump into said housing, and a plur-ality of elastic bands having their two opposite ends fixedly attached to the interior surfaces of the side walls of said hous-ing, each individual elastic band extending in a horizontal posi-tion throughout its length across said housing, said elastic bands being randomly arranged at different levels within said housing to form an elastic network leaving spans between said bands which are sufficiently small to prevent a person jumping from said deck into said housing from passing through said elastic network all the way down through said housing except by bouncing on one or more said elastic bands, said elastic bands having an elasticity sufficient to permit said persons to manually space said bands to jump from a higher level of bands to a lower level of bands, said elastic bands being arranged throughout at least a substantial part of the height of said housing.
11. A recreational device according to claim 10, wherein a roof is arranged at a distance above said peripheral deck at the top of said housing, said roof being formed by a plurality of roof sections, and means are included for opening and closing individual desired roof sections.
12. A recreational device according to claim 10, further comprising a frame, at least part of said elastic bands are arranged to form a horizontal net within said frame, and hoist means are provided engaging said frame for moving the frame up and down the side walls of said housing.
13. A recreational device according to claim 11, wherein a light and sound system is included within said housing for producing light and sound effects during the fall of the users.
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