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公开(公告)号：US20170157433A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-08
申请号：US15441101
申请日：2017-02-23
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
CPC分类号： A63G21/22 , A62B1/20 , A63G21/20 , B61B7/00 , B61B12/002 , B61H9/02 , F16D63/008
摘要： Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing zip line catenary from higher, inaccessible, working locations to lower, safer areas. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching a launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Autonomous braking, inter-trolley bumpers, and vertical stabilizers enable each rider to quickly occupy a seat (harness, etc.) and launch onto the track line, unconcerned with riders ahead or behind until underway. Multiple trolleys may thus load, launch, and in close proximity on a single line, regardless of the total weight of multiple riders.
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公开(公告)号：US10213700B2
公开(公告)日：2019-02-26
申请号：US15441101
申请日：2017-02-23
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
摘要： Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing zip line catenary from higher, inaccessible, working locations to lower, safer areas. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching a launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Autonomous braking, inter-trolley bumpers, and vertical stabilizers enable each rider to quickly occupy a seat (harness, etc.) and launch onto the track line, unconcerned with riders ahead or behind until underway. Multiple trolleys may thus load, launch, and in close proximity on a single line, regardless of the total weight of multiple riders.
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公开(公告)号：US20170327129A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-16
申请号：US15666707
申请日：2017-08-02
申请人： zipholdings, llc
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
CPC分类号： B61B7/00 , A62B1/00 , A62B1/20 , A63G21/20 , A63G21/22 , B61B12/002 , B61B12/007 , B61B12/028 , B61H9/02 , F16D63/008 , G06K7/0004
摘要： Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing a zip line (catenary) from higher, accessible, working locations to lower, safer areas in a marine environment. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching the launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Track line systems installed may be left undeployed indefinitely. Deployment of a track line will typically be fully effected at the time of egress, adding time but eliminating permanent obstructions that would result if a permanent deployment of track lines were undertaken. Terminal ends are anchored and configured to accommodate workers arriving after escape.
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公开(公告)号：US10960252B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-30
申请号：US16431524
申请日：2019-06-04
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
摘要： A climbing wall defines vertical, transverse (horizontally in-and-out, toward-and-away-from wall) and lateral (horizontally sideways) directions, mutually orthogonal. A surface treatment simulates rock by texture, holds, or both. A line (rope, cable) extends from a belay anchor, spaced away from the wall, to a climber at the wall. Line distance is controlled to eliminate slack to start, and continuously if the wall is increasingly steep and possibly curving sideways (laterally). When climbing ends, the climber swings transversely (and, optionally, laterally sideways) away from the wall in a pendulum fall, swinging (oscillating) about the belay anchor for multiple cycles and clear of contact with the wall. The fall may be intentional (the climber releasing a grip on the wall), accidental (falling from own weight), or due to line tension initiated by an automated timer or operator intervention.
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公开(公告)号：US10150487B2
公开(公告)日：2018-12-11
申请号：US15666707
申请日：2017-08-02
申请人： zipholdings, llc
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
IPC分类号： B61B7/00 , A62B1/00 , B61B12/00 , B61B12/02 , A63G21/22 , A63G21/20 , B61H9/02 , F16D63/00 , G06K7/00 , A62B1/20
摘要： Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing a zip line (catenary) from higher, accessible, working locations to lower, safer areas in a marine environment. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching the launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Track line systems installed may be left undeployed indefinitely. Deployment of a track line will typically be fully effected at the time of egress, adding time but eliminating permanent obstructions that would result if a permanent deployment of track lines were undertaken. Terminal ends are anchored and configured to accommodate workers arriving after escape.
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公开(公告)号：US09669319B2
公开(公告)日：2017-06-06
申请号：US14451932
申请日：2014-08-05
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
CPC分类号： A63G21/22 , A63G21/20 , B61B7/00 , B61H9/02 , F16D63/008
摘要： A cable in suspension (clear span) supports a trolley. At the upper end, a launch block fixed to the cable registers the trolley in all directions, including a safety release link holding the trolley near the launch block. After release and descent with a rider, the trolley strikes an attenuator of distributed springs and spacers. The spring stack absorbs momentum from the trolley, but a leash limits recoil “bounce” after reversing the trolley. A second, recoil, leash resists recoil by capturing a subset of the springs between respective ends of itself and the first leash. The doubly leashed trolley will oscillate to a stop in an equilibrium position.
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公开(公告)号：US20220054877A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-24
申请号：US17462910
申请日：2021-08-31
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric Cylvick
摘要： A tower may support a horizontal track and a vertical climbing wall therebelow. A trolley, movable along the track, may be selectively driven toward and away from the tower by belay lines, line and capstan, positive drive, or some combination. Belay lines reeved over pulleys on the trolley may be taken up and paid out independently from the trolley, while fixed or moving. A rider may climb, be lifted, or both to near the intersection of the tower and track, from there to fall or jump into a controllable trajectory such as swinging or simulating a parachute landing. Swinging may be rapidly attenuated almost entirely by “bumps,” lifting a rider to remove momentum and kinetic energy as a rider moves toward a pivot point overhead. Control may be simplified based on sensing and using timing past bottom dead center (BDC).
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公开(公告)号：US20210283450A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-16
申请号：US17217660
申请日：2021-03-30
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
摘要： A climbing wall defines vertical, transverse (horizontally in-and-out, toward-and-away-from wall) and lateral (horizontally sideways) directions, mutually orthogonal. A surface treatment simulates rock by texture, holds, or both. A line (rope, cable) extends from a belay anchor, spaced away from the wall, to a climber at the wall. Line distance is controlled to eliminate slack to start, and continuously if the wall is increasingly steep and possibly curving sideways (laterally). When climbing ends, the climber swings transversely (and, optionally, laterally sideways) away from the wall in a pendulum fall, swinging (oscillating) about the belay anchor for multiple cycles and clear of contact with the wall. The fall may be intentional (the climber releasing a grip on the wall), accidental (falling from own weight), or due to line tension initiated by an automated timer or operator intervention.
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公开(公告)号：US10173699B2
公开(公告)日：2019-01-08
申请号：US15354866
申请日：2016-11-17
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
摘要： A canopy tour system follow a route including multiple legs of track line, and may run multiple track lines in parallel along each leg, establishing the route of descent. Each leg extends between an associated upper station and lower station, used for loading, launching, receiving, and unclipping, respectively, riders of trolleys on the zip lines. A system of mechanical and electronic interlocks provides safety for users in remote locations, enabling individual riders to operate trolleys, including attaching and dis-attaching the trolleys from various track lines, unattended by other workers or employees of the canopy tour operation. Multiple trolleys may travel simultaneously and in close proximity to one another as a group on a single line. Each group traveling together is controlled by a single braking trolley ahead, behind, or in the midst of the group.
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公开(公告)号：US20180369700A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-27
申请号：US16021625
申请日：2018-06-28
申请人： ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC
发明人： Eric S. Cylvick
摘要： A canopy tour system may include multiple track lines extending between associated upper and lower stations for loading, launching, receiving, and unclipping, respectively, riders of trolleys on the zip lines. A system of mechanical and electronic interlocks provides safety for users in remote locations, enabling individual riders to operate trolleys, including attaching and dis-attaching the trolleys from various track lines, unattended by other workers or employees of the canopy tour operation. Mechanical interlocks assure that a trolley cannot be properly engaged with a launch block on a track line until all such interlocks are properly closed. A master computer may communicate through a network, with all stations to verify and identify times and locations of users.
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