IP Library Granted Patent US 10,105,564
Granted Patent B2
US 10,105,564 · App. 14/974,325 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Challenge course with return track

Inventors: Troy Lee Garland (Allegan, MI); James Allen Liggett (Allegan, MI)
Assignee: ROPES COURSES, INC.
A63B9/00A62B35/0062A63B4/00A63B7/045A63B17/00A63B7/04A63B69/0048A63B2009/002A63B2009/004
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Patent No.
US 10,105,564
App. No.
14/974,325
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and system whereby a user can move by guidance of a return track on a challenger course. The return track may extend away from the challenge course and overhang its main frame so the user can experience an element outside of the main frame.

Claims (22)

1. A challenge course with one or more obstacles for users to navigate, comprising:

a trolley slideably arranged within a track slot, the trolley having a safety cable extending from the trolley, the safety cable configured to attach to a user during navigation of the challenge course;

the track slot spanning an entire length through a main track, a hub track, and a return track;

the main track positioned above at least one obstacle of the challenge course, the main track connected to the hub track;

the hub track mounted around a support column, the hub track having a plurality of track attachment points facing outward from the support column, the hub track connected to the return track;

the return track extending away from the support column of the hub track, the return track positioned above at least one element that can be navigated.

2. The challenge course of claim 1 , wherein the return track comprises a loop.

3. The challenge course of claim 2 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at a single track attachment point.

4. The challenge course of claim 2 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at more than one track attachment point.

5. The challenge course of claim 1 , wherein the return track comprises a straight segment of track.

6. The challenge course of claim 5 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at a single track attachment point.

7. A challenge course with one or more obstacles for users to navigate, comprising:

a main track, a hub track, and a return track;

the main track associated with at least one obstacle of the challenge course, the main track connected to the hub track;

the hub track forming a loop and supported by a column positioned at the center of the loop of the hub track, the hub track having a plurality of track attachment points facing outward from the column supporting the hub track, the hub track connected to the return track;

the return track extending away from the column supporting the hub track, the return track associated with at least one element that can be navigated;

wherein a safety hook can displace from the main track to the return track and from the return track to the main track via the hub track, the safety hook having a harness cable for attachment to a user.

8. The challenge course of claim 7 , wherein the return track comprises a loop.

9. The challenge course of claim 8 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at a single track attachment point.

10. The challenge course of claim 8 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at more than one track attachment point.

11. The challenge course of claim 7 , wherein the return track comprises a straight segment of track.

12. The challenge course of claim 11 , wherein the return track is connected to the hub track at a single track attachment point.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: ROPES COURSES, INC.
To: JIMI IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 052654/0330 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: GARLAND, TROY
To: ROPES COURSES, INC.
Reel/Frame 043828/0233 →
Continuity (1)
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