Dump trailer amusement ride
This invention is an amusement ride, attraction or device comprising a modified vehicle, machine, vessel, container, load-carrying platform or similar device, or any combination thereof, or anything having the appearance thereof, which is used, useful or operated for mining, transportation, military or construction or other commercial or industrial uses, purposes or applications. Illustrative embodiments of this invention include a modified dump trailer, dump truck or load-carrying platform. Such a modified dump trailer includes a dump trailer modified so as to permit a horizontally-pivoting telescoping hydraulic cylinder to raise and lower the front of the modified dump trailer, which is modified with a passenger support system and a passenger restraint system. The invention may involve application of other devices, machines, means or forces. Associated processes, systems and methods include a power pack or other dedicated source of energy and an adjacent entrance/exit ramp and boarding/de-boarding platform and operator control platform.
1. An amusement ride providing the sensation of riding a tilting dump trailer body to ride passengers, comprising:
a vehicle trailer frame with wheels connected thereto;
a stationary support structure supporting said frame and suspending said wheels in midair;
a pivoting dump trailer body mounted to one end of said frame, modified with an opening in a sidewall of said body to permit ingress and egress of ride passengers to said body's interior compartment;
an amusement ride seat mounted within said body's interior compartment;
a passenger restraint on said seat;
a hydraulic cylinder connected between said frame and the end of said body opposing said frame-mounted end;
an electrically powered hydraulic pump connected to said hydraulic cylinder;
a non-automobile based, stationary electric power supply powering said hydraulic pump; and
a passenger access platform situated adjacent said opening, with a floor substantially even with the floor of said body's interior compartment.
2. The amusement ride of claim 1 , further comprising an amusement ride operator control console on said passenger access platform controlling operation of said hydraulic pump.
3. The amusement ride of claim 2 , further comprising an electrically powered motor controlled by said control console, which vibrates said trailer body when energized.