Title: Adjustable position counterweight assembly for amusement ride

Abstract: In a passenger propelled swinging ride assembly, a variable counterweight employing two eccentrically weighted wheels driven in opposite directions to effect a variable counterweight.

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Inventors: Willis, David Barry (Palo Alto, CA, US)

Application Number: 700397
Filing Date: 1976-06-28
Publication_date: 1977-06-28
Assignee: Arrow Development Co., Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Class(es): 472/16 248/364, 414/719, 472/112
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US Patent Ref:

2076113	Apr, 1937	Bartlett	272/33.
2184200	Dec, 1939	Thomas	74/41.
2537399	Jan, 1951	Doris	272/33.
2584921	Feb, 1952	Rawnsley et al.	248/364.
3298685	Jan, 1967	Williams	272/33.
3679078	Jul, 1972	Wetzel	214/142.
3972527	Aug, 1976	Bacon	272/33.

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Primary Examiner: Skogouist, Harland S.
Assistant Examiner: Kramer, Arnold W.
Attorney: Limbach, Limbach & Sutton