Disney patents ride platform that stays level during tilts
Disney has filed a patent for a ride vehicle with a platform that automatically adjusts its angle. The system moves the platform in response to the vehicle's tilting motion to keep it flat relative to the ground or water surface.
In the filing’s own words
A ride vehicle may include a platform configured to receive an object. In one example, the platform is configured to move in response to a tilting motion of the ride vehicle to transport the object on the moveable platform in a flat orientation with respect to a water or ground surface. In another example, the platform forms a load surface configured to receive an object, wherein the platform is configured to move in response to a movement of the vehicle to maintain the platform in a flat orientation with respect to a water or ground surface.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A ride vehicle comprising: a movable platform configured to receive an object; wherein the movable platform is configured to move in response to a tilting motion of the ride vehicle to transport the object on the moveable platform in a flat orientation with respect to a water or ground surface.
Facts
- Company
- Disney (DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- Official title
- RIDER INCLUSIVE TRANSPORT AIDE
- Publication number
- US20260272736A1
- Application number
- 19076060
- Filed
- Mar 11, 2025
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A61G 3/061 Human necessitiesA61G 3/0808 Human necessitiesA63G 31/007 Human necessitiesSummaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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