CN101267866A - System and apparatus for propeling and carrying a user within a confined interior - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention comprises an inflatable balloon of sufficient volume and buoyancy to allow a human pilot to float above the ground and to glide over the ground within an enclosed area. The balloon incorporates several safety features that permit it to be used for recreation, including a prop-bike to enable the user to propel the balloon. Various structures, including a portable structure and a retaining structure in a stadium are described for use with the inflatable balloon.
Description
The cross reference of related application
The application requires United States code the 35th to compile the priority of the 120th regulation, as the U.S. Patent Application Serial Number of submitting on May 7th, 2,003 10/430,676 part continuation application, wherein U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 10/430,676 require the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 60/377 of submission on May 7th, 2002, the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 60/448 that on February 20th, 976 and 2003 submitted to, 141 priority is all incorporated this paper into as a reference clearly in this disclosure with above-mentioned application.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to use the balloon that is filled with helium, more specifically, the present invention relates to use the helium balloon that is designed in limited inner space delivery and advances single people.
Background technology
Since Meng Tegefeier (Montgolfier) brother, since Joseph Michele (JosephMichel) and Ya Keaidian (Jacques Etienne) invented first fire balloon in 1783, the mankind were using aerating ballon to transport.Now there has been the fire balloon that is used to deliver single people.This device generally includes a compressing inflammable gas tank and the burner that is positioned at pilot's above-head tied up at the pilot back.Yet, add the required naked light of hot-air and make this device of use comparatively dangerous.In addition, burning gases pollute the environment, and burner noise is very big in use.And the equipment price relevant with single fire balloon is very expensive, and need transport with truck.Be used to deliver 40 feet of single fire balloon diameters nearly, this makes that balloon is difficult to handle, in the time of particularly in being in comparatively crowded spatial domain.All these shortcomings make this device not ideal enough relatively, are unfavorable for being extensive use of of the public fully.
The balloon that is filled with helium has overcome these shortcomings.The helium aboundresources, not flammable (being safe therefore) and environmental sound.Because it is not helium balloon does not need gas tank and burner, therefore expensive; And the balloon after the venting can be transported with passenger vehicle or car by the pilot.At last, volume only but can deliver identical weight for the eighth helium balloon of fire balloon volume, and the diameter that therefore delivers single helium balloon only needs the 18-20 foot.
Although have so many advantages relatively, be used to deliver single helium balloon and only obtain limited and less application in the past.Early in the twentieth century, the rubber balloon that the mankind begin to be full of helium is used for recreation.In this motion, the entrant is suspended on not too safely and is tied with the online of several helium balloons, and the open place of a slice is flown in match mutually, and spectators can make a bet simultaneously, gamble who entrant and will win victory.Perhaps be that this activity does not obtain fully universal all the time owing to exist balloon to be pierced or grab potential danger such as not firm rope falls.
Up to 1985, in the film of acting the leading role by Steve Martin (Steve Martin) " Leap ofFaith (Leap Of Faith) " to one not the single helium balloon tied up of bolt made feature.In this film, Martin's role " driving " balloon flies to save tired child in dangerous balloon.But film does not show the situation of the accident that takes place in shooting process.The balloon that uses when taking film does not adopt to be prevented tearing material, and only is made of woven; And the attachment point of the employed braces of pilot is actually and is adhesive in balloon below.Therefore, balloon is torn when bumping against the wall in stone pit (place that the little girl will be rescued in the film), and also therefore the back is injured and drive the acrobat of balloon.After film shooting was finished, the balloon that is unsafe, quality is inferior had just been destroyed by production company.
The U.S. Patent number 5,391,115 that nineteen ninety-five authorizes is key name inventions for " Low GravityJumping Apparatus (low gravity jump equipment) ".Disclosed a kind of helium balloon that is used to provide buoyancy in this invention, can not make it be applied to any feature of amusement safely but provide.On the contrary, this invention but is placed on focus in a kind of design of braces framework combination of uniqueness, and this combination makes the driver of balloon can rotate the health of oneself on level and vertical axis.Use this device only can increase the danger of sort of activity.
In addition, the use of helium balloon is subject to the influence of weather condition usually.Strong wind, rainfall and other conditions may hinder the use of helium balloon, or reduce driver's joyful sense.Further, the motion of helium balloon may limit its use to the dependence of wind, because because the cause of wind direction may not have suitable landing point.Also have, allow that the structure of using helium balloon may be very expensive.
Above-mentioned helium balloon may also have other shortcomings.
Summary of the invention
The present invention has avoided the various shortcoming and defect of prior art.
Therefore the present invention provides a kind of system and method, be used to allow the user will be floating in various places and glide as amusement.Advantage of the present invention can comprise that adaptation existing structure or existing structure are to allow to use balloon.Advantage can also allow to use the temporary structure or the temporary structure of balloon to realize by providing.One aspect of the present invention can provide a kind of user of permission to carry out system floating and that glide for amusement, and this system comprises portable structure and device that allows the user to move with three-dimensional that seals predetermined space in described predetermined space.This device comprises: the inflatable balloon; One end is fixed with each other and may be operably coupled to many cables of described balloon; Parachute harness; With the free-ended fixture that described parachute harness is fixed in described many cables at least one.Balloon can comprise the polyurethane-coated nylon layer and can have the venting slide fastener that is used for to described balloon venting.One end of these cables is together fixed to one another by at least one ring.Fixture can comprise snap close.
Further, portable structure can comprise that the maintenance structure that is used for balloon remains in the predetermined space is used to support the bracing or strutting arrangement of described maintenance structure with at least one.Portable structure can comprise net.Portable structure can also support balloon by at least one and support.Keep structure can comprise net.Portable structure may further include at least one and is used for fixing the anchor log that supports balloon.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of user of permission to carry out system floating and that glide for amusement, and this system comprises: keep structure, the sealing predetermined space also is connected to the permanent structure with at least one side; With the device that allows the user in described predetermined space, to move with three-dimensional.Described device comprises: the inflatable balloon; One end is fixed with each other and may be operably coupled to many cables of described balloon; Parachute harness; With the free-ended fixture that described braces is fixed in described many cables at least one.Balloon can comprise the polyurethane-coated nylon layer, and can have the venting slide fastener that is used for to described balloon venting.One end of cable is together fixed to one another by at least one ring.
Permanent structure can be the stadium.The stadium may further include at least one grandstand part, wherein keeps structure further to comprise protective barrier between at least one grandstand part and predetermined space.Protective barrier can comprise net.The stadium may further include the ceiling with opening, wherein keeps structure to comprise that further the protective barrier across the ceiling opening passes the ceiling opening to prevent balloon.Protective barrier can comprise net.
Other features of the present invention, advantage and embodiment etc. will be illustrated or become obvious by the content of following detailed description, accompanying drawing and claim.Should be appreciated that in addition above-mentioned " summary of the invention " of the present invention part and following " specific embodiment " part all are exemplary, purpose is for further instruction is provided, rather than limits the scope of protection of present invention.
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Being used for of being provided further understood accompanying drawing of the present invention and is incorporated into the specification and the part of book as an illustration, and they show embodiments of the present invention and are used for explaining principle of the present invention with the content of " specific embodiment ".Do not want CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of the present invention and various possible embodiment thereof to be shown in further detail exceeding outside the basic comprehension content required for the present invention.In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the view according to the helium balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the partial sectional view according to the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the side view according to another embodiment of the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the top view according to the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the bottom view according to the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is to use the diagram according to the dome structure of the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 shows the head-on view according to the screw bicycle (prop-bike) of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 shows the side view according to the screw bicycle of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 shows the partial view according to the bottom rectifying plate of the screw bicycle of one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 10 shows the gear arrangement according to the screw bicycle of one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 11 shows a conventional stadium that is configured to be used for using according to the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B show top view and the side view that is used to use according to the portable cover of the balloon of one embodiment of the present invention respectively.
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Introduce and/or illustrated non-limiting embodiment and example with reference to accompanying drawing with in hereinafter describing in detail, more completely introduced embodiments of the present invention and various feature thereof and favourable details.Should be noted that the feature shown in the accompanying drawing might not draw in proportion, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the feature in a kind of embodiment can be applied in other embodiments, even specially do not offer some clarification in the literary composition.The description of known parts and treatment technology may be omitted, to avoid bringing unnecessary obscuring to embodiments of the present invention.Example in this introduction only is for the ease of understanding the possible application mode of the present invention and further making those skilled in the art can realize embodiments of the present invention.Therefore, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention at the example and the embodiment of this introduction, this protection domain is only limited by claims and the law that is suitable for.It should be noted that in addition in each view of accompanying drawing has used identical Reference numeral to represent similar part.
A kind of system and device, method are used in the delivery of limited inner space and advance single people in the skyborne helium balloon.Hereinafter various aspects and the parts to this system and method are described.Though with term " helium balloon " (also being known as " balloon " hereinafter), invention has been described for the dome structure of propeller driving device and inflation, be to be appreciated that and also can adopt other equipment that can obtain identical result.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, dome structure and screw bicycle provide the zone of using helium balloon to carry out recreation.This dome structure prevents thus that for the use of helium balloon provides a cover balloon from flying away from.Fig. 6 shows a dome structure, and this dome structure provides the zone of carrying out recreation for using the helium balloon according to one embodiment of the present invention.Dome structure 100 provides an inner space for aerating ballon 102 (for example filling helium balloon), with delivery driver 104.As shown in Figure 6, can in dome structure 100, use a plurality of balloons 102 that are loaded with driver 104.Balloon 102 and driver 104 can be equipped with for example filler, reinforcement material etc., contact with other balloons 102 and driver 104 with permission.Though the embodiment of dome structure 100 has used the gas supporting construction,, also can use other embodiments as using positive air pressure.Dome structure 100 provides a cover, can rebound from the wall and the ceiling of this structure with the user 104 who allows helium balloon 102, and the balloon that makes them rebounds from other users' balloon.Dome structure 100 employed materials should make balloon 102 not be damaged when resilience.For example, for the balloon 102 that uses nylon or similar material to make, the inwall of dome structure 100 and ceiling can be selected filler or materials similar for use, covering sharp point and edge, thereby prevent that balloon from being punctured and/or by tearing.The intensity of balloon 100 material therefors is high more, and the inner required filler of dome structure is just few more.According to one embodiment of the present invention, dome structure inside is fully clogged to prevent that balloon is damaged or to be punctured.
Dome structure also can have enough big space, operates balloon to hold one or more users in dome structure.For instance, a dome structure can cover about 40,000 square feet or bigger area, and high about 100 feet.This structure can make many users jump in dome structure, rebounds from wall portion or other users' balloon.In this embodiment, can use existing dome structure, for example football, baseball and other employed dome structures that moves.Also can use the suitable structure of other sizes.
Figure 11 is a schematic diagram, and a system that is used to provide according to the cover of one embodiment of the present invention is provided.Manned balloon 1110 (for example previously described those balloons) is provided in stadium or other permanent structure 1120.According to one embodiment of the present invention, stadium 1120 is to be used for various sports, for example the permanent structure of rugby, football, baseball or similar motion.As shown in figure 11, stadium 1120 comprises the opening 1160 on grandstand 1130, place 1180, ceiling 1150 and the ceiling.
For manned balloon 1110, parachute-type bounce-back balloon (as shown in FIG.) or to be attached with the balloon of screw bicycle (not shown for example, will be explained in greater detail below), have necessary at grandstand 1130 with use and a structure is set between the user on the manned balloon 1110 in place 1180 hurts sb.'s feelings and/or damage balloon avoiding.For this reason, can between grandstand 1130 and place 1180, grandstand barrier 1140 be set.According to one embodiment of the present invention, grandstand barrier 1140 can adopt the form of net.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that grandstand barrier 1140 must have enough intensity to prevent manned balloon 1110 and grandstand 1130,1130A and 1130B come in contact.Grandstand barrier 1140 can be by rope, nylon rope, and wire, strap, net or other materials are made.Spacing only need be enough little of to prevent that manned balloon 1110 from touching grandstand 1130 in the net, and 1130A and 1130B get final product.Therefore, for instance,, so only need spacing between the rope parallel on the netting to be 10 feet and get final product if the diameter of manned balloon is 20 feet.
According to embodiments of the present invention shown in Figure 1, grandstand 1130 comprises grandstand 1130A and last grandstand 1130B down.In this embodiment, grandstand barrier 1140 is attached to down the bottom of grandstand 1130A and the part of last grandstand 1130B.For example, last grandstand 1130B is that grandstand barrier 1140 just can be connected on this platform when being suspended from down platform on the grandstand 1130A a part of.Connection can be hard connection, for example grandstand barrier 1140 is tied to certain part of grandstand 1130B.Perhaps, connecting also can be to flexibly connect.For example, pulley can be attached to the terrace part of grandstand 1130.Rope attachment is to grandstand barrier 1140 and be operably connected to pulley, to allow that the grandstand barrier is carried out lifting.Therefore, according to one embodiment of the present invention, stadium 1120 both can be used for standard movement (football, baseball etc.) sometimes, also can other the time be applicable to and allow the user to operate manned balloon 1110.In addition, grandstand barrier 1140 also can be in a similar manner between the platform and ceiling 1150 of last grandstand 1130B.
As mentioned above, in some embodiments, stadium 1120 can comprise the ceiling 1150 with ceiling opening 1160.It is apparent to those skilled in the art that and across ceiling opening 1160 ceiling barrier 1170 to be set, fly away from the zone that stadium 1120 is limited to avoid manned balloon 1110.For example, if manned balloon 1110 is parachute-type bounce-back balloons mentioned above, just need ceiling barrier 1170 to guarantee if the people who drives manned balloon is when jumping with enough big strength, to such an extent as to when perhaps manned balloon too gently can't normally descend, manned balloon can not fly away from stadium 1120.According to one embodiment of the present invention, ceiling barrier 1170 can have and grandstand barrier 1140 identical materials and structure.For example, if grandstand barrier 1140 is made by colored strap and be printed on advertisement on strap, may wish that so ceiling barrier 1170 also makes to match with grandstand barrier 1140 with colored strap.If for example perhaps using net may wish also to be used as ceiling barrier 1170 with net as grandstand barrier 1140 so.Be appreciated that if stadium 1120 does not have ceiling opening 1160, may still can wish or need to use ceiling barrier 1170 to prevent that balloon (for example manned balloon 1110) from contacting with ceiling 1150.
In addition, can ceiling barrier 1170 be connected to ceiling 1150 by hard connection or flexible connection.For hard connection, ceiling barrier 1170 (for example net) can be directly connected to and for example be tied to 1150 each several part.For flexible connection, can stretch across the ceiling barrier 1170 of ceiling 1150 openings 1160 with the pulley that has rope.For a person skilled in the art, other various methods of attachment also will be tangible.According to another embodiment of the present invention, can support one or more parts of ceiling barrier 1170 with balloon (parachute-type bounce-back balloon for example as herein described).Although ceiling as shown in the figure 1150 has opening 1160, be appreciated that also the ceiling 1150 in some stadium 1120 does not have opening.Therefore, may be optional for such stadium 1120 ceiling barriers 1170.But in some building, ceiling may have hard surface, therefore need carry out certain type covering.
Top view and the side view that is used to provide according to the portable system of the cover 1210 of one embodiment of the present invention is provided for Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B.Support balloon 1220 shown in the figure is positioned at the top of cover 1210, and each support balloon all is connected to cover 1210 by balloon attachment wire 1240.Support balloon 1220 will cover 1210 and remain on eminence, thereby provisional support is provided.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B, cover 1210 comprises four horizontal main lines 1250 that are attached to square structure.In each square corners that constitutes by horizontal main line 1250, an end of all attached vertical main line 1260.The other end of every vertical main line 1260 all is attached to anchoring device 1230.Anchoring device can be weight, pound pile into ground, stationary object (trees for example, rock), huge mobiles (for example, be fixed on the damper or trailer hitch of automobile or truck), perhaps any can stop support balloon 1220 and cover 1210 waft from device.
Except horizontal main line 1250 and the vertical main line 1260, also be provided with many netting twines 1270 to form cover 1210.As shown in the figure, between vertical main line 1260, be provided with netting twine 1270 horizontally and vertically.Further, each end of netting twine 1270 all is attached to horizontal main line 1250 to form net on cover 1210 tops.Netting twine 1270 can be configured to, make manned balloon 1280 can't from cover 1210 top or sidepiece waft from.For example, if the diameter of manned balloon 1280 is from being 20 feet to another side on one side, netting twine 1270 just can be configured to make the spacing between each parallel bar line to be not more than about 10 feet so.
Though described the interim cover 1210 of net type, it should be understood that and also can use other materials and structure and do not break away from principle of the present invention.For example, cover 1210 can be made by nylon rope, cloth or other materials that can play 1280 effects of block manned balloon.
According to another embodiment of the invention, mechanical device can be used to advance the user of balloon.Opposite with the mode of the motive force that only obtains from the beating of user, this device can be used to advance the user of balloon in dome structure.According to one embodiment of the present invention, a kind of mechanism of bicycle type (for example screw bicycle) can be used to promote the user.According to one embodiment of the present invention, screw bicycle 202 has been shown among Fig. 7-10.Screw bicycle 202 is attached on the helium balloon 200 by rope 216, and rope 216 then is attached to the rope mounting structure and for example encircles on 214.Rotation suspender 218 will encircle 214 by attachment lever 219 and be attached to the support underframe, as bottom rectifying plate 210.Rotation suspender 218 allows the user with respect to ring 214 and balloon 200 rotating screw bicycles 202.Rotation suspender 218 can be any conventional equipment that is used to rotate, for example ball bearing joint or like.
The one or more screws 204 that are positioned at guard shield 206 are used for propelling screws bicycle 202.The user is sitting on the bicycle type seat 224, and wherein this mechanism has control stick 208, as steering wheel or bicycle handle.Bottom rectifying plate 210 is attached at the bottom.According to one embodiment of the present invention, bottom rectifying plate 210 can be used for protecting moving component, and for the landing of screw bicycle 202 provides a platform, and makes driver's screw bicycle 202 up and down.Control stick 208 may be operably coupled to rudder 220 and elevator 222.
Pedal 212 is attached to gear 226, and gear 226 may be operably coupled to one or more screws 204.When the user scrunched this mechanism, screw 204 rotated, thereby made balloon 200 and user's motion.But user's steering rudder 220 and elevator 222 guide the travel path of balloon subsequently.Also can use other mechanisms (for example Compressed Gas, fan or other propulsive mechanisms) to advance balloon.Be apparent that for those of ordinary skills, need adjust the size and the lift size of balloon according to the weight of screw bicycle or other propulsive mechanisms (as Compressed Gas, electric fan, motorized fan etc.) and user's weight.In addition, also understanding can be selected light material for use easily, for example plastics, aluminium or other light material.
In this embodiment of screw bicycle, user's seat 224 is provided with pedal 212 at the reclined position place.As shown in figure 10, chain 232 interacts with the gear 226 that is connected to pedal 212.According to embodiment shown in Figure 10, chain 232 is done to be attached to gear 228 on the gear 230 in order to rotation.Chain 236 and gear 230 interaction transmitting gears 234.Gear 234 is connected to drive unit 238 and drive unit 238 is rotated, and drive unit 238 is connected to screw 206 so that make the motion of screw bicycle.According to one embodiment of the present invention,, be used to control the direction of screw bicycle for the user provides propeller tilt and pivoting controller.This controller make the user screw can be tilted up or down a predetermined amount (as positive and negative 10 the degree), the predetermined amount that also can tilt to the left or to the right (as positive and negative 10 the degree).Like this, the user just can control the direction of flight, can make progress, downwards, left, to the right or the combination of these directions.Based on the gearratio of screw upper footboard and gear, the screw bicycle may must be limited to only uses in the very little or calm external environment condition in dome structure or at wind-force.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, gear assembly and screw controller are by for example plastic housing encirclement of lightweight of protective shell.As shown in Figure 9, this protective shell, for example the bottom rectifying plate 210, are used for forwardly Support Gear 226 and pedal 212, so that the user can controlled pedal 212.Seat 224 further is subjected to the support of bottom rectifying plate 210, simultaneously the back support gear 228 and the gear 230 of bottom rectifying plate 210.According to one embodiment of the present invention, damper 225 1 ends are attached to bottom rectifying plate 210, and the other end is attached on the bumping pad 227.When the screw bicycle landed, damper 225 had absorbed the landing impact force that produces when bumping pad 227 contacts with ground or other surfaces of landing.In addition, can also use other landing gears, for example sliding mats or wheel etc.
As mentioned above, screw bicycle 202 is connected with balloon 200 by tethered system.In order to keep balance, may need to use at least three ropes or cable 216 that the screw bicycle is attached to balloon.Also can use other structures for the screw bicycle.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, one or more balloons of each balloon user of delivery (or a plurality of user) can use in dome structure 100, as shown in Figure 6.Fig. 1 shows the device that is used for a user and a balloon that uses according to one embodiment of the present invention in dome structure 100.Device 10 comprises the balloon 12 with many test lines 14, and an end of described test lines is fixed with each other and vertically be arranged on the balloon 12.In one embodiment of the invention, can use 16 continuous 2000-1b tests
Cable, but the quantity of used cable can change according to the difference of used cable intensity.The free end of test lines 14 is connected by the parachute harness 16 of suitable fixture 18 (for example snap close) with routine.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, can use an end to be fixed on tether 20 on the fixture 18.These tethers have sufficiently long length so that balloon can float to required glide height, and can keep balloon to fix on the ground.Can not use tether 20 when it should be understood that in dome structure operative installations 10.
The air bleeding valve 22 that is positioned at the balloon top can make balloon venting fast after finishing using.In addition, balloon also has a plurality of charge valves 24, is preferably two, and a plurality of relief valve 26, is preferably three.Relief valve 26 make the pilot can balloon waft from or controllably discharge helium when out of control.The pilot can handle relief valve 26 by the pull rope 28 that may be operably coupled to relief valve.
Fig. 1 shows the situation of the present invention 10 under user mode, and among the figure, pilot 30 fastens parachute harness, and two " ground service " personnel 32 firmly grasp rope.For making balloon come-up (also being called the bounce-back balloon), the pilot is pedaled ground with leg, to promote self upwards.Consequent active force, adding the buoyancy of balloon has been enough to overcome balloon and pilot's gravity effect.But, lift-off and landing are all carried out gradually.
As shown in Figure 2, balloon 12 is made of two-layer anti-cracking nylon 40 and 42.This two-layer nylon is stitched together by heat.The diameter of balloon 12 is preferably about 20 feet, can hold about 5500 cubic feet helium.According to one embodiment of the present invention, this device under deflated state heavily about 80 pounds.A whole set of equipment of the present invention can be contained in one 3 feet and take advantage of in 3 feet the canvas bag.
Fig. 3-5 shows another embodiment of the invention.At first referring to Fig. 3, invention 10 still comprises the balloon 12 with many test ropes 14 that vertically are arranged on the balloon 12.The top layer of balloon 12 is made by the nylon that is coated with polyurethane with the seam 13 that overlaps each other.Equally, this invention also is furnished with 16 continuous 2000-1b tests
Cable, but the usage quantity of cable can change according to the intensity of employed cable.Test lines 14 can be attached to the load sticking patch place on the balloon, and these load sticking patch can be by fastening with glue or other means for attachment are carried out attached.For example, test lines 14 is undertaken attached by gluing and/or hot being sewn on every test lines 14 by the load sticking patch.In this example, 16 test lines have been used altogether.But, should be appreciated that can use more than or be less than the test lines 14 of this quantity, for example 8 test lines 14.For the another one example, the free end that vertically is arranged on the test lines 14 of the half on the hemisphere of balloon 12 is sewn to together around steel rings 50.The free end of second half test lines 14 is sewn to together around another one steel rings 50, as shown in Figure 5.
The another kind of selection is that the inside of balloon 12 is strengthened along the nylon lath 52 of latitude directional ring around balloon 12 by polylith.The number of lath 52 is preferably 3, as shown in Figure 3.Outside and have along lath 52 latitudinal position distribution and a plurality ofly to be used to keep test lines 14 at balloon 12 around balloon 12 equally distributed guiders 54.The number of guider 54 depends on the number of test lines 14 and the number of lath 52; In a preferred embodiment, if use 16 test lines 14 and 3 blocks of laths 52, then need to use 48 guiders 54.Test lines 14 is fixed together by two steel rings 56 at the top of balloon 12, also can be referring to Fig. 4.Steel rings 56 is superimposed together up and down.The test lines 14 of half is fixed on one of them ring 56, and the test lines 14 of half is fixed on another ring 56 with alternating sequence in addition.That is to say that two test lines 14 that are positioned at two ends, the 3rd test lines 14 left and right sides are fixed on the different ring 56 with described the 3rd test lines.Ring 56 is fixed to (not shown) on the balloon 12 by nylon rope or belt.
Use when of the present invention as a plurality of pilots, the canvas bag 68 with Different Weight can be attached to the mutually attached becket or belt of test lines 14 on, as shown in Figure 3, in order to compensate the body weight difference between the different pilots.By using steel rings and snap close (not shown) that tether 20 is attached on the test lines 14.When requiring " ground service " personnel to hold tether 20, available braces (not shown) is tied up tether on one's body the ground crew.
Those skilled in the art can carry out various improvement to the present invention described here.Carry out with due regard in all scopes that promoted these improvement of carrying out under the instruction of prior art progress or change the present invention for required protection and equivalent technique scheme thereof in as described herein and claims based on the present invention.
By considering about the present invention's description disclosed herein and example, other embodiments of the present invention, purposes and advantage also will be conspicuous to those skilled in the art.It only is exemplary that description and example are construed as.Protection scope of the present invention only is subjected to the restriction of claims.
Though specifically used helium balloon that the present invention is illustrated and describes in detail, should be appreciated that those skilled in the art can improve and change the present invention under the situation that does not depart from protection domain of the present invention.For example, those skilled in the art will appreciate that and also can use the aerating ballon that is filled with other gases to realize the present invention.In addition, also can use any other device lighter than surrounding air.
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1, a kind of user of permission carries out system floating and that glide for amusement, and described system comprises:
The portable structure of sealing predetermined space;
Allow user's device with the three-dimensional motion in described predetermined space, wherein said device comprises:
The inflatable balloon;
One end is fixed with each other and may be operably coupled to many cables of described balloon;
Parachute harness; With
Described parachute harness is fixed to the free-ended fixture of at least one cable in described many cables.
2, the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said balloon comprises the polyurethane-coated nylon layer.
3, the system as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the venting slide fastener that is used for to described balloon venting.
4, the system as claimed in claim 1, an end of wherein said cable encircles by together fixed to one another by at least one.
5, the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixture comprises snap close.
6, the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said portable structure comprises net.
7, the system as claimed in claim 1, it is supported that wherein said portable structure supports balloon by at least one.
8, the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said portable structure further comprises:
Be used for described balloon is remained on maintenance structure in the predetermined space; With
At least one is used to support the bracing or strutting arrangement of described maintenance structure.
9, system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said maintenance structure comprises net.
10, system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said at least one bracing or strutting arrangement comprises that at least one supports balloon.
11, system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said portable structure comprises that further at least one is used for fixing the anchor log of described at least one support balloon.
12, a kind of user of permission carries out system floating and that glide for amusement, and described system comprises:
Keep structure, the sealing predetermined space also is connected to the permanent structure with at least one side;
Allow user's device with the three-dimensional motion in described predetermined space, wherein said device comprises:
The inflatable balloon;
One end is fixed with each other and may be operably coupled to many cables of described balloon;
Parachute harness; With
Described braces is fixed to the free-ended fixture of at least one cable in described many cables.
13, system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said balloon comprises the polyurethane-coated nylon layer.
14, system as claimed in claim 12, an end of wherein said cable is together fixed to one another by at least one ring.
15, system as claimed in claim 12 also comprises the venting slide fastener that is used for to described balloon venting.
16, system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said permanent structure is the stadium.
17, system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said stadium further comprises at least one grandstand part, and
Wherein said maintenance structure further comprises the protective barrier between described at least one grandstand part and described predetermined space.
18, system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said protective barrier comprises net.
19, system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said stadium further comprises the ceiling with opening, and
Wherein said maintenance structure further comprises the protective barrier across described ceiling opening, passes described ceiling opening to prevent described balloon.
20, system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said protective barrier comprises net.
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