US PATENT SUBCLASS 472 / 50
HAVING TRIP-RELEASE SUPPORTING PERSON AGAINST GRAVITY


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50HAVING TRIP-RELEASE SUPPORTING PERSON AGAINST GRAVITY


DEFINITION

Classification: 472/50

HAVING TRIP-RELEASE SUPPORTING PERSON AGAINST GRAVITY:

(under the class definition) Amusement device comprising a movable or collapsible means for supporting the weight of a person against the force due to gravity and further comprising a trippable or releasable lock or latch means for holding the person-supporting means against movement due to gravity; so that, when the weight of a person is supported by the support means and subsequently the lock or latch means is tripped or released, the support means drops, falls, or collapses from a position in which it supports the weight of the person to a position in which it no longer supports the weight of the person thereby allowing the person to fall.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

48, for an amusement device in the form of a walkway having a collapsible floor or floor section or a collapsible stair step, which device may have a trip-release mechanism associated therewith.

49, for an amusement device intended to simulate a parachute jump out of a flying aerial vehicle, which device may have a trip-release mechanism associated therewith.

51, for various types of amusement devices intended to perpetrate a practical joke on an unsuspecting person.