UNATTENDED, SELF-GUIDED, ZIP-LINE, TOUR SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A canopy tour system may include multiple track lines extending between associated upper and lower stations for loading, launching, receiving, and unclipping, respectively, riders of trolleys on the zip lines. A system of mechanical and electronic interlocks provides safety for users in remote locations, enabling individual riders to operate trolleys, including attaching and dis-attaching the trolleys from various track lines, unattended by other workers or employees of the canopy tour operation. Mechanical interlocks assure that a trolley cannot be properly engaged with a launch block on a track line until all such interlocks are properly closed. A master computer may communicate through a network, with all stations to verify and identify times and locations of users.

主权项

1. A method of operating a zip line, the method comprising:
providing a course comprising multiple track lines, each track line thereof suspended between a corresponding upper tower and a corresponding lower tower; providing a trolley comprising a roller; and controlling, by a computer system, access by the trolley to a first station proximate the upper tower based upon the presence of another trolley at a location between the second and the first towers.