Abstract

An underwater mobile observatory system comprising an aquarium able to hold water and large enough to support fish, coral, and to display artificial objects such as shipwrecks and ruins, a vehicle track extending through the aquarium the track generally being adjacent the bottom of the aquarium, the track having a portion which rises to a loading/unloading position, and a passenger vehicle coupled to the track for movement therealong and unable to leave the track such that changes in inclination of the track causes the vehicle to move up and down through water in the aquarium, the passenger vehicle having a main body portion to seat passengers and which is capable of being submerged, and a top portion which is open to the air, the spacing between the track and the water level being controlled such that water does not pass over the top portion.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63G 3/06 - Submarine roundabouts
• A63G 31/00 - Amusement arrangements
• B60F 3/00 - Amphibious vehicles, i.e. vehicles capable of travelling both on land and on waterLand vehicles capable of travelling under water
• B61B 13/00 - Other railway systems
• B61D 15/00 - Other railway vehicles, e.g. scaffold carsAdaptations of vehicles for use on railways
• A63G 31/16 - Amusement arrangements creating illusions of travel
• B61B 13/04 - Monorail systems