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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6533670 | Amusement ride with pivotable motion base An amusement ride includes a motion base having multiple degrees of freedom. An audience platform is eccentrically pivotable on top of the motion base about a pivot point that is eccentrically offset from a central region of the audience platform. A motor... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6462769 | Image correction method to compensate for point of view image distortion An image correction method of compensating for point of view image distortion in pictures includes the steps of obtaining an image at a first position within a predetermined frame, wherein at the first position the image is distorted due to point of view ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6428419 | Amusement attraction with moveable floor An amusement ride or theater attraction has a moveable floor for guest loading and unloading. A screen displays images. A motion base moves guests in at least one degree of freedom. The moveable floor that has a cutout for the motion base. The moveable fl... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6364594 | Wheelchair transfer device for use in amusement rides A device and method of loading wheelchair-using passengers includes a passenger platform, a ride vehicle, a lifting device, and a moveable transfer platform. The lifting device is located under the passenger platform and has raised and lowered positions. ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364381 | Queue clip for control gates A queue clip for mounting to a control gate includes a holder having a nose extending from one wall of the holder. A tongue is cantilevered off the nose and may be angled to either side of the nose. The tongue preferably supports a chain linking one crowd... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6340280 | Amusement ride vehicle with wheelchair ramp An amusement ride vehicle includes a floor deck assembly slideably mounted inside the body of the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion and telescopically extended away from the body toward a loading platform when the vehicle is at rest. A ramp assembly i... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6254489 | Amusement attraction with man-made tornado An amusement attraction is housed within a building. The building contains several different settings. Each setting contains a variety of scenic elements. One setting acts as a pre-show and includes an audio-visual presentation. A second setting is design... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6220171 | Amusement ride A roller coaster includes a plurality of ride vehicles that ride along a track. Each vehicle provides seating for at least one passenger. The track is elevated off the ground and includes a variety of hills, curves, loops, rolls, drops, inversions and the... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6220965 | Amusement system An amusement system has first and second paths extending through an amusement attraction. Vehicles moving along the paths have simulated weapons. Riders in the vehicles shoot at targets along the paths or on the vehicles. If sufficient points are accumula... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6170402 | Roller coaster control system A dueling or racing roller coaster ride has tracks which approach or cross over each other at near miss locations. A controller system controls the timing of launch of a roller coaster vehicle on each track to better achieve consistent simultaneous arriva... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6149528 | Amusement ride vehicle folding seat An amusement ride vehicle includes a seat for accommodating a rider in a wheelchair. A door attached to the seat pivots outwardly. The seat bottom folds down and a seat back pivotably attached to the seat bottom retracts, to create space for maneuvering a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6105507 | Ride attraction vehicle bumper system A vehicle for an amusement ride attraction has front and rear bumper systems which include proximity or impact sensors connected to a programmable controller. The controller signals the vehicle to accelerate or decelerate for a pre-determined period of ti... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5964064 | Theater with multiple screen three dimensional film projection system A theater includes an audience seating area, a stage and at least three projection screens. Multiple film projectors simultaneously project a three dimensional film onto the three projection screens. Three dimensional film elements appear to move seamless... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5935011 | Wheelchair accessible carousel vehicle A carousel has a ramp for providing wheelchair access. The ramp is slidably stored on the underside of the carousel platform. In use, the ramp is pulled out from the carousel and is then unfolded, using a lever handle. The outer or bottom end of the lower... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5884563 | Ride attraction system for the physically disabled A ride attraction includes a vehicle having a seat mover for use by physically disabled passengers. A swing arm is pivotally attached to a jack post in the boat, with an extension arm attached to the swing arm. The physically disabled passenger is moved t... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868628 | Live-action theater In a live-action theater, a catapult launches a prop which achieves free flight in the theater. The catapult and prop are concealed until the moment of launch, whereupon the prop suddenly hurtles into an audience's view, and lands in front of the audience... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5829201 | Theater with seat and wheelchair platform movement An amusement attraction has a theater with an audience seating area. The audience seating area faces a projection screen and a film presentation is projected onto the projection screen. The audience seating area contains seats that are arranged in rows. T... | 11/03/1998 |
