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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7490557 | Transportation system A mass transit system includes a plurality of pedestal-mounted rings which provide a support through which a vehicle travels. The pedestals are spaced apart on the ground, but no rail or connecting structure on or above ground is required. An underground conduit car... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7293506 | Structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor Structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor. This structural system comprising a track for a magnetic levitation transport system powered by a linear electric motor is notable in that it combines... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7182023 | Track structure of the rapid track transit A guideway structure for the high-speed track-bound transportation is composed of the lower-layer main load-bearing girders and the guideway-surface structure elements. The structural elements are connected by the steel elements at the functional zones and the reinf... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7137343 | Transportation system A mass transit system includes a plurality of pedestal-mounted rings which provide a support through which a vehicle travels. The pedestals are spaced apart on the ground, but no rail or connecting structure on or above ground is required. An underground conduit car... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7066094 | Supporting framework for a craneway A supporting framework for a craneway for at least one crane which travels on at least one track, especially for a bridge crane which travels on two tracks, includes a track carrier elongated in a track direction and having at least one carrier section of reinforced... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6748160 | System of sharing objects having a plurality of contents In order to use video contents created according to DVD video in DVD audio, audio and video sub-directories are located under a root directory. The video sub-directory includes video contents and their management information. The audio sub-directory includes audio c... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6571717 | Y-shaped support structure for elevated rail-vehicle guideway The invention is a support structure for a railed-vehicle that includes individual, unassembled components sized for easy transport. In one embodiment, the support structure includes curved columns integrally-formed with a base, the columns imparting a cu... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6318274 | Guideway transit system A PRT (personal rapid transit) system, utilizing both course reservation and branch stop technologies and radically solving the various problems experienced in conventional roadway systems, conventional railway systems and prior art APM or PRT systems, is... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6272999 | Elevated cableway system An improved cableway system for providing a track over which a vehicle traverses. The improved system includes a catenary cable system and a pair of track cable systems. The track cable systems are hung from the catenary cable system and support tracks ov... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269750 | Truss track assembly and side mount roller coaster vehicle A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four running rails for mounting passenger vehicles and a central supp... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6155177 | Model train system with improved banking characteristics A model railway system with improved banking characteristics 10 comprising a series of track sections 16, 18 joined end-to-end to form a continuous track assembly 12 and a modular trestle assembly 32 to elevate the track assembly 12. The trestle assembly ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6047645 | Truss track assembly and side mount roller coaster vehicle A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four running rails for mounting passenger vehicles and a central supp... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6009812 | Children's play apparatus A children's play apparatus which includes a specially designed play table that can be used with commercially available toys including toy trains and train tracks, and one that can also be used with specifically designed modules for supporting sections of... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5720225 | Elevated cableway system An improved cableway system includes a base pylon; a lower saddle mounted to the base pylon from which a track cable may be strung; and an upper saddle from which a catenary cable may be strung, the upper saddle movably mounted to the base pylon to articu... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5687649 | Monorail track structure A splice plate for monorail track sections includes a mechanism for drawing the sections together and for leveling the top surfaces of the track with respect to one another. A hanger bracket which is used to attach the track to a support structure connect... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5657695 | Reversible race track system A reversible track section for a toy car circuit. The reversible track section has a length, two opposite ends, two opposite sides, a top surface and a bottom surface. The reversible track section includes a thin, elongated plate including a central reces... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5647280 | Rail line, in particular for a high-speed magnetic train The invention relates to a rail line, in particular for a high-speed magnetic train, comprising supports (10) constituting the rail line, which are placed on girders (12, 14) originating on opposite sides (34, 36) of the support and assigned to it in pair... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5577448 | Toy monorail system with support apparatus A toy monorail system supports a shuttle craft chassis with a figurine attached. An electric motor picks up power from wire contacts for propelling the chassis along the monorail track. The shuttle craft is readily placed on and lifted from the monorail t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5537933 | Segmented safety rail with a movable trolley A safety system for restraining and preventing a person from falling off an elevated structure such as a locomotive. The safety system includes a segmented rail structure comprising a plurality of releasable and/or removable rail sections that are support... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5511488 | Electromagnetic induction ground vehicle levitation guideway The electromagnetic induction ground vehicle levitation guideway includes a beam support member, and a transverse structural slab member mounted on top of the beam support member. The structural slab member includes top and bottom structural plates mounte... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5456410 | Track support assembly for toy vehicles An assembly for supporting trackway sections along which a toy vehicle is driven, includes multiple track support members for supporting single tracks and/or twin tracks, height adaptors for adjusting the height of the trackway sections relative to a supp... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5231931 | Rapid transit viaduct system A rapid transit viaduct system includes a central load bearing body having a pair of lateral platform structures mounted on opposite lower side portions thereof for carrying one or more rapid transit vehicles on either side of the central load bearing bod... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5052309 | Track carrier for a high speed magnetic levitation transport system A track support element for a maglev track has an upper member consisting of a steel fiber concrete plate provided with the mounting elements for attachment of the maglev rails, stator and the like. This plate is connected by steel struts to a lower membe... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4953468 | Large span gondola lift The towers (12, 14) of an aerial cable (16) transport installation lean towards one another to reduce their height. Guying cables (48) hold the towers (12, 14).... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4936221 | Conveyor for hangers, in particular garment hangers A conveyor for hangers, the conveyor comprising a frame supporting a closed loop main circuit on which hangers are caused to move in a displacement direction by drive mechanisms, the conveyor further including a series of branches each including an inlet ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4826076 | Device for the support of driving tracks for toy vehicles A device for the support of driving tracks for toy vehicles, in particular driving tracks consisting of track segments which are plugged together and which have a center section laterally bounded by guiding elements. The center section of each track segme... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4821647 | Downhill tubular guideway having an air suspension system for passenger car An amusement ride down a ramp containing two air suspension flumes and a return conveyor belt system. The ramp is in a climate controlled transparent housing. There is ducting in the ramp for air conditioning, compressed air, and other possible fluid need... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4665829 | Guideway construction and method of installation The guideway is comprised of upper horizontal stringers (20, 22), lower horizontal stringers (24, 26) vertically oriented diagonal members (30, 32) affixed to the upper and lower horizontal stringers (20, 22 and 24, 26) and horizontally oriented diagonal ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665830 | Guide construction and method of installation A vehicle supporting guideway is presented, the guideway is comprised of upper horizontal stringers, lower horizontal stringers vertically oriented diagonal members affixed to the upper and lower horizontal stringers and horizontally oriented diagonal mem... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4607574 | Conveying system for rooftops A conveyor for carrying roofing debris to the edge of a roof which may be easily assembled on a roof with any pitch, moved from area to area as the work of tearing off old roofing material progresses and disassembled. A track, an assembly of track section... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4462314 | Rocker arm assembly for an aerial tramway A rocker arm assembly for support of the haul rope of an aerial tramway or the like is disclosed. The assembly includes rocker arms, rope supporting sheaves rotatably mounted to the rocker arms and cantilevered from an inwardly facing side of the rocker a... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4394173 | Sporting and recreational facility slide Intermediate regions are provided between straight and circular-arc slide sections having a curved sliding surface in cross-section, the intermediate regions being clothoid-shaped in top view. In an intermediate region, which starts with a quarter-ellipti... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4335658 | Downhill slide system A recreational mountain slide is basically a double-rail track down which a wheeled cart rolls. The rails are channels of substantially rectangular cross-section laid such that each provides a top, a bottom, and an inside vertical face, each such face bei... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4313383 | Guideway units for elevated guideways A guideway for use for example as an elevated roadway is constructed by forming guideway units comprising a massive elongated metal channel having one or a plurality, usually at least three, tubular metal tension void members running lengthwise down its i... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4270458 | Overhead track assembly for amusement-park ride An overhead track assembly for an amusement-park ride has a plurality of bases adapted to rest on the ground and each supporting an upright post having an upper end forming a support surface and having a pin projecting upwardly from this support surface. ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4264996 | Suspension-cable support saddle for track-type suspended railway A suspended railway has a track hung via a plurality of hangers from a suspension cable which is supported at intervals at the tops of towers. A beam is provided at each of these towers which bows the track when unloaded downwardly at the tower. A saddle ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4221170 | Monorail mountain slide A monorail mountain coaster for recreational transportation along an inclined path on a hill or mountain comprising a channel disposed on and spaced from the path, a chassis frame moveable along the channel, a coaster shell resiliently mounted on the chas... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4034678 | Toy car and track system A toy train system providing a plurality of sections of rigid and flexible track members and a switching device for selectively connecting one of the members together. The switching device includes a pair of stationary rings and a rotatable ring with the ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4029019 | Track for vehicles A track for vehicles which is particularly adapted for amusement park rides having a plurality of banked curves. The track comprises a pair of track rails connected to a lower backbone pipe. In curved sections, the plane of the track rails extends at vary... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4002125 | Monorail support Apparatus is provided for supporting load bearing, sharply curved girders, particularly for use in a transportation system. The sharply curved girders are supported only at their ends, even for those of substantial length, so as to reduce the number of ve... | 01/11/1977 |
