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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927223 | Amusement ride An amusement ride includes a support structure generally having the shape of a vertical standing arch that spans from a first ground base to a second ground base. Movably supported on the support structure is at least one vehicle for carrying one or more passengers ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922594 | Amusement ride An amusement ride has guides and at least one carriage movable along the guides. At least three first arms each having a first end and a second end are provided, wherein the first ends are connected pivotably to the at least one carriage. First drives are provided t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7686697 | Amusement ride An amusement ride includes a support structure and at least one vehicle movably supported on the support structure for carrying one or more passengers at least partially along a length of the support structure. The vehicle is moved along the support structure by a d... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7182695 | Assisted jump ride The present disclosure relates to a ride for providing an upward boost to a participant jumping up and down. The flexible rods of this disclosure may be articulated by a base thereby imparting tension in the flexible rods, and providing an upward force to a particip... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7008361 | Training device assembly for group exercises, games and team contests Body exercisers, usable in a plurality of modifications, encouraging exercising on sports training devices through users' emotional stimulation and intended for group exercising, games and team contests. Prior art training devices and/or any modifications of prior a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6988951 | Floating machine A system and method are disclosed for providing movement to a person having a person center of gravity and a person moment. The system includes a receptacle configured to allow the person to adjust the person center of gravity, a counterweight for counterbalancing t... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6941872 | Amusement device An amusement device comprising a vehicle that can be moved over an elongated track as well as a track portion that can be moved jointly with said vehicle from a first, relatively low position to a second, relatively high position, or vice versa, which track portion ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6808459 | Amusement ride with cable-launched carrier An amusement ride with cable-launched carrier having one or more towers with the upper portion of at least one such tower being flexible. Each tower supports a cable. Attached to the first end of such cable is a means for propelling a carrier that is attached to the... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6755749 | Free-fall tower for a roller coaster The invention relates to a free-fall tower for a roller coaster, comprising an approximately or a precisely vertical rail system for a passenger unit, which moves from the lower end to the upper end of said tower, from where the passenger unit can freely fall down t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746335 | Rapid-winding winch power plant and associated amusement rides A winch 10 has a drum 26 that winds and unwinds a cable 28 in response to winding and unwinding of tethers 30 about an axle 24. The tethers 30 are connected to telescopic spring devices 46 with staged concentric sprin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6695291 | Rapid-winding winch for amusement ride Drums 56 wind and unwind cables 18 connected to a passenger carriage 14 of an amusement ride 12 in response to winding and unwinding of tethers 48 about an axle 46. The tethers 48 are connected to elastic members 44 that store energy, and a lock 32 is rel... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666773 | Downhill zip line thrill ride system A zip line thrill ride system includes a cable suspended between a upper cable support tower and platform which, together, function as the harnessing, loading, and take-off point for the ride, and a lower cable support tower and platform which, together, ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6629895 | Amusement ride system An amusement ride system having an amusement ride for carrying a rider thereon while giving the rider a high-speed view of a screen provided along a traveling path of the amusement ride extending vertically, for example. A plurality of image projectors fo... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6592463 | Sideshow attraction An amusement ride has a plurality of cars, a unit for guiding the cars in a substantially vertical direction so that the cars are liftable and lowerable, a passenger seat provided in each of the cars, and a unit for cooperating the passenger seat with a r... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575403 | Personnel lift device with automatic ascent and descent control The present invention is an apparatus to counter normal gravitational force in order to provide a personnel lifting device. The personnel lifting device is a lighter-than-air gas-filled balloon having a harness to suspend a user therefrom. The balloon fur... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6561916 | Rapid-winding winch for amusement ride Drums 56 wind and unwind cables 18 connected to a passenger carriage 14 of an amusement ride 12 in response to winding and unwinding of tethers 48 about an axle 46. The tethers 48 are connected to elastic members 44 that store energy, and a lock 32 is rel... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6497623 | Amusement device An amusement device, such as a sling-shot machine, for successively propelling and retarding a rider to cause the rider to undergo a vertically oscillatory motion. The amusement device comprises cables (31, 32) one end of each of which is connected to a c... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6397755 | Amusement ride An amusement ride comprises a hollow launch tube having an inner surface and first and second ends, the first end being open; a passenger vehicle having an outer peripheral surface which forms a substantial seal with the inner surface of the launch tube s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6360988 | Personnel lift device and amusement use thereof The present invention is an apparatus to partially counter normal gravitational force. The personnel lifting device is a paraballoon, a lighter-than-air gas-filled balloon having a harness to suspend a user therefrom. The paraballoon further includes a pl... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6342017 | Amusement ride with enhanced ride control Amusement ride that allows for enhanced control of the ride path and, thus, the riders' experience. In one embodiment, the ride allows for manual control of the acceleration, speed and direction of the carrier into which at least one rider is secured. In ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6319140 | Amusement device An amusement device, such as a sling-shot machine, for successively propelling and retarding a rider to cause the rider to undergo a vertically oscillatory motion. The amusement device comprises cables (31, 32) one end of each of which is connected to a c... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315674 | Amusement ride for vertical movement of passengers An amusement ride for providing vertical movement of a passenger is disclosed. Typically, a support tower having a vertical movement mechanism defining a vertical movement path is present. The carriage is typically coupled to the movement mechanism for pr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6126550 | Method and apparatus for a tilting free-fall amusement ride Method an apparatus for providing a thrilling amusement ride to a passenger stemming predominantly from the inducement of a feeling of dropping through the air and falling from the ride's supporting chair. The method includes positioning a passenger in a ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6083111 | Method and apparatus for a tilting free-fall and accelerating amusement ride Method and apparatus for providing a thrilling amusement ride to a passenger stemming predominantly from the inducement of a feeling of being propelled downward toward the ground and from the inducement of a feeling of falling from the ride's supporting c... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6076638 | Special effects elevator An elevator for moving passengers from a first, outside level to a second, inside level at a theme park, and for providing themed special effects during the journey is provided. The elevator includes an elevator car divided into a passenger compartment an... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6062350 | Braking system for an amusement device The invention concerns an amusement device (1) with one or several passenger carriers (2) and a framework (3). It is preferably designed as dropping framework. To brake down the movable passenger carriers is provided an eddy current brake (4). It is prefe... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6044768 | Apparatus to aid movement in a gravity free environment A support for aiding a person, robot or material-moving member in a gravity free environment. The support comprises a platform having slots therein with releasable securing means disposed on either side thereof which cooperate with a wheeled member dispos... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6001022 | Amusement facility An amusement facility having a frame with a passenger carrier movably mounted on the frame and a drive connected to the passenger carrier for moving the passenger carrier on the frame. The drive includes a cylinder and a piston with a tension member conne... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5997403 | Spinning playground equipment A spinning play device for children is disclosed. The spinning play device includes a rotating mechanism mounted to a frame a predetermined distance above a supporting surface and a handhold depending from the rotating mechanism to allow a user to grip th... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5997303 | Rotary sliding device and a simulator using the same A rotary sliding device which can perform agile motion, without the need to make the driving means large, and a simulator using the same, are disclosed. The rotary sliding device includes first and second sliding plates 32 which slide in parallel and sepa... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5957779 | Tower A tower (150, 200, 250) is disclosed which can be used for an amusement ride, having gondolas (20) or for advertising, having an advertising sign (252). The tower has a lower section (16) and an upper section (18) and a lifter, such as a hydraulic cylinde... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5893802 | Amusement ride system with passenger units being movable up and down A ride system having a frame (6), at least one passenger carrier (8) which for altering its height is guided along the frame (6) between an upper end position II and a lower end position I, a cable or chain pull (12) which at its first end (12a) is fasten... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5704841 | Device for accelerating and decelerating objects A device for accelerating and decelerating objects by introducing compressed gas into the bore of a housing. A piston is slidably mounted in the bore and has attached to it a cable which proceeds along the bore, through a first aperture near the first end... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5632686 | Pneumatic device for accelerating and decelerating objects A pneumatic device for accelerating and decelerating one or more objects by introducing compressed gas through an injection valve into the bore of a housing. A piston is slidably mounted in the bore and has a cable attached to one side. The cable travels ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5628690 | Amusement ride with at least one longitudinal guide with a passenger vehicle capable of changes in height An amusement ride according to the present invention includes a vertical tower having one or more sides. Along each side of the tower, passengers are strapped into separate vehicles which are lifted vertically to the top of the tower, from where the vehic... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5597358 | Free fall system A vertical free fall system is proposed where a capsule with human beings is raised pneumatically in a tube, then is released to fall down in a free fall mode inside of the tube. The capsule has some means of controlling the air flow passing across the ca... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5583326 | Pneumatic elevator by depressure Pneumatic vacuum lift elevator, in which the vertical shaft is a tube with smooth interior surface, preferably cylindrical, with straight axle, and the transport cab or vehicle moving inside such tube is a piston with vertical movement, with minimum play ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5527223 | Swing type amusement ride The ride (10) is capable of raising a rider (22) to a height of ten meters or more above the ground, and then releasing the rider to swing. It includes a support structure (12), a support line (16) secured to the support structure at one end, with an oppo... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5447211 | Pneumatic elevator by depressure Pneumatic vacuum lift elevator, in which the vertical shaft is a tube with smooth interior surface, preferably cylindrical, with straight axle, and the transport cab or vehicle moving inside such tube is a piston with vertical movement, with minimum play ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5427576 | Bungy jumping tower A bungy jumping tower (10) is disclosed having an elongated boom (11) arranged at an inclined angle relative to the ground, The boom (11) has at least one guide (45). A carriage (29) provides a platform from which a jumper may launch himself. The carriage... | 06/27/1995 |
