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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5453053 | Amusement ride having spinning passenger cars An improved amusement ride and ride vehicle that permit a passenger to control the rotation of a passenger car as the vehicle travels along a ride course. The ride vehicle includes a support tube upon which the passenger car is rotatably mounted and a pas... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5400550 | Modular turntable construction An improved turntable is provided for use in a building, such as in a residential or office environment, wherein the turntable is constructed from modular components for facilitated installation within a relatively low profile space. The turntable compris... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5395290 | Fairground device A fairground device having a plurality of seats, a base disc driven for rotation about a central axis and at least one seat support mounted in spaced relation relative to the central axis for rotation about a second axis. Each of the seat supports carry a... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5314365 | Turntable structure for a moving wooden horse toy An improved turntable structure for a moving wooden horse toy, which comprises a rotation structure mounted between a turntable and a base disk; the rotation structure includes a round niche under the turntable, and a music box assembly mounted in the rou... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5303603 | Method for imparting cyclic vertical motion to carousel animals An arrangement of cables, pulleys and cams has been invented which provides a simple, reliable, flexible and inexpensive method of converting rotary carousel motion in the horizontal plane into vertical motion of animals on the carousel. A cam is attached... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5090689 | Solar carousel A carousel powered by an arrangement of photoelectric solar panels is driven by an electric motor, which is connected through a battery to an arrangement of solar cells located on the roof of the carousel. Also connected to the battery, in parallel with t... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4917374 | Transportable power driven carousel An improved transportable power-operated carousel of the type having a minimum of two concentric rotating tier-like platforms, a central mast with a rotating hub and radial arms arranged in a spoke-like manner at the hub for suspending the rotating platfo... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4767117 | Amusement ride and game There is illustrated a combination amusement ride and game including a rotating carousel for carrying a plurality of players. Adjacent to the carousel is a ramp having a tee at its lower end and a target at its elevated end. Balls are introduced to the te... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4275686 | Horse exerciser drive mechanism A two-speed motor drives a shaft carrying the horse-leading radial arms of a rotary mechanical hot-walker for cooling out horses at a slow walk or exercising horses at a trot. Speed-reducing mechanism for the motor includes two open V-belt drives connecti... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4007926 | Mobile amusement ride An amusement ride, which can be transported in a collapsed condition on the truck bed that supports the same during use; such ride employing a main drive motor, which is mounted in a gimbal fashion at the top of a vertical support column, that centrally s... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3997979 | Rodeo training device A rodeo training device for training cowboys to ride rodeo animals such as bulls and wild horses. The device includes a rider support and mechanism to drive the rider support to simulate the bucking and/or spinning motions of a rodeo animal attempting to ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3993304 | Amusement ride apparatus The apparatus simulates a motorcycle ride over an irregular terrain and has a pair of cycles arranged at transversely opposite sides of the apparatus supported at the opposite ends of a common supporting structure. A horizontal rotatable drive member and ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3981274 | Horse walker having a continuously variable transmission and folding booms Folding booms are attached to a hub and wheel. The drive wheel of an electric motor contacts a plane face of the wheel, and the motor is mounted to move the drive wheel radially over the face of the wheel. Movement of the motor causes change in speed of r... | 09/21/1976 |
