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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455592 | Support installation for a fairground attraction A support installation for a fairground attraction, comprises a base, two pairs of masts which can be moved between a collapsed and an erected position, as well as a head that in the erected position is at the top of the masts, on which head a Ferris wheel or a swin... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7311581 | Inflatable ferris wheel An inflatable Ferris wheel that can be rotated by a motor has a base having a pedestal chamber connected to two sidewall chambers, and an inflatable wheel having two end-plate chambers connected to a central hub chamber. A major hollow shaft is located through the e... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7181987 | Precessional device and method A precessional device having independent control of the output torque generated by the device and the oscillation race of the device is disclosed. The device comprises a rotor supported by an axle wherein the ends of the axle are supported by a circular race. The ci... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172511 | Amusement ride A gimbaled wheel amusement ride is disclosed. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7004847 | Water amusement system and method A water amusement system is described which includes a number of different water park rides. The water amusement system may include a water fountain system. The water fountain system includes a roof configured to turn in response to directing a stream of water at th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969323 | Amusement ride An amusement ride combining rotational motion, linear motion, and tumbling motion. Rotational motion and linear motion are independently variable and tumbling motion is added at patrons option. For ride patrons this offers a wide variety of acceleration and speed ex... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6719563 | Driving simulator The invention relates to a driving simulator, particularly for simulating the movements of earthbound vehicles. To take into account the special features of the movements of earthbound vehicles, the proposed driving simulator has a carrier unit that has a rigid floo... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6634952 | Ferris wheel A ferris wheel has a base, a supporting structure, which includes two pairs of masts erected on the base, and at their top end bear a head and a wheel that is rotatably supported on the head. The masts can be folded down on the base. At least one mast of ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6620051 | Fairground attraction An installation for moving a person along a path such that the body of said person is subjected to certain speeds and/or accelerations including a frame, a main arm movably joined to said frame at a horizontal axis and a further arm that is mounted by mea... | 09/16/2003 |
| 5820469 | Flying vehicle ride A flying vehicle ride includes an upstanding tower and a plurality of flying vehicles suspended from the tower for rotation about a vertical axis. The flying vehicles each include a pair of wings that are movable under the control of the rider between a n... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5688178 | Amusement ride An amusement ride is provided in which passengers can be simultaneous subjected to three different types of movement. A circular motion is provided by the circular rotation of the head which mounts the passenger seats. A tilting motion is provided by moun... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5676601 | Carousel apparatus A carousel comprises turntable (10) mounted for rotation about a vertical axis on a frame (12, 13). The turntable (10) carries a plurality, and typically four, see-saw arrangements (11), each of which comprises an arm (43) pivoted centrally to a support (... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5658200 | Event horizon A reversing Gravity Fed Orbital Ride "GFOR" (10) produces a repeating, descending and ascending orbital rotation, influenced by the tug of gravity. A plurality of variably inclining and declining paths, defined in a central column (12). A passenger carria... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5593352 | Mobile ground level skydiving apparatus A mobile, transportable ground level skydiving simulator apparatus is provided that includes a collapsible air containment unit for directing air upwardly therethrough to enable a user or users to be supported by the airstream in simulating skydiving acti... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5564983 | Tower ride An amusement ride (10) is provided which includes a trailer (12) to make the ride portable. A park ride (10') is also disclosed for permanent installation at an amusement park or similar facility. In the portable ride (10), the tower (14) is moved by a do... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5445564 | Funfair ride Funfair rides (10) on which the passenger reception (17) is assigned to the end of a cantilever arm (14) which can move about a horizontal axis of rotation (13) are known. The movement of the passenger reception corresponds substantially to that of the ci... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5314383 | Rocking ship funfair ride The invention relates to an improvement in a funfair ride and in particular one which comprises a rocking ship. The ride, of the type mounted on the plane (1a) of a transportable carriage (1) comprises a pair of telescopic uprights (2) to which a frame is... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5306211 | Roundabout with tubular gondola A roundabout having a substantially vertical mast, means forming a support for a gondola mounted to move in a straight line along the mast, driving means for moving the means forming a support along the mast between a low position and a high position and ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5188566 | Looping swing with parallel rows of seats The passenger gondola of a looping swing suspended in pendulum fashion on motor-driven outriggers has parallel rows of passenger seats that are disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the outriggers and to the axis of swing of the passenger gondola. ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5061211 | Amphibian air car An amusement ride car is disclosed as having a pair of driving propellers mounted at the rear of the car operating in the manner of an air boat. The propellers are driven individually, and each is arranged for forward and reverse directional rotation ther... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5046719 | Portable parachute amusement ride A portable amusement ride (A) having a plurality of parachute passenger carrier units (60) is disclosed which includes an elongated town (B) movable from a retracted position to an extended position. A folding arm assembly (C) deploys to provide an umbrel... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4988089 | Fairground attraction A fairground attraction transportable in parts, comprising two or more parts transportable in folded condition on separate carriages or containers. The carriages are provided with means for lateral and longitudinal displacement.... | 01/29/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4903959 | Horizontal ferris wheel An amusement ride comprises a horizontal ferris wheel, having an upright shaft with a circular member rotatably mounted near the top thereof. Passenger compartments, such as gondolas, are suspended from the circular member. One or more rotatable propeller... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4824099 | Rotating amusement device A spinning and rotating seating amusement device is disclosed. It is comprised of a support stand having a base with pivotably mounted wheels, a crowd control barrier adapted to be removably secured to the support stand, a pair of upright members mounted ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815728 | Amusement ride A Ferris wheel amusement ride has a main wheel supported by a shaft secured on top of two towers. A plurality of subwheels is mounted on the periphery of the main wheel and a plurality of passenger cabs is pivotally mounted on and with their longitudinal ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4643416 | Amusement ride vehicle An amusement ride vehicle having a passenger gondola the ends of which are adapted to move in substantially vertical orbits diposed on planes parallel to each other. Two supports having a predetermined spacing therebetween are provided from which the pass... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4522390 | Bumper car ride A structure on which electrically driven amusement bumper cars are operable comprises a trailer with fixed and fold out floor sections on a common level and fixed and fold out ceiling sections on an elevated level with respect thereto for supplying electr... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4302004 | Mobile amusement ride A self-contained amusement ride designed for use on a mobile unit can be folded into a compact assembly for highway transport. During operation of the ride, an angularly off-set undercarriage allows the front portion of the mobile unit to support the enti... | 11/24/1981 |
| 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 |
| 3949679 | Amusement ride An amusement ride, especially a trailer mounted amusement ride, in which passenger cabs, or compartments, are suspended from a track which has one reach extending longitudinally along the trailer on the outside and another reach inside the trailer followi... | 04/13/1976 |
