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Class 472/30 - And about horizontal axis (e.g., turntable supported ferris wheel, etc.)


Subclass of Class 472 - Amusement devices
Definition: Subject matter wherein the person or object bearing structure
No. of patents: 16
Last issue date: 11/29/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6969323Amusement 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
6910971Acceleration simulator
The current invention is an apparatus for and a method of producing a virtual reality effect of changing acceleration direction and magnitude by rotating a subject relative to a center axis to produce a centrifugal force, rotating the subject relative to a second ax...
06/28/2005
6902402Flight simulator
Flight simulator with the ability to subject a passenger in a passenger compartment to sudden and possibly substantial horizontal and vertical thrusts in addition to a full 360 degrees of motion along a pitch, roll and yaw axes is described. In some embodiments, sus...
06/07/2005
6634952Ferris 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
5947828Ride for fun fairs
The invention relates to a ride for a fun fair. It includes an upright to which two first arms are coupled, each of which oscillates on a vertical oscillation plane. The oscillation planes are parallel and located on opposite sides of the upright. A capsu...
09/07/1999
5319897Amusement park ride
The subject invention is an improved amusement park ride apparatus which is an adaptation of an upright vertical ferris wheel ride of the type that is rotated about a fixed axis, such invention being an up-right wheel structure having chairs thereon to ho...
06/14/1994
5306211Roundabout 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
5096185Amusement park ride
The subject invention is an improved amusement park ride apparatus which is an adaptation of an upright vertical ferris wheel ride of the type that is rotated about a fixed axis, such invention being an upright wheel structure having chairs thereon to hol...
03/17/1992
5060932Amusement apparatus having rotary capsule
An amusement apparatus having a rotary capsule, which comprises: a capsule having therein a seat, provided with a player restraining means; an inner frame arranged outside the capsule, for rotatably supporting the capsule through a first shaft; an interme...
10/29/1991
5052932Spherical simulator
A spherical simulator is disclosed and includes a rotational sphere needing power to rotate, and containing a wall, a center, a center axis, a spherical compartment, a base assembly for supporting the sphere, and rotational propulsion assemblies for trans...
10/01/1991
4961574Exerciser for aerial maneuvers
An apparatus for aerial bodily maneuvers comprises a harness securable to the lower torso of an exercising person, a first and second ring disposed in a coaxially retaining and rotatable arrangement therebetween about a first axis coinciding with the cent...
10/09/1990
4898377Roundabout with climbing effect fitted with an airplane
A roundabout with climbing effect, of the type comprising an airplane designed for a pilot's training and/or recreation, has a pole which is movable in rotation on a vertical axis so as to describe a circular motion on this axis, and is also movable on a ...
02/06/1990
4842267Amusement park device
The invention relates to a device usable in an amusement park in association with a rotatable carousel having a support arm which supports a cylindrical bearing for a car which is used to accommodate one or more persons. The cylindrical bearing is held su...
06/27/1989
4815438Accelerator for paired masses
A method and apparatus has two stages of acceleration establishing levels of kinetic energy in paired bodies contributing to a total system mass that is to be accelerated in a given time profile. A first stage of acceleration places the paired bodies in h...
03/28/1989
4775144Rotatable and vertically oscillatable passenger amusement assembly
A line of longitudinal rows of passenger compartments are swingingly connected between upstanding pairs of hydraulically rotatable screws by means of internally threaded roll-nuts. The line can be raised or lowered with the compartments disposed mutually ...
10/04/1988
4402500Amusement device for simulating weightlessness
A combined spinning and rotating amusement device is disclosed herein for simulating weightlessness which includes a circular base having upright spaced apart stanchions between which is rotatably and spinably mounted, a seat intended to be occupied by th...
09/06/1983
 
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