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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744476 | Fairground attraction having a heightwise movable people carrier An embodiment of the present invention relates to a fairground attraction, including an arm which is mounted for rotation about a shaft in a bearing arranged in the top of the frame, on an end of which arm at least one people carrier is suspended, a device for rotat... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7172511 | Amusement ride A gimbaled wheel amusement ride is disclosed. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6910971 | Acceleration 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 |
| 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 |
| 6042382 | Sustained G-force centripetal acceleration apparatus and method A centripetal acceleration movement apparatus includes a base support having a rotatable portion rotatably disposed about a first axis. A plurality of carrying pods are attached to the rotatable portion of the base support and are positioned remotely with... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5791998 | Amusement ride featuring a number of cars An amusement ride presenting a column fitted to a beam which pivots about a pin on the platform and is connected to the column by at least one jack. The column is fitted in articulated manner with four blocks, each presenting a horizontal pin about which ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5558581 | Fairground device A fairground device has a base disc driven for rotation about a central axis, seat supports carried by the base disc in a spaced relation relative to the central axis for rotation of the seat supports about a second axis, and seats mounted eccentrically r... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5527221 | Amusement ride car system with multiple axis rotation An amusement car ride system having multiple axis rotation of the car with decentralized control processing and centralized system monitoring allows significant improvement in ride control and flexibility. The seat portion 28 of the car is attached to a d... | 06/18/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5165389 | Hula chair having aligned movement with curvilinear-circular, swivel-rock, and vertical motions The hula chair includes an upper base (23) and an intermediate base (21). The bases (21 and 23) are linked together by the specially designed oversized universal joint which is combined by two components: the ring (16) and the plate/spacer (17). The plate... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5114154 | Scorable shooting gallery amusement ridge with simulated laser weapons at multiple sitations A simulated laser weapon using a halogen bulb, parabolic reflecting mirror, bulb cap, rotating aperture, air jet, barrel, and shroud to produce a pulsed envelope of substantially parallel, non-coherent light rays simulating the discharge from a high energ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4003461 | Rotary loading apparatus An induction rotary loader is mounted between a loader and a sorter for loading of articles onto the sorter, the loader may be tilted with respect to the horizontal preferably a tilting discharge tray unit. Several loading arms are connected for independe... | 01/18/1977 |
