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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159520 | Amusement ride vehicle including an articulation joint An amusement ride vehicle includes a first vehicle section, a second vehicle section, and an articulation joint connecting, and providing rotational movement between, the first and second vehicle sections. The articulation joint comprises a first shaft for bearing l... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131382 | Wooden track roller coaster having a passenger carrier with suspended seats An amusement ride has a wooden running track realized by two wooden track structures and a support beam that is disposed above the two wooden track structures and that bridges the two wooden track structures. A passenger carrier (e.g., coaster car or train) has a fr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6953377 | Suspended runway A runway over which can travel vehicles driven by gravity, comprising a supporting structure and a track line structure sustained by the supporting structure and extending from a upper start region to a lower arrival region, wherein the supporting structure is limit... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6629500 | Open-course coaster with two vertical end segments A coaster having a first vertical segment connected to a parabolic segment that is connected to a second vertical segment. The carrier is raised up the first vertical segment by any means that is well known in the art. The carrier descends under the force... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6269750 | Truss track assembly and side mount roller coaster vehicle A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four running rails for mounting passenger vehicles and a central supp... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6170754 | Spiral ramp for toy vehicles A spiral ramp for toy vehicles includes a vertical center pole supported by a base having a receiving socket for the lower end of the pole and a plurality of radially extending feet. A plurality of support clamps are arranged at different positions along ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155177 | Model train system with improved banking characteristics A model railway system with improved banking characteristics 10 comprising a series of track sections 16, 18 joined end-to-end to form a continuous track assembly 12 and a modular trestle assembly 32 to elevate the track assembly 12. The trestle assembly ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5678489 | Electrically-operated moving body travelling on a rail capable of explaining free quadrants described in the mobius theorem Disclosed is an electrically-operated ornament travelling on a rail capable of explaining the free quadrants described in the Mobius Theorem. The ornament mainly includes a three-dimensional endless rail supported on a set of supports. The rail includes a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5211366 | Ornamental support for Christmas tree and the like An improved, ornamental, decorative structure such as a Christmas tree or the like in which the structure has a decorative device mounted above a floor in cantilever fashion. Thus, the decorative device, is, in effect, cantilevered above the floor and use... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4865311 | Playground slide construction A playground slide includes a hollow vertical column consisting of substantially identical hollow hubs which register with each other to define the column. The topmost and lowermost hubs are urged toward each other by a resilient device, anchored to a bas... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4831937 | Amusement ride device An amusement ride device comprises a track composed of a pair of parallel rails and having a central axis extending between the rails, and a car adapted to travel along the track. The car includes a car body, a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear whee... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4724771 | Closed-loop amusement ride system An amusement ride system according to the present invention comprises a pair of rails extending at a fixed distance from each other, and a passenger car located between the rails and traveling along the rails. A plurality of wheel units are provided on ei... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4406231 | Motion producing mechanism In systems for moving items such as novelties along a predetermined path, it is desirable that the system be lightweight and inexpensive, while being capable of forward and backward movement along the path. To accomplish this, an apparatus is provided for... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4269122 | Motion producing mechanism In systems for moving items such as novelties along a predetermined path, it is desirable that the system be lightweight and inexpensive, while being capable of forward and backward movement along the path. To accomplish this, an apparatus is provided for... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4170943 | Roller coaster assembly An improved roller coaster system is provided having a track in the shape of a mobius band and a carriage assembly mounted for movement thereon. Passenger seating means are provided which are rotated and translated in a multiplanar manner as the carriage ... | 10/16/1979 |
