Class 104/69 - Chutes

Subclass of Class 104 - Railways
Definition: Inclined slideways and tracks for coasting.
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 03/16/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7677179	Vehicle and track system for flying corner amusement park rides A vehicle for use in an amusement park ride to provide a flying corners effect. The vehicle includes a body and a guide slot or groove on the body. The guide slot is shaped for receiving and at least partially capturing or enclosing the track. The guide slot is defi...	03/16/2010
7270279	Pinewood car racing track that is easy to assemble, durable, and sturdy An extruded track for racing small wooden or other material gravity propelled cars like those raced by the Cub Scouts, Awanas and other organizations. The extrusions has a continuous slot on the bottom which allows hex head bolts to be snugly held. This features all...	09/18/2007
7241223	Toy car racing apparatus A racing game device for use with non-powered toy vehicles which are released from a starting incline and travel along independent tracks through a finish gate. Electronic starting light tower signals players for remote vehicle release which are electronically inter...	07/10/2007
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
6945873	Undulating amusement slide A rider slides down an inlet slide to a low entrance opening of a separate exit slide. The exit slide has an inclined portion along which the rider decelerates from the entrance as he or she moves upward, followed by downward travel along a predetermined path of the...	09/20/2005
6743108	Random path flume ride The invention provides an improved water flume ride having one or more slide effects for presenting multiple random flume paths to riders. In one embodiment, a water flume comprises a primary flume portion, an uphill embankment culminating in a crest, and two or mor...	06/01/2004
6647893	Race track assembly A race track assembly that can be assembled from a flat folded configuration for use and disassembled to a flat folded configuration for storage. The race track assembly includes a plurality of track sections that can be positioned end-to-end to form a ra...	11/18/2003
6634953	Sliding slope and means for sliding down objects or persons A downhill sliding course of sliding track for sliding objects and persons down a slope or a hill includes covering or cladding elements for covering the surface of the slope and a water source to moisten the elements with water. The sliding elements incl...	10/21/2003
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
6527646	Competition water slide A competition water slide play apparatus is provided having a pair of water slide riding surfaces that are essentially mirror images of each other. These riding surfaces pass through a competition zone wherein the riding surfaces are substantially paralle...	03/04/2003
6508179	Unpowered toy vehicle play set A play set for use with unpowered (e.g. 1/64 scale) toy vehicles having non-steerable, free rotating wheels includes a closed loop track with a conveyor that raises such unpowered toy vehicles from a lower end to an upper, elevated end and a driven, tilti...	01/21/2003
6482095	Playstation with water slide A playstation includes a downhill slide and a water slide. The water slide includes a sliding surface and an entry end. The entry end of the water slide is configured to be positioned adjacent to the lower end of the downhill slide so that the sliding sur...	11/19/2002
6450891	Slide apparatus Slide apparatus includes at least one trough and a switchback trough or a switchback connected to the trough. The switchback is oriented and configured for changing the direction of travel or a user or a passenger, such as a user seated in an inner tube, ...	09/17/2002
6354223	Watercraft amusement ride Passenger boats are mounted on an undercarriage assembly that includes rail-mounted centering wheels. The passenger boats are accelerated by linear induction drive motors mounted on a guide rail structure. Thrust is applied to the racing boats by magnetic...	03/12/2002
5853331	Amusement ride An amusement ride comprises a wheeled, multiple-seat cart or vehicle that is adapted to descend an inclined track having an upwardly curved launching portion, in a manner to launch the vehicle temporarily airborne in a trajectory similar to that of a ski ...	12/29/1998
5842927	Children's slide with integral raceways A children's slide has an elongated trough supported in an inclined position. The trough includes side walls which not only help to guide children down the slide, but also define inclined raceways for toy cars or the like which children can race down the ...	12/01/1998
5443013	Self steering recreational apparatus for trough-shaped railways A recreational apparatus has, on a trough-shaped runway, a car which is driven by an electric motor and which is supplied with electric power by way of a trolley from a contact wire. The front axle of the car is designed so as to be self-steering so that ...	08/22/1995
5427574	Inclined slide structure This invention concerns an inclined slide structure for placement onto an inclined surface or a set of stairs for amusement purposes. The inclined slide structure is comprised of a series of generally U-shaped intermediate inclined slide sections to be as...	06/27/1995
5407393	Low flow, self-heating water slide A water slide includes a water distributor depressed within the slide surface near the upper end of the slide and one or more sets of water outlets to spread a small volume of water evenly accross the slide surface between two integral side walls. Water i...	04/18/1995
4971314	Rotating disc amusement ride The subject matter of the disclosure is an amusement ride system having one or more passenger-carrying cars adapted for movement on an air flotation, rotating platform arranged at an angle to the horizontal plane. The cars are brought to the top side of t...	11/20/1990
4893807	Playground slide A spiral slide includes interconnected bedway sections each of which are hollow and include as an integral part of the section body a sleeve telescopically engaging a ground-support post. Fasteners interconnect the end-to-end bedway sections and are dispo...	01/16/1990
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
4843969	Multi-plenum air float for load transportation and amusement ride system An externally propelled load transporting apparatus that transports a uniformly distributed, non-uniformly distributed, or shifting load upon a cushion of air by first directing pressurized air into at least two plenum chambers and then through at least o...	07/04/1989
4821647	Downhill tubular guideway having an air suspension system for passenger car An amusement ride down a ramp containing two air suspension flumes and a return conveyor belt system. The ramp is in a climate controlled transparent housing. There is ducting in the ramp for air conditioning, compressed air, and other possible fluid need...	04/18/1989
4417740	Vehicle for coasting down in a channel-shaped roller slide For coasting down in a non-rail, channel-shaped roller slide having straight and curved sections, a vehicle comprises a chassis with unsteered wheels, each front wheel being mounted on a supporting member. The axle of each front wheel is arranged with cas...	11/29/1983
4394173	Sporting and recreational facility slide Intermediate regions are provided between straight and circular-arc slide sections having a curved sliding surface in cross-section, the intermediate regions being clothoid-shaped in top view. In an intermediate region, which starts with a quarter-ellipti...	07/19/1983
4335658	Downhill slide system A recreational mountain slide is basically a double-rail track down which a wheeled cart rolls. The rails are channels of substantially rectangular cross-section laid such that each provides a top, a bottom, and an inside vertical face, each such face bei...	06/22/1982
4271762	Pleasure vehicle and a transportation system utilizing the same A pleasure vehicle which is to be used on a trough-shaped downhill track, includes a vehicle body and a leg support, extending frontwardly therefrom. A plurality of support elements support the vehicle on the downhill track for movement down the track. A ...	06/09/1981
4270748	Modularized slide A playground slide for use on an incline, such as a hillside, comprising a plurality of modular bedway sections, each comprising a bedway floor and laterally spaced upstanding sidewalls two or more of which sections have diverse longitudinal curvatures, a...	06/02/1981
4246846	Downhill sledding system A sledding system having a track installed on a ski slope in the summer has U-shaped track sections with a flat bottom and substantially upright sides which serve to retain a driver controlled sled sliding on the track. Braking is provided by extendable s...	01/27/1981
4236454	Mountain monorail slide A guideway gravity vehicle combination designed for recreational use on hills and mountains consisting of a wheeled, stabilized vehicle riding on a monorail which extends from the top to the bottom of a downwardly inclined slope. The rider controls the ve...	12/02/1980
4221170	Monorail mountain slide A monorail mountain coaster for recreational transportation along an inclined path on a hill or mountain comprising a channel disposed on and spaced from the path, a chassis frame moveable along the channel, a coaster shell resiliently mounted on the chas...	09/09/1980
4220326	Adjustable support apparatus for segments of an amusement slide This invention relates to improvements in a slide support structure. The slide surface is comprised of a plurality of curved and straight segments, joined end to end to form the slide surface. The support includes a plurality of bearer support segments co...	09/02/1980
4211400	Modularized slide A playground slide for use on an incline, such as a hillside, comprising a plurality of modular bedway sections, each comprising a bedway floor and laterally spaced upstanding sidewalls, two or more of which sections have diverse longitudinal curvatures, ...	07/08/1980
4201137	Sled and slide construction A slide and sled combination designed for use on the side of a mountain in conjunction with the operation of ski lift, consists of a monorail extending the length of a mountain from the upper end near the top of a ski lift along a path containing curves, ...	05/06/1980
4192499	Looped slide An amusement device having a curved-loop, slide element causing the rider thereof to undergo a portion of his travel in the inverted position. The slide is tubular with a generally circular cross sectional wall, and at least the upper portion of the cross...	03/11/1980
4135666	Artificial cross-country skiing practice set An artificial cross-country skiing practice set comprises a track formed of interfitted rail sections placed end-to-end to form parallel rolling bands receiving roller-ski members in normal skiing relationship. At least one roller of each ski member has a...	01/23/1979
4109904	Passenger slide The invention covers a passenger slide with bearings or ties installed at a slope, with length-adjustable interlocking supports resting on the bearings for the slide segments which fit on the tubular carriers arranged at the upper end of the length-adjust...	08/29/1978
3970300	Recreational facility slide A plurality of longitudinally extending straight and curved, slide segments, the upper ends of consecutive ones of which are overlapped by the lower ends of the preceding segment to define a continuous, sledding run having a predetermined configuration, i...	07/20/1976
3949680	Vehicle track and vehicle A vehicle track and vehicle of the same general class of vehicles which includes toboggans, bobsleds, roller coasters, and other free-falling vehicles. The track includes a multiplicity of longitudinally joined, juxtaposed track sections and stanchions fo...	04/13/1976

PatentStorm

Bizarre Patents

PatentStorm News

Class 104/69 - Chutes