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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770523 | Interactive amusement park attraction vehicle An apparatus capable of transporting a rider, specifically for an amusement ride. The apparatus is constructed in the form of a substantially hollow sphere which rides along the ground, which is preferably inclined, a track, or a predetermined path (being substantia... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7377369 | Brake, vehicle and roller coaster circuit A roller coaster circuit comprising a pool of water, which is run alongside or crossed, via a dry channel, by a train of vehicles provided laterally with water brakes consisting of a nozzle becoming immersed in the body of water and throwing the latter out in the fo... | 05/27/2008 |
| 5197923 | Floating and disembarking platform A loading platform for loading and disembarking passengers from floating carriers that includes a circular container filled with water to a predetermined level. A large driven disk rotatably supported at an angle so that the cars can be forced onto a subm... | 03/30/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4836521 | Whirlpool amusement ride An amusement ride simulating traverse of the edge of a whirlpool includes a floating vehicle, a conveyor lifting the vehicle to an inclined flume, a gate retaining the vehicle at the top of a steeply inclined portion of the flume, and a circular pond in w... | 06/06/1989 |
