Class 472/44 - Having carrier rotating about horizontal axis

Subclass of Class 472 - Amusement devices
Definition: Subject matter wherein the circuitous path apparatus includes
No. of patents: 28
Last issue date: 09/20/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8021237	Rotating vessel for recreational activities The present invention is a system for recreational purposes. The system includes a vessel rotatably mounted, a support stand, and a drive system. The vessel has a wall that defines an internal cavity, sufficient for at least one occupant to be received wherein the o...	09/20/2011
7172511	Amusement ride A gimbaled wheel amusement ride is disclosed. ...	02/06/2007
7066822	Multidirectional amusement device A multidirectional amusement device is shown having a support structure extending above a support surface. A ride vehicle is secured to the support structure with support lines and is allowed to move freely beneath the support towers. A retraction tower receives a t...	06/27/2006
7008328	Controllably rotatable seat A controllably rotatable seat having an arm to which one or more seats are attached. The arm is rotatably connected to a carrier. An electrical motor, pneumatics, hydraulics, or any other mechanism that is well known in the art for producing rotation rotates the arm...	03/07/2006
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
6994629	Attraction Attraction consisting of a number of gondolas arranged a fixed distance apart which move along a fixed endless track, such as a circle. By this means a difference in height of at least approximately 30 meters is travelled. The gondolas are linked to one another in s...	02/07/2006
6969323	Amusement 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
6904722	Elongated truss boom structures for space applications An elongated truss boom structure is adapted to be flattened and coiled to a stowed configuration. The truss boom includes longerons, battens, and diagonals. A fixed ladder shaped structure is formed by a plurality of fixedly coupled battens which interconnect two a...	06/14/2005
6902402	Flight 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
6634952	Ferris 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
6402624	Amusement ride without hubs and spokes An amusement ride (100) is disclosed which includes first and second vehicles (128, 130) which are supported in a cantilevered manner off cantilever beams (124, 126) from the stationary supporting track (102) to provide the occupants with the impression o...	06/11/2002
6331152	Three dimension body movement device The described invention concerns a device enabling the spatial movement of bodies, especially persons, consisting of a contraption allowing a spherical movement, of at least on device capable of holding a person, one steering device, and of at least one i...	12/18/2001
5989127	Oscillating boom amusement ride An amusement ride 10 including a tower 12 that pivotably supports an elongated boom 16 that includes an extended end 20 and a pivot 18. A passenger carriage 28 is pivotably attached to the extended end of the boom. The shorter end of the boom includes a m...	11/23/1999
5947828	Ride 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
5941777	Perfected amusement ride An amusement ride presenting a platform; two parallel vertical uprights extending upwards from the platform; two arms fitted to respective uprights and rotated by drive means about a first horizontal axis; and a passenger car fitted to the arms and rotati...	08/24/1999
5851154	Perfected amusement ride An amusement ride resenting a platform; two vertical uprights extending upwards from the platforms; two arms fitted to respective uprights and rotated by a drive about a first horizontal axis; and a passenger car fitted to the arms, rotating about a secon...	12/22/1998
5803815	Eccentric arm amusement ride The present invention is an amusement ride which whips a rider high into the air at the end of a long crane-like arm. The ride comprises an arm having a rider capsule at one end and a counterweight at the other. A pivot point is located on the arm at a po...	09/08/1998
5803816	Amusement ride An amusement ride presenting a platform, two parallel vertical posts extending upwards from the platform, and two arms fitted respectively to the posts and rotated about a horizontal axis by a first drive means. The ride is characterized in that it presen...	09/08/1998
5658201	Swinging boom amusement ride An amusement ride 10 including a tower 12 that pivotably supports an elongated boom 16 that includes an extended end 20 and a pivot 18. A passenger carriage 28 is pivotably attached to the extended end of the boom. The shorter end of the boom includes a m...	08/19/1997
5556340	Amusement ride assembly with rotating tube synchronized with an image An amusement ride attraction, with a rotating tube and an image is disclosed that is, relatively inexpensive and compact. The viewer stands inside the rotating tube, and the forces applied to the viewer are in automatic synchronization with the projected ...	09/17/1996
5306211	Roundabout 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
5256108	Passenger powered amusement ride A passenger powered, rotatable, amusement ride comprises a multisided, peripheral frame having the general shape of a convex polygon, with the frame having at least 5 sides and a number of apexes equal to the number of sides in the frame wherein the apexe...	10/26/1993
4824099	Rotating amusement device A spinning and rotating seating amusement device is disclosed. It is comprised of a support stand having a base with pivotably mounted wheels, a crowd control barrier adapted to be removably secured to the support stand, a pair of upright members mounted ...	04/25/1989
4815728	Amusement ride A Ferris wheel amusement ride has a main wheel supported by a shaft secured on top of two towers. A plurality of subwheels is mounted on the periphery of the main wheel and a plurality of passenger cabs is pivotally mounted on and with their longitudinal ...	03/28/1989
4775144	Rotatable 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
4410173	Counterbalanced roundabout having plural drives A roller coaster system with a passenger carriage moved in a vertical plane on a circular path by means of a jib is driven starting from a central boss, with the aid of a concentric gear wheel on which a plurality of pinions act, each of the pinions drive...	10/18/1983
4036489	360° Swing A swing for use by individuals for exercise or amusement in which theuser can operate the swing independently or in which the user can be assisted by another individual to gain momentum to maneuver the swing through a complete 360° circular arc. The 360�...	07/19/1977
4007926	Mobile amusement ride An amusement ride, which can be transported in a collapsed condition on the truck bed that supports the same during use; such ride employing a main drive motor, which is mounted in a gimbal fashion at the top of a vertical support column, that centrally s...	02/15/1977

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