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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066576 | Amusement ride An amusement ride, such as a roller coaster or vertical tower track ride, includes an attachment assembly movably connected to a track system. A vehicle assembly is connected to the attachment assembly and includes a seat assembly having at least one rider seat. The... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7722469 | Amusement apparatus Amusement apparatus which permits unusual compactness and easy transportation comprises a vehicle for accommodating users, the vehicle being suitable for following a path in space which comprises a component due to oscillation about a center of instantaneous rotatio... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7402110 | Interactive video game A gimbaled wheel video amusement ride is disclosed. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7172511 | Amusement ride A gimbaled wheel amusement ride is disclosed. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7033177 | Motion simulator A motion simulator includes a stationary frame, a movable frame pivotally connected with the stationary frame, an operating chamber formed at a lower side of one end of the movable frame, a first actuator for pivoting the movable frame, and a second actuator arrange... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6884177 | Amusement apparatus Amusement apparatus which permits unusual compactness and easy transportation comprises a vehicle for accommodating users, the vehicle being suitable for following a path in space which comprises a component due to oscillation about a center of instantaneous rotatio... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872144 | Amusement device An amusement device, including a frame made from four support legs which, running obliquely upwards toward one another, at their top end support a rotary member, an arm, one end of which is secured to the rotary member and which can be pivoted between the support le... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6022276 | Carousel The present invention relates to a carousel with an upper rotating beam (2) arranged on a central mast (1). Carrier rods (3) carrying gondolas or seat carriers (4) are arranged in the circumference of the rotating beam, which may be swiveled outwards and ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5759107 | Gyroscopic amusement apparatus A gyroscopic amusement apparatus including a cradle having upright supports and carrying a pair of concentric rings capable of rotation about perpendicular axis. A hydraulic motor is supported on one of the upright supports and drives the outer ring bi-di... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5725435 | Electro-mechanical amusement simulator with gravitational effects A movement simulator that has a cabin (15) that rotates through the action of a servomotor (12). The cabin/servomotor set rests on an axis (xx') that has its rotation controlled by another servomotor (5). The set formed by the cabin and the two servomotor... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5702307 | Pivotal, spherically shaped, motion simulator-with shifting means for controlling its' center of gravity A motion simulator in the form of a motorized skeletal sphere suspended from a gimbal platform. The skeletal sphere comprises two orbital tracks, each having contollable motorized ballasts devices with attachment mechanism to the orbital tracks. These tra... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5558582 | Rotating motion simulator A motion simulator having a people-holding capsule attached at the front end and at the rear end to a supporting structure. The supporting structure has movable arms that, when extended or retracted, provide positive and negative pitch to the capsule. The... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5370583 | Thrill ride apparatus A thrill-ride apparatus having as a basic concept the revolving of a rider station, whose support provides that the path of the ride will be along an inclined plane. The rider station is fixed to a support arm; and there is no counterbalance as to the wei... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5062624 | Riding capsule device A riding capsule device comprises a capsule member and a base member. The capsule member includes a generally egg-shaped body having a convex exterior shape with a bottom configuration in the form of a convex spherical segment. The base member includes a ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5060932 | Amusement apparatus having rotary capsule An amusement apparatus having a rotary capsule, which comprises: a capsule having therein a seat, provided with a player restraining means; an inner frame arranged outside the capsule, for rotatably supporting the capsule through a first shaft; an interme... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4973042 | Tower amusement ride An amusement ride is illustrated having an annular passenger housing (A,A',A",A'") which surrounds a central tower (B, B', B") and is driven relative to the tower in vertical, tilting or wobbling, and/or rotary motion by a drive arrangement (12,16,18,42,4... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4924718 | Omnidirectional oscillator (glover gear) A mechanism for generating oscillatory motion omnidirectionally transforms rotating motion in which the rotating member is continuously rotated unidirectionally into any number of simultaneous arcuate motions intersecting at predetermined angles. This mec... | 05/15/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4807869 | Amusement device having a rotatable, swivelling and tiltable rigid gondola An amusement device comprising two supporting columns with a carrier arm mounted on each column by means of a horizontal rotation shaft so as to be drivable for rotation thereon. The two carrier arms are rotatable in substantially parallel planes, each ca... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4643416 | Amusement ride vehicle An amusement ride vehicle having a passenger gondola the ends of which are adapted to move in substantially vertical orbits diposed on planes parallel to each other. Two supports having a predetermined spacing therebetween are provided from which the pass... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4620700 | Occupant propelled roundabout An occupant propelled roundabout which includes a support base fixed to the ground in substantial upright orientation and having a rotatable hub attached at its upper end. This hub defines a rotational axis which is inclined with respect to a vertical ref... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4489932 | Amusement device An amusement device is disclosed which comprises a generally spherically shaped hollow shell structure having an interior sufficiently large to accomodate a human being and including an opening with a removable hatch cover to permit a human being to enter... | 12/25/1984 |
| 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 |
