U.S. Patents for Other Rotating or Swinging Rides

This page contains the third division of rotating and swinging rides, those that are not similar to carousels or ferris wheels. Multi-axis roundabouts, carousel-ferris wheel combinations, large swings, and large seesaws are included here. Intersecting-path rides and occupant-propelled rides related to flying cages are placed in separate tables on this page. Playground-scale rides are largely excluded.

Other rotating and swinging rides are on the following pages:
Carousels, himalaya rides, circle swings, etc.
Ferris wheels

Miscellaneous rides are on the other rides page or the other amusement devices page.

also on this page

occupant-powered swings
other rotating or swing rides ... applications

Intersecting Path Rides

patent number issue date inventor/ assignee patent title [comment]
408798 8/1889 Dodge Roundabout
659693 10/1900 Possien & Maquaire Rotary transporting device
772549
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10/1904
1/1906
Weidner Merry-go-round
779568 1/1905 Taylor/ Aerial Circuit Pleasure Wheel Roundabout
826758 7/1906 Weidner Merry-go-round
848408 3/1907 Taylor Roundabout or carousel
857851 6/1907 Wetherill Amusement device
870440 11/1907 Karr Horizontal roller coaster
879872 2/1908 Hill/ Darcy & Speck Amusement apparatus [Kriss-Kross]
914884 3/1909 Sagehomme Amusement apparatus
921135 5/1909 Marble/ Pleasure Park Amusement device
946730 1/1910 Jones Amusement apparatus
974599 11/1910 Reynolds/ Amusement Park Railway Carousel [Auto Maze]
978007 12/1910 Darcy Chain gearing and spacing mechanism
1019834 3/1912 Pollak Railway for pleasure or sport [intersecting paths]
1032092 7/1912 Taylor Roundabout or carousel
1065470 6/1913 Roed Carousel
1165552 12/1915 Stanley & Porter Amusement device
1290392 1/1919 Stanley Amusement device
1350086 8/1920 Stanley & Porter Amusement device
1363133 12/1920 Lauster/ American Rides Amusement device
1412711 4/1922 Sabot & Schalk Amusement apparatus
1514961 11/1924 Goldman Amusement apparatus
2177804 10/1939 Hanna Amusement device [figure 8 pathway]
2200684 5/1940 Vollbrecht Passenger carrying amusement device
2601832 7/1952 Hester Amusement ride
8348776 1/2013 Crawford & Nemeth/ Disney Intersecting path ride
[application: 2012/0006221]

Occupant-powered swings

patent number issue date inventor/ assignee patent title [comment]
1244735 10/1917 Hinricks Amusement apparatus [inverting compartment]
GB 412746 7/1934 Openshaw Improvements relating to public amusement devices [UK patent for original flying cages]
2076113 3/1937 Bartlett Amusement ride [Loop-the-Loop]
3885788 5/1975 Harris Jump-over amusement ride
3972527 8/1976 Bacon/ Arrow Passenger powered rotating amusement ride
4032138 6/1977 Willis/ Arrow Adjustable position counterweight assembly for amusement ride
4240623 12/1980 Edwards Circle swing

Other Rotating or Swinging Flat Rides

patent number issue date inventor/ assignee patent title [comment]
70985 11/1867 Forrester Rotary swing
283388 8/1883 Forrester Swing [powered and occupant controlled]
294983 3/1884 Forrester Swing
326474 9/1885 Bungarz Roundabout
340193 4/1886 Bishop Rotary swing
419490 1/1890 Barratt & Barratt Apparatus for public amusement
438315 10/1890 Hall Amusement apparatus [suspended ring]
439369 10/1890 Amelung Roundabout [revolving, oscillating ring]
444585 1/1891 Ullven Roundabout
445851 2/1891 Easton Roundabout
448056 3/1891 Lidster Roundabout
452227 5/1891 Mangels Roundabout [razzle-dazzle improvement]
468962 2/1892 Baum Carrousel
499800 6/1893 Perew Roundabout
504886 9/1893 Moore Merry-go-round
531403 12/1894 Armitage et al Roundabout
539717 5/1895 Barnhart Merry-go-round [tilting ring suspended by cables]
545406 8/1895 Higinbotham Giant swing
547614 10/1895 Moore Merry-go-round
553468 1/1896 Hughes Carousel [racing]
563894 7/1896 Thannhemier Pleasure wheel [multi-axis]
571626 11/1896 Simpson Merry-go-round [rotating seesaw]
584131 6/1897 Hayden Seesaw
599833 3/1898 Davis Seesaw
611482 9/1989 Herfurth Merry-go-round
612993 10/1898 Rogers & Thompson/ Giant See-Saw Seesaw
625074 5/1899 Weber Pleasure wheel [inclined axis]
660168 10/1900 Schmitt Merry-go-round
673206 4/1901 Hardy Gravitation or gigantic wheel for recreation purposes
708540 8/1902 Felton Roundabout
713070 11/1902 Cronin/ Atlantic Coast Amusement Cycloidal carousel [multiple ferris wheel]
718784 1/1903 McKay Swing
732427 6/1903 McCormick & McDaniel Amusement device [egg beater motion]
739691 9/1903 Manig Roundabout
741758 10/1903 Beisel Roundabout [multi-axis]
743377 11/1903 Danner Mechanical amusement [multiple ferris wheel carousel]
753037 2/1904 Blair Observation wheel
753197 2/1904 Gilman/ American Amusement Seesaw amusement apparatus [observation type]
758579 4/1904 Armstrong/ Spencer Swing [giant arm]
763811 6/1904 Thom Carousel
798392 8/1905 Cobley & Cavanaugh Amusement apparatus [inclined axis]
801046 10/1905 Porter & Porter Amusement apparatus [multi-axis]
802127 10/1905 Whitcomb Multiple seesaw
805991 11/1905 Patterson Amusement apparatus
813159 2/1906 Long Merry-go-round [inclined-axis circle swing]
813623 2/1906 Donaldson Roundabout
813953 2/1906 Dalton Amusement device [powered razzle-dazzle]
815103 3/1906 Leinert Roundabout
821060 5/1906 Pusterla & Testi Water carousel
821219 5/1906 Clow Swing
822677 6/1906 Loiseleur Merry skating rink
826682 7/1906 Morgan See-saw
827214 7/1906 Cooley Observation tower [climbing ferris wheel]
836016 11/1906 Doner Roundabout [circle swing with inclined axis]
836799 11/1906 Barnhart Amusement apparatus [razzle-dazzle improvement]
837803 12/1906 Davidson Roundabout [inclined axis]
842635 1/1907 Dodson Amusement apparatus
846925 3/1907 Kramer Amusement device
850973 4/1907 Shafer Quadruplex cycle
852149 4/1907 Warth Amusement apparatus [multi-axis]
854183 5/1907 Spice Swing
857903 6/1907 Porter & Porter Amusement apparatus [multi-axis]
861248 7/1907 Barnhart Amusement apparatus [razzle-dazzle improvement]
862311 8/1907 Cory/ World Construction Amusement apparatus [circle swing with inclined axis]
862365 8/1907 Winnett Amusement device [multi-axis]
862366 8/1907 Winnett Amusement device [Rain-Bow Dip]
863133 8/1907 Armitage/ Guinn Amusement apparatus [Circling Wave]
863362 8/1907 Croishier Amusement device
878400 2/1908 Johnston/ Johnston Circle Wave Amusement device [inclined axis]
891793 6/1908 Chapman & Cromley/ Rocker Swing Amusement device [rocking ship]
898056 9/1908 Malsin Amusement apparatus
898948 9/1908 Wilderman Amusement device [swing]
899497 9/1908 Adelhelm/ Harmon Amusement device
905282 12/1908 Bragg Amusement device
906625 12/1908 Hamilton & Swallender/ United States Amusement Roundabout [multi-axis]
913511 2/1909 Kiralfy Amusement device
914723 3/1909 Huebner/ Barrel Amusement Amusement device [barrel roundabout]
920567 5/1909 Hayes Amusement device
922723 5/1909 Sauvé Roundabout [tilting]
923087 5/1909 Steen Carousel or merry-go-round [multi-axis]
924155 6/1909 Fitch Merry-go-round [multi-axis]
932057 8/1909 Potts & Lovell Amusement device [multi-axis]
932089 8/1909 Armitage/ Guinn Amusement apparatus [tilting and rotating ring]
941902 11/1909 Alexander Amusement device
946639 1/1910 Lewis Rotary swing
952843 3/1910 Rosquist Amusement device
953119 3/1910 Bramkamp Roundabout
966229 8/1910 McLevie Merry-go-round
979385 12/1910 Doran Amusement apparatus
988419 4/1911 Wildrick Carousel
991336 5/1911 Mangels Amusement apparatus [teacup-type ride with lifting motions]
1006666 10/1911 Mayfield Amusement apparatus [multiple rocking motions]
1016712 2/1912 Schilling Swing
1026333 5/1912 Van Sant & Banker/ Eureka Amusement Amusement apparatus
1031510 7/1912 Bail Water carousel
1037453 9/1912 De Vito Roundabout
1044391 11/1912 Jones Roundabout swing
1050430 1/1913 Crosby Merry-go-round [multiple motions]
1053595 2/1913 Hartley & Bishop Roundabout [near miss pair]
1065642 6/1913 Traver/ Park Engineering Amusement device [Gyroplane]
1066640 7/1913 McLevie Merry-go-round [multiple motions; improvement to 966229]
1073970 9/1913 Ernst Amusement device [roundabout]
1078645 11/1913 Shamroy Roundabout [epicycloidal paths]
1080927 12/1913 Reeves Roundabout
1081554 12/1913 Rodeck Public amusement device [inflatable rotating platform]
1090065 3/1914 Jacobs Movable carousel and ferris wheel
1101141 6/1914 Moss Amusement roundabout with mechanical flight and tilting attachments
1108708 8/1914 Cooley Aumusement device [multiple motions]
1109421 9/1914 Jobson Amusement apparatus [concentric rings]
1116143 11/1914 Smalstig Merry-go-round [multiple paths]
1121813 12/1914 Dunham Roundabout
1123653 1/1915 Anderson & Brockway Amusement apparatus or aviator instructor
1124336 1/1915 Schmitt Motor boat carousel
1128890 2/1915 Mangels Amusement apparatus [Whip]
1139232 5/1915 Schwarz Rotary swing
1143352 6/1915 Boecker Merry-go-round [inclined, with diving cabins]
1147391 7/1915 Gordon Mechanical amusement device [swing variant]
1150245 8/1915 Bramkamp Roundabout
1163553 12/1915 Packer Shifting weight power machine [observation arm]
1167650 1/1916 Nachtigall Carousel
1174544 3/1916 Bursteen Merry-go-round
1186185 6/1916 Guinn Roundabout [ring-type with raising mechanism]
1198325 9/1916 Calhoun Rolling swing
1220332 3/1917 Happel Giant swing [with elevated starting platform]
1235506 7/1917 Strauss Passenger-carrying device [Aeroscope]
1262373 4/1918 Mongillo Amusement apparatus [multiple see-saw]
1263269 4/1918 Metzler/ McHenry Amusement apparatus
1264738 4/1918 Woolard Amusement or pleasure wheel
1277614 9/1918 Lowrey Roundabout [multiple concentric platforms]
1280679 10/1918 D'Errico Carousel [compound motion]
1326177 12/1919 Bradley Amusement device [carousel with additional motions]
1332174 2/1920 Gollner Amusement device [Snapper]
1334592 3/1920 Breinig & Breinig Amusement device
1346576 7/1920 Welch Amusement device
1371528 3/1921 van Kannel Multiform amusement wheel
1373425 4/1921 Hoadley Amusement device
1382173 6/1921 Czerwonka Roundabout
1386590 8/1921 Alpert Amusement device
1398639 11/1921 Kohler/ United Mines Amusement device (circling whip)
1398652 11/1921 Rozanski Roundabout
1402368 1/1922 Mongillo Amusement apparatus [multiple motions]
1405923 2/1922 Kohler/ United Mines Amusement device (Revolving walking beam)
1406705 2/1922 Welch Amusement device
1409279 3/1922 Boldizzoni Amusement apparatus [multiple motions]
1416783 5/1922 Bruno Amusement device
1420437 6/1922 Mayer/ Schneps Amusement device [circular whip variant]
1421013 6/1922 Kohler/ United Mines Gyratory roundabout
1429457 9/1922 Sallmann Amusement park device [rotating dancing platform]
1432224 10/1922 Welsh Amusement device [rotating and oscillating ring]
1437299 11/1922 Finazzo Amusement device [multiple powered teeter]
1440609 1/1923 Kudler Merry-go-round
1459474 6/1923 MacDonald et al Amusement appliance [waltzing roundabout]
1461075 7/1923 Tuso Amusement device [inclined axis rotary swing]
1465012 8/1923 Kohler/ United Mines Gyratory roundabout
1469910 10/1923 Jacobs Traveling swing [portable ride]
1476922 12/1923 Ridgway Amusement device [crack-the-whip roundabout]
1477498 12/1923 Jackson & Jackson Amusement apparatus or machine
1502484 7/1924 Olson Roundabout
1509232 9/1924 Forsythe amusement structure
1518288 12/1924 Wolpert Amusement apparatus
1520592 12/1924 Mongillo Amusement apparatus
1521568 12/1924 Stine Amusement device [rotating and rocking ring]
1527812 2/1925 Meckl Device for popular amusement
1529512 3/1925 Smerechanski Carrousel
1537686 5/1925 Lynn Amusement device [ocean wave improvement; undulating platform]
1537791 5/1925 Amundsen Amusement device [airplane roundabout]
1545368 7/1925 Tingley & Baker Amusement device [driving mechanism for passenger carriages]
1549927 8/1925 Sherry Amusement device
1555981 10/1925 Johnson Amusement device [see-saw]
1557942 10/1925 Matthews amusement device
1559476 10/1925 Troike Tiltable roundabout
1561170 11/1925 Kline Carrousel
1564273 12/1925 Prost/ Girard Roundabout affecting the shape of a giant top
1564639 12/1925 Stavick Amusement device
1588941 6/1926 Chapman Amusement device [umbrella-like elevation]
1608442 11/1926 Tardette Merry-go-round
1612970 1/1927 Fisher Amusement device [teacup ride with inclined platform]
1640038 8/1927 Johnson/ Nudevice Passenger car for amusement rides
1652975 12/1927 Davidson Amusement device
1673494 6/1928 Brown Pleasure car [Cinderella's Ride]
1682803 9/1928 Rouge Amusement device [circular whip variant]
1712340 5/1929 Fankhauser & McCoy Amusement device
1750494 3/1930 Spillman Amusement device [similar to Tilt-a-Whirl]
1759170 5/1930 Sherry Amusement device
1761895 6/1930 Powell Merry-go-round
1789260 1/1931 Eynon Amusement device
1795610 3/1931 La Rizza Amusement apparatus [rocking boat ride]
1799409 4/1931 Custer Amusement apparatus [Bubble Bounce]
1803397 5/1931 La Rizza Amusement device
1843530 2/1932 Whiteley Driving mechanims for amusement apparatus [endless track and engaging wheels]
1861597 6/1932 Gehm Amusement device
1863653 6/1932 Estes Amusement apparatus
1873216 8/1932 Rapein Amusement apparatus [scrambler action]
1877256 9/1932 Siebert Amusement device
1877656 9/1932 Giraud Amusement device [whip variant]
1889253 11/1932 Kurz Roundabout [planetary]
1898868 2/1933 Cowie/ Roberts Amusement device [inclined axis]
1899060 2/1933 Schmidt Device for rotating and at the same time lifting the gondolas of roundabouts
1937090 11/1933 Lundberg/ H. C. Baker Amusement device [circular whip variant]
1947427 2/1934 Spillman Passenger carrying amusement device
1952822 3/1934 Rose & Miller/ Better Rides Amusement device [rotary whip variant]
1987004 1/1935 Eyerly Amusement device [Loop-O-Plane]
1997940 4/1935 Lundberg Amusement device [circular whip variant]
2046678 7/1936 Eyerly Airplane amusement device [Roll-O-Plane]
2080029 5/1937 Bartlett Amusement apparatus
2101274 12/1937 Stanzel Amusement ride device [Stratoship]
2109972 3/1938 Meyer Amusement device
2113131 4/1938 Eyerly Rotating amusement device [Octopus]
2129470 9/1938 Hellesen Amusement apparatus [rotating bowl]
2135230 11/1938 Courtney Railway amusement apparatus
2158073 5/1939 Keith & Walker Amusement device
2165698 7/1939 Eyerly Seat for amusement devices [Octopus]
2172451 9/1939 Powers Amusement ride [giant arm]
2206172 7/1940 Etes Amusement device [teacup-type ride]
2235563 3/1941 Ridgway Amusement device [boat with whip action]
2239506 4/1941 Neal Amusement device [spider motion, with single tub per sweep]
2239944 4/1941 Tobie Amusement ride device
2255175 9/1941 Lorow Amusement device
2259691 10/1941 Harris Merry-go-round [Scrambler]
2262214 11/1941 Temple Amusement apparatus [inclined axis circle swing with bombing game]
2264030 11/1941 Tomasini Cycloplane [tethered airplane]
2268646 1/1942 D'Errico Amusement device [Whirlaway]
2274956 3/1942 Eyerly Operating mechanism for amusement devices [Roll-O-Plane]
2280643 4/1942 Courtney/ Velare & Velare Amusement apparatus [double wheel with inclined axes]
2294166 8/1942 Eyerly Amusement device
2307737 1/1943 Courtney/ Velare & Markham Amusement apparatus [elevating roundabout "Rock-O-Plane"]
2320555 1/1943 Bartlett Amusement apparatus [Looper]
2319327 5/1943 Johnson Amusement apparatus [roundabout with rotatable cars]
2328852 9/1943 Shepherd Amusement ride apparatus
2345855 4/1944 Mecchi Amusement apparatus
2368989 2/1945 Howard Amusement device
2402843 6/1946 Ridener Amusement apparatus
2405108 8/1946 Brown/ Eizel Amusement device for carnivals [Top]
2432709 10/1947 Austin Amusement device [multi-axis roundabout]
2453380 11/1948 Newman & Johnson Vehicular amusement apparatus
2468893 5/1949 Orance Airplane amusement ride
2484466 11/1949 Rumler Amusement device
2528516 11/1950 Herrmann Amusement device [Gyro-Globe]
2535862 12/1950 Pewitt Vertical and horizontal axes roundabout [Aerobat (?)]
2547152 4/1951 Burg Multiplane rotating movement for aerial amusement rides
2559768 7/1951 Howard Vertical and horizontal axes roundabout
2562324 7/1951 McBride/ Joy Toys Roundabout swing
2572859 10/1951 Hall/ Sedlmayr & Sedlmayr Elevating roundabout
2586333 2/1952 Hoffmeister Rotating amusement cylinder [Rotor]
2592879 4/1952 Eyerly Safety device for amusement rides [bar/belt combination for Rock-O-Plane]
2629593 2/1953 Bartlett Occupant carrying roundabout [of sort shown in 1186185]
D168910 2/1953 Reedy Aerial amusement ride car or similar article
2657054 10/1953 Myers Rotating amusement apparatus [Rotor variant]
2672339 3/1954 Eyerly Automobile race track roundabout
2676801 4/1954 Eyerly Carrousel which rotates in a sloping plane [Screw Ball]
2701137 2/1955 Hoffmeister Rotating amusement cyclinder [Rotor]
2703910 3/1955 Hoffmeister Ambulatory amphitheatre [spectator gallery for Rotor ride]
2723854 11/1955 Rebernigg Rocket ride for children
2728573 12/1955 Coleman Horizontal and vertical axes roundabout
2728574 12/1955 Lyles Combination merry-go-round and ferris wheel
D176569 1/1956 Sullivan/ Eli Bridge Car for an amusement device [Scrambler]
2780460 2/1957 Eyerly Rotary amusement device
D180585 7/1957 Disney Passenger carrying amusement device [teacup ride]
2805061 9/1957 Clark Amusement device [elevating roundabout]
2816763 12/1957 Lyles Combination merry-go-round and ferris wheel
2864615 12/1958 Castille Disc-type merry-go-round
2883013 4/1959 Keith & Hollowell Fluid coupled load braking apparatus
2896947 7/1959 Jacobs Captive passenger carrying powered aircraft [amusement or training]
D188424 7/1960 Simpkins Cab for amusement ride
2949299 8/1960 Keith Safety cars for amusement rides [for ferris wheel or Orbit ride]
D188947 10/1960 Simpkins/ Oarco Amusement ride
2989308 6/1961 Diehl Roundabout ["death track" improvement]
3015488 1/1962 Keith & Hollowell Amusement rides [Orbit]
3072399 1/1963 Simpkins/ Oarco Amusement ride
3078090 2/1963 Thomas Amusement ride [Whirly Bird: portable scrambler-like ride]
D194921 4/1963 Thomas Car for amusement ride
3112927 12/1963 Eyerly & Eyerly/ Eyerly Aircraft Amusement ride [Monster permitting simultaneous loading]
3140092 7/1964 Hrubetz Epicyclic roundabout [Meteor]
3189343 6/1965 Beirer/ Sedlmayr Carnival ride [Trabant]
3236518 2/1966 Wren Oscillating rotary amusement ride
3294398 12/1966 Buechler Space coupe carnival ride
3459422 8/1969 Winton Roundabout [inclined axis]
3468533 9/1969 House Rotatable platform having rider supports enclosed in an optical chamber for simulating a space ride [Gravitron]
3498604 3/1970 Schwarzkopf Merry-go-round with plural arms jointly rotatable about a vertical axis and individually activatable in automatic sequence for rising and falling motion
3506260 4/1970 Johnson Plural axes carnival ride
3596905 8/1971 Brown/ Chance Plural horizontal axis roundabout having sheave driven carriages [Zipper]
3598403 8/1971 Bartlett Amusement ride rotating about vertical and horizontal axes [Hurricane variant?]
3610614 10/1971 Nishizawa/ Sanseiyusoki Rotary observation tower equipment
3653657 4/1972 Bishop Self-contained amusement ride
3724842 4/1973 Wisdom Trailer mounted roundabout amusement device [portable Tilt-a-Whirl]
3767194 10/1973 Barber Plural inclined axes roundabout
3840225 10/1974 Fouche Amusement park ride
3904194 9/1975 Schwarzkopf Hydraulic actuated orbital amusement ride [Enterprise]
3905596 9/1975 Barber Trailer mounted collapsible roundabout [Cobra]
3945659 3/1976 Brown/ Chance Convertible trailer vehicle and amusement ride [trailer folds to form platform]
4302004 11/1981 Deem et al/ Eli Bridge Mobile amusement ride
4339121 7/1982 Schwarzkopf Orbital amusement-park ride
4410173 10/1983 Böhme/ Huss Counterbalanced roundabout having plural drives [Rainbow and Ranger]
D284092 6/1986 Wisdom et al/ Wisdom Mfg Panel for an amusement ride [Gravitron]
D284601 7/1986 Wisdom et al/ Wisdom Mfg Amusement ride structure [Gravitron]
4643416 2/1987 van der Veen Amusement ride vehicle
4775144 10/1988 Shipman Rotatable and vertically oscillatable passenger amusement assembly
4807869 2/1989 Knijpstra Amusement device having a rotatable, swivelling and tiltable rigid gondola [Super Nova]
4824099 4/1989 Russ et al/ Alpha Dynamics Rotating amusement device [single seat]
4842267 6/1989 Kastner Amusement park device
5021954 6/1991 Fox et al/ Disney System and method of providing passenger ingress and egress in an amusement ride
5060932 10/1991 Yamaguchi/ Nisshinbo Amusement apparatus having rotary capsule
5096185 3/1992 Royer Amusement park ride
5161104 11/1992 Fox et al/ Disney Amusement ride having pivotable ingress-egress bridges
5188566 2/1993 Böhme/ Huss Looping swing with parallel rows of seats [Top Spin]
5277662 1/1994 Fox et al/ Disney System and method of providing passenger ingress and egress in an amusement ride having pivotable bridges
5306211 4/1994 Pasquier Roundabout with tubular gondola
5314383 5/1994 Fabbri/ Far Fabbri Rocking ship funfair ride [Space Loop]
D347674 6/1994 Delaney & Shumate/ Disney Amusement ride space vehicle
D352327 11/1994 Delaney & Shumate/ Disney Spaceship amusement ride
5395290 3/1995 Knijpstra Fairground device [Shake?]
5445564 8/1995 Kastner Funfair ride
D361817 8/1995 Boifava/ Zamperla Airplane amusement ride [Crazy Plane]
D366923 2/1996 Boifava/ Zamperla Airplane amusement ride [Crazy Plane]
5558581 9/1996 Knijpstra Fairground device [Shake?]
5658201 8/1997 Kleimeyer & Cochron/ AirSurfer Swinging boom amusement ride [Skyscraper]
5688178 11/1997 Emrie/ Chance Amusement ride [Chaos]
5759107 6/1998 Nagel/ Amusement Technologies Gyroscopic amusement apparatus
5766083 6/1998 Autrey Harness assembly for suspending a person in a supine position
5791998 8/1998 Moser & Soriani Amusement ride featuring a number of cars [Typhoon]
5803815 9/1998 Kitchen/ Skymax Eccentric arm amusement ride
5803816 9/1998 Moser & Soriani Amusement ride
5827123 10/1998 Reverchon/ G. Reverchon Carousel for carnivals and amusement parks
5827124 10/1998 Kleimeyer & Cochron/ SkyMax Rocking boom amusement ride
D400615 11/1998 Kitchen/ Sky Max Eccentric arm amusement ride
5851154 12/1998 Moser & Soriani Perfected amusement ride [Super Loop on Top] {note that figures were swapped with patent 5851153 Method for steel pin manufacture}
D402706 12/1998 Meister/ Chance Amusement ride car [Inverter]
5941777 9/1999 Moser & Soriani Perfected amusement ride [Super Loop on Top]
5947828 9/1999 Fabbri/ Far Fabbri Ride for fun fairs [Ranger/Kamikaze]
5989127 11/1999 Kitchen et al/ Skymax Oscillating boom amusement ride
6022276 2/2000 Knijpstra Carousel [multi-axis]
6126552 10/2000 Harrap Powered ride apparatus
D443330 6/2001 Sartori Ride car for amusement parks [passenger carrier for Cyber Loop]
6620051 9/2003 Kroon & Kroon/ Cobra Beheer Fairground attraction [Sky Trip or Tango]
[application 2003/0027642]
6637341 10/2003 Kroon & Kroon/ Cobra Beheer Safety device for a fairground attraction [passenger restraint system]
[application 2003/0024428]
6872144 3/2005 Kroon & Kroon/ Cobra Beheer Amusement device [Freak Out]
[application 2004/0198523]
6875118 4/2005 Checketts/ S & S Worldwide Pneumatically actuated swing ride [Screamin' Swing]
6884177 4/2005 Zambelli & Comand/ Zamperla Amusement apparatus [Rockin' Tug]
[application 2004/0077417]
7172511 2/2007 Casey Amusement ride
[application 2006/0144282]
7722469 5/2010 Zambelli & Comand/ Zamperla Amusement apparatus [Rockin' Tug]
[application 2005/0202883]
7744476 6/2010 Knijpstra/ K. I. G. Heerenveen Fairground attraction having a heightwise movable people carrier
[application 2008/0200270]
7846032 12/2010 Zamperla & Nardin/ Zamperla Amusement ride [Jump Around]
[application 2006/0154735]
7918740 4/2011 Kitchen & Chance Big wheel roundabout amusement ride [Unicoaster]
[application 2008/0113822]
8038541 10/2011 Solomon Motion based system [for training or amusement]
8083599 12/2011 Crawford & Delaney/ Disney Rotating rides with interactive water features
[application 2010/0009767]
8303425 11/2012 Bonfiglioli/ ACHA srl Equipment for a funfair
[application 2009/0253524]
8398497 3/2013 Crawford & Nemeth/ Disney Twister ride system
[application 2012/0149480]
8491403 7/2013 Schreibfeder Amusement ride system
[application 2013/0012327]
8678940 3/2014 Willcox/ Disney Amusement park ride with multiple vertical rotation axes combined with vertical translation motion
[application 2013/0255530]
8721463 5/2014 Zambelli & Viarana/ Zamperla Amusement ride with tonneau movement [Air Race]
[application 2012/0190463]
8777766 7/2014 Burger/ Mack Rotating water amusement ride
[application 2013/0130812]
8845439 8/2014 Kroon & Hartemink/ Cobra Beheer Entertainment system with swing and rotatable seats
[application 2012/0277009]
8864592 10/2014 Baxter et al/ Disney Turntable racing system
[application 2014/0261052]
8926440 1/2015 Jacobi/ S & S Worldwide Reverse swing oscillating amusement ride
[application 2013/0123030]
8968109 3/2015 Stoker Aggressive linear acceleration system (A.L.A.S.) motion ride method
[application 2013/0012328]
9095780 7/2015 Burger/ Mack Rotating water amusement ride
[application 2015/0024857]

Patent Applications

application number publication date inventor/ assignee document title [comment]
2004/0053701 3/2004 Checketts & Hansen Elevating rotary amusement ride [Sky Swatter]
2006/0035715 2/2006 Threlkel Amusement ride [multi-axis]
2007/0049383 3/2007 Fabbri Rotating funfair ride
2008/0026858 1/2008 Knijpstra Fairground attraction having a people carrier suspended from two mutually parallel rotatable arms
2010/0062868 3/2010 Mordelt Amusement attraction
2014/0194215 7/2014 Knijpstra/ K.I.G. Heerenveen Attraction for amusement rides

Last revised 4-Aug-2015

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