The following table contains gravity rides that are not quite roller coasters, such as alpine slides and other slides. Some water slides are listed elsewhere.
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 365535 | 6/1887 | Peeling | Toboggan slide [roller track] |
| 387733 | 8/1888 | Pusey | Artifical toboggan or coasting hill [with rollers on trackway] |
| 471510 | 3/1892 | Grantland | Toboggan slide |
| 485495 | 11/1892 | Fralinger | Roundabout |
| 525882 | 9/1894 | Witschold | Gravity railway [helical downtrack] |
| 552692 | 1/1896 | Moore | Pleasure railway [aquatic slide] |
| 738581 | 9/1903 | Terry & Kirten | Amusement device [helical descent] |
| 803119 | 10/1905 | Logan/ Kirker-Bender Fire Escape | Amusement device [spiral slide] |
| 811315 | 1/1906 | McCabe | Amusement apparatus [slides] |
| 820805 | 5/1906 | Mangels | Amusement device [Tickler, early version with posts] |
| 830853 | 9/1906 | F. W. Thompson | Amusement apparatus [slide] |
| 831012 | 9/1906 | Lanier | Amusement device |
| 833921 | 10/1906 | de Mantz | Apparatus for public amusement |
| 836556 | 11/1906 | Boeck & Müller | Amusement device [slide] |
| 854185 | 5/1907 | Traver | Trolley amusement |
| 861919 | 7/1907 | F. W. Thompson | Amusement device [plural slide] |
| 925764 | 6/1909 | Feiler | Aerial flight chute |
| 940664 | 11/1909 | Becker | Amusement device |
| 987029 | 3/1911 | Young | Apparatus for amusement of the public [roller sleds] |
| 997071 | 7/1911 | Mangels | Mechanical toboggan slide |
| 1008518 | 11/1911 | Bailey | Amusement device [ski slide] |
| 1123676 | 1/1915 | Bule | Wheeled attachment for sleds |
| 1124629 | 1/1915 | Lilienfeld | Amusement apparatus [slide] |
| 1302642 | 5/1919 | Doughty | Amusement apparatus [stair-like slideway and vehicle] |
| 1339502 | 5/1920 | Doughty | Amusement apparatus [stair slide] |
| 1371887 | 3/1921 | Gass | Amusement device [wheeled sled] |
| 1417594 | 5/1922 | Coe | Toboggan and slide |
| 1447522 | 3/1923 | Sellner | Toboggan slide |
| 1467293 | 9/1923 | Matheson | Toboggan slide [rollers on track] |
| 1511139 | 10/1924 | Roziger | Amusement device [slide] |
| 1578893 | 3/1926 | Johnson et al | Toboggan slide |
| 1594444 | 8/1926 | Bernardy | Toboggan slide |
| 1698093 | 1/1929 | Hargrave | Slide mat |
| 1702091 | 2/1929 | Sellner | Toboggan slide and toboggan |
| 1847250 | 3/1932 | Maynes | Amusement ride |
| 2705144 | 3/1955 | Ridgway | Amusement slide |
| 2742288 | 4/1956 | Brunel | Chute for skiing or tobogganing |
| 2779596 | 1/1957 | Ridgway | Amusement slide [with parachute] |
| 3362755 | 1/1968 | Macks | Conveying device utilizing pressurized fluid flow [embodied as amusement slide] |
| D210298 | 2/1968 | Moulton/ Super Slide | Amusement slide [multi-lane] |
| 3490765 | 1/1970 | Moulton/ Super Slide | Amusement slide |
| 3858517 | 1/1975 | Luck et al/ Demag | Recreational facility [alpine slide] |
| 3908556 | 9/1975 | Stuhmer | Sledding system |
| 3970300 | 7/1976 | von Wendt et al/ Demag | Recreational facility slide |
| 3973785 | 8/1976 | Becker et al/ Demag | Sled [wheeled] |
| 4109904 | 8/1978 | Becker et al/ Demag | Passenger slide |
| 4145042 | 3/1979 | Becker et al/ Demag | Slide |
| 4192499 | 3/1980 | Groves | Looped slide |
| 4196900 | 4/1980 | Becker et al/ Demag | Slide |
| 4201137 | 5/1980 | Lagsdin/ American Zephyr | Sled and slide construction |
| 4220326 | 9/1980 | Becker et al | Adjustable support apparatus for segments of an amusement slide |
| 4221170 | 9/1980 | Koudelka | Monorail mountain slide |
| 4236454 | 12/1980 | Erickson et al | Mountain monorail slide |
| 4246846 | 1/1981 | Betschart | Downhill sledding system |
| 4335658 | 6/1982 | VanderKelen/ Snow Machines | Downhill slide system |
| 4339122 | 7/1982 | Croul | Surfing slide |
| 4394173 | 7/1983 | Aste | Sporting and recreational facility slide |
| 4417740 | 11/1983 | Wechsler | Vehicle for coasting down in a channel-shaped roller slide |
| 4805898 | 2/1989 | Jacobs et al | Recreational slide system and components thereof |
| 4821647 | 4/1989 | Powell et al | Downhill tubular guideway having an air suspension system for passenger car |
| 6413165 | 7/2002 | Crandall & Groover | Intermittenly [sic] wetted sliding amusement ride |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/0072689 | 3/2007 | Osler-Weppenaar | Human free-fall slide |
| 2013/0167748 | 7/2013 | Wilbert | Riding board and an actuating system |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 348798 | 9/1886 | Thompson | Pleasure cable railway |
| 422466 | 3/1890 | Thompson | Pleasure railway [endless train: Serpentine Railway] |
| 461102 | 10/1891 | Gerber | Hippodrome aerial railway [externally or occupant powered] |
| 468792 | 2/1892 | Critchlow | Tower [with helical track] |
| 472211 | 4/1892 | Fralinger | Cable roundabout |
| 511910 | 1/1894 | Schaphirt | Roundabout [tracked horse race ride] |
| 525596 | 9/1894 | Gordon & Gordon | Riding, amusement, and instructing device |
| 579147 | 3/1897 | Harman | Suspension railway [utility or amusement] |
| 639692 | 12/1899 | Woods | Amusement apparatus [racing ride with blind speed controller] |
| 639787 | 12/1899 | Stenning | Railway for recreation |
| 652872 | 7/1900 | Wishart | Elevated pleasure railway [suspended, powered] |
| 655255 | 8/1900 | Lyouns | Elevated Exhibition structure [incorporating powered scenic railway] |
| 663006 | 12/1900 | Breed | Track supported sailing device [wind propelled] |
| 690215 | 12/1901 | Wilson | Recreation submarine boat or boat vehicle [cable driven] |
| 693581 | 2/1902 | Biddle | Amusing apparatus |
| 710044 | 9/1902 | Davidson | System of submarine transportation [cable driven] |
| 720838 | 2/1903 | Needham | Aerial device [wind-propelled] |
| 737190 | 8/1903 | Wright | Amusement device |
| 737257 | 8/1903 | Manjo | Electric field game [powered steeplechase] |
| 743816 | 11/1903 | Brady/ Electric Boat | Recreation submarine boat device [tracked] |
| 772570 | 10/1904 | Martin/ Globe Amusement | Moving spiral cyclorama |
| 775234 | 11/1904 | Carr | Elevator [archimedes screw lift for passenger vehicle] |
| 778325 | 12/1904 | McKay | Amusement device [dark ride] |
| 786117 | 3/1905 | Hagen | Observation train |
| 789973 | 5/1905 | Hartung | Pleasure railway [motorized racing] |
| 795347 | 7/1905 | Fitch & Graham | Cyclorama |
| 798615 | 8/1905 | Mayhew | Pleasure railway [racing, third rail] |
| 798979 | 9/1905 | Reckweg | Pleasure railway [cable drive] |
| 811284 | 1/1906 | Gaynor/ Electric Amusement | Electric race track |
| 822302 | 6/1906 | Rice | Amusement vehicle |
| 824305 | 6/1906 | Maguire | Amusement apparatus |
| 825130 | 7/1906 | Jurgens | Amusement apparatus |
| 834016 | 10/1906 | May/ Internationa Amusement & Racing Association | Amusement apparatus |
| 852184 | 4/1907 | Hunt | Pleasure railway |
| 853898 | 5/1907 | Rice | Amusement device |
| 867180 | 9/1907 | Woods | Vehicle controlling apparatus |
| 868369 | 10/1907 | Stewart & Greer | Amusement device [illusion/ride] |
| 868564 | 10/1907 | Hübsch | Mechanical animal [for railed ride] |
| 881637 | 3/1908 | Van Sant | Amusement device [cable-driven dark ride] |
| 886627 | 5/1908 | Neebe | Amusement device |
| 896944 | 8/1908 | Skinner | Amusement railroad device [twisting tunnel illusion for tracked ride] |
| 898674 | 9/1908 | O'Donnell | Amusement device |
| 900749 | 10/1908 | Leonard | Amusement device [cableway] |
| 901435 | 10/1908 | Fuller | Amusement device |
| 903208 | 11/1908 | Leonard | Amusement device [powered ride with slide portion] |
| 909500 | 1/1909 | Woerth | Amusement apparatus |
| 910702 | 1/1909 | Marshall et al | Railway and vehicular device for purposes of amusement [motorized, racing] |
| 912004 | 2/1909 | Lehman et al | Racing amusement apparatus |
| 912005 | 2/1909 | Lehman et al | Racing amusement apparatus |
| 921750 | 5/1909 | Strauss | Observation railway for parks, &c. |
| 935780 | 10/1909 | Dahlin & Carlson | Aerial railway |
| 943007 | 12/1909 | Dahlin & Carlson | Car [for amusement railway] |
| 946200 | 1/1910 | Bragg | Amusement apparatus [dark ride] |
| 952242 | 3/1910 | Foans | Merry-go-round [convoluted path on rotating platform] |
| 952886 | 3/1910 | Dressler | Amusement flying machine |
| 965768 | 7/1910 | Van Sant | Amusement apparatus |
| 972750 | 10/1910 | Budge/ Aerial Amusement | Amusement apparatus [airplane-simulating] |
| 982269 | 1/1911 | Grunwald | Amusement device [tracked airplane ride] |
| 995175 | 6/1911 | Pongo | Amusement apparatus [powered horse race ride] |
| 1000742 | 8/1911 | McKay | Pleasure railway |
| 1007445 | 10/1911 | Hutson | Aerodrome [for training or amusement] |
| 1018315 | 2/1912 | Harling | Mechanical amusement apparatus [racing railed roundabout] |
| 1030024 | 6/1912 | Smith | Cable or rack controlled hydroaeroplane |
| 1037973 | 9/1912 | Pages | Aeroplane suspension railway [utility or amusement] |
| 1041299 | 10/1912 | Kiralfy | Amusement device |
| 1042066 | 10/1912 | Zsinko | Single track railway |
| 1058466 | 4/1913 | Ray | Aerial amusement apparatus [cable car airplane ride] |
| 1062314 | 5/1913 | Wittich | Amusement device |
| 1064681 | 6/1913 | Cawthon & Thornton | Racing amusement apparatus |
| 1083308 | 1/1914 | Thurston | Amusement apparatus [Waltz Ride] |
| 1086349 | 2/1914 | Carter | Amusement apparatus [rotating car] |
| 1092740 | 4/1914 | Muller | Amusement railway |
| 1093506 | 4/1914 | Wade | Aerial amusement apparatus [captive airplane] |
| 1096119 | 5/1914 | Myers/ Anglo-California | Miniature Panama Canal [passenger conveying system for display] |
| 1099951 | 6/1914 | Thurston | Amusement apparatus [improvement to 1083308] |
| 1099952 | 6/1914 | Thurston | Amusement apparatus |
| 1107115 | 8/1914 | Ryan | Carousel [portable; chain-driven; oval path] |
| 1133623 | 3/1915 | Dreifuss | Amusement apparatus [rotating car] |
| 1141431 | 6/1915 | Steinmann | Flying machine [utility or amusement] |
| 1188116 | 6/1916 | Tittle | Scenic railway and carousel |
| 1195707 | 8/1916 | Miller | Amusement device [racing boat ride] |
| 1306706 | 6/1919 | W. E. Miller/ Gliding Waltz | Amusement device |
| 1329856 | 2/1920 | Roman | Amusement device [suspended cable ride] |
| 1336082 | 4/1920 | Klein | Amusement device |
| 1350873 | 8/1920 | Lombardo | Amusement device [cable-driven] |
| 1351658 | 8/1920 | Johnson | Pleasure railway [powered] |
| 1365984 | 1/1921 | Guild | Amusement device |
| 1367417 | 2/1921 | Moore | Amusement apparatus |
| 1372542 | 3/1921 | Peterson | Amusement device [powered] |
| 1379185 | 5/1921 | Healy | Amusement apparatus |
| 1395657 | 11/1921 | Schmidt | Pleasure railway [third rail] |
| 1397009 | 11/1921 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus [tracked ride with canopy; Rainbow Tunnel (?)] |
| 1398514 | 11/1921 | Healy | Amusement apparatus [oval roundabout with endless chain of cars] |
| 1413891 | 4/1922 | Beech | Traction device [with separate rail to guide elevation of suspended car] |
| 1433135 | 10/1922 | Hoch | Amusement device |
| 1447895 | 3/1923 | Schafer | Amusement device [powered monorail] |
| 1455390 | 5/1923 | Davino & Schoberle | Aerial railway for amusement purposes |
| 1462560 | 7/1923 | Langlume et al | Mechanical racing course |
| 1474335 | 11/1923 | Lalle & Fowler | Amusement apparatus [horse racing ride] |
| 1479753 | 1/1924 | Stafford | Amusement apparatus [racing] |
| 1485839 | 3/1924 | Dye | Scenic railway |
| 1487274 | 3/1924 | Schafer | Amusement device [endless train] |
| 1491238 | 4/1924 | Johnson | Monorail amusement apparatus |
| 1507723 | 9/1924 | Avery | Speedway |
| 1508905 | 9/1924 | Vaszin | Amusement device [Rumpus dark ride] |
| 1527893 | 2/1925 | Mangels | Pleasure railway |
| 1535237 | 4/1925 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus |
| 1546031 | 7/1925 | Schofield | Aquatic amusement device |
| 1555028 | 9/1925 | Roth | Amusement device [third rail] |
| 1558133 | 10/1925 | Whiteley/ Maynes | Amusement device [enclosed by dragon structure] |
| 1571434 | 2/1926 | Ray | Amusement trackway [for standard automobile] |
| 1590934 | 6/1926 | Feltner | Vehicle for amusement parks |
| 1603170 | 10/1926 | Vaszin | Electric locomotive and train |
| 1603254 | 10/1926 | Mangels | Amusement device [umbilicus for powered rail rides: Brownie Coaster] |
| 1628827 | 5/1927 | Custer | Aerial cable transportation means |
| 1636481 | 7/1927 | Newsbaum & Lonn/ International Amusement | Racing amusement device |
| 1670992 | 5/1928 | Schafer | Mountain ride [powered horse ride] |
| 1675165 | 6/1928 | Custer | Automatic starting and stopping device for motor propelled vehicles |
| 1702136 | 2/1929 | Sawers et al | Amusement apparatus [endless train] |
| 1712353 | 5/1929 | Meling | Amusement apparatus |
|
1740496 =RE18544 |
12/1929 7/1932 | Cassidy & Rempfer | Amusement railway [pretzel dark ride] |
| 1741245 | 12/1929 | Maynes | Amusement ride |
| 1745241 | 1/1930 | Bartlett | Amusement device |
| 1748210 | 2/1930 | Custer | Amusement apparatus [powered] |
| 1758123 | 5/1930 | McFalls & Brown | Miniature interurban train |
| 1762507 | 6/1930 | Custer | Aerial amusement device [Zoomer: suspended monorail in form of airplane] |
| 1773636 | 8/1930 | Spillman | Driving mechanism for amusement devices |
| 1775988 | 9/1930 | Custer | Safety retaining means |
| 1781464 | 11/1930 | Johnson | Amusement ride apparatus |
| 1783268 | 12/1930 | Traver | Amusement ride and car therefor [powered] |
| 1785989 | 12/1930 | Traver | Car for amusement rides |
| 1789140 | 1/1931 | Kahl | Amusement car |
| 1815860 | 7/1931 | Mayberry | Amusement ride |
| 1833540 | 11/1931 | Scott & Stoneback/ Humphrey | Amusement device [dark ride] |
| 1838227 | 12/1931 | Kahn | Truck for amusement cars [powered] |
| 1840988 | 1/1932 | Traver | Amusement ride and vehicle therefor [motorized] |
| 1844141 | 2/1932 | Atwater | Amusement device |
| 1885206 | 11/1932 | Kahl | Passenger car for amusement parks |
| 1890137 | 12/1932 | Traver | Amusement railway [powered dark ride] |
| 1906763 | 5/1933 | Maynes | Amusement ride |
| 1916999 | 7/1933 | Traver | Amusement ride and vehicle [Auto Race] |
| 1940233 | 12/1933 | Traver | Amusement ride |
| 1952273 | 3/1934 | Mecchi | Amusement apparatus |
| 1960395 | 5/1934 | Phillips | Amusement device |
| 2081261 | 5/1937 | Bartlett | Amusement device |
| 2090409 | 8/1937 | Vaszin | Amusement device [Rumpus dark ride] |
| 2093795 | 9/1937 | Bartlett | Amusement device [device for stopping powered vehicle] |
| 2095413 | 10/1937 | Harrison | Means for arresting amusement cars |
| 2137839 | 11/1938 | Hanna | Amusement devices |
| 2149823 | 3/1939 | Weeks | Junior speedway |
| 2196093 | 4/1940 | Bartlett | Amusement ride [dark ride] |
| 2217548 | 10/1940 | Hemmingsen | Apparatus of amusement |
| 2429768 | 10/1947 | Pace | Amusement ride [bucking horse ride] |
| 2499470 | 3/1950 | Duncan | Amusement device [spherical vehicle] |
| 2573589 | 10/1951 | Mosca & Mosca | Amusement ride device [truck mounted train] |
| 2585789 | 2/1952 | Keller & Keller | Railway and rolling stock therefor |
| D167589 | 8/1952 | Ruth | Miniature train |
| 2685003 | 7/1954 | Barnes & Bloss | Electrical pickup and guide for amusement apparatus |
| D184522 | 3/1959 | Gurr/ Disney | Miniature passenger-carrying train |
| D187036 | 1/1960 | Coats/ Disney | Amusement ride car |
| D188475 | 7/1960 | Gurr/ Disney | Monorail train |
| 3006286 | 10/1961 | Bacon & Morgan/ Disney | Amusement vehicle apparatus [guide rail system for dark ride] |
| D194613 | 2/1963 | Cirami | Robot amusement ride device |
| 3082699 | 3/1963 | Schmitz | Miniature vehicle and control system therefor [rail-guided car ride] |
| 3085516 | 4/1963 | Cirami | Walking roundabout |
| 3120197 | 2/1964 | Cirami | Trackway and yoke arrangment |
| D207854 | 6/1967 | Churchman & Gibson | Multiple-car unit for an amusement monorail or the like |
| 3355580 | 11/1967 | Wachs/ Coney Island Inc. | Sky ride [decorative lighting for cars] |
| 3377959 | 4/1968 | Hawes | Aerial cable roundabout [improvement in tensioning method] |
| 3403633 | 10/1968 | Schwarzkopf | Amusement ride [Bayern Kurve] |
| D212485 | 10/1968 | Goforth & Goforth | Passenger car for amusement ride [space-capsule themed suspended car] |
| 3412690 | 11/1968 | Broggie & Gurr/ Disney | Passenger moving apparatus |
| 3467026 | 9/1969 | Broggie et al/ Disney | Passenger carrying apparatus |
| 3484104 | 12/1969 | Goforth & Goforth/ Goforth Brothers | Amusement ride device [Flight Thru Space, suspended (chair lift) dark ride] |
| D217268 | 4/1970 | Goforth & Goforth/ Goforth Brothers | Amusement ride building [suspended dark ride] |
| 3507222 | 4/1970 | Cirami | Robot ride |
| 3530800 | 9/1970 | Watkins/ Disney | Self-energizing propulsion unit for driving a vehicle |
| 3554130 | 1/1971 | Broggie & Brundage/ Disney | Amusement ride system [Omnimover] |
| 3596612 | 8/1971 | Sowder | Suspended spheroidal car |
| 3680487 | 8/1972 | Cirami | Walking robot amusement ride |
| D225754 | 1/1973 | Goforth & Goforth | Passenger car for amusement ride [suspended, in form of hot-air balloon] |
| 3782293 | 1/1974 | Donohue et al/ Mini-Motor Speedways | Vehicle-to-track linkage |
| 3793962 | 2/1974 | Sights | Amusement ride |
| 3831526 | 8/1974 | Howells et al | Viaduct for small, powered, passenger vehicles |
| 3847084 | 11/1974 | Fouche | Device for automatically coupling and uncoupling the gondolas of a fun fair ride [for loading] |
| 3873085 | 3/1975 | Nakamura | Spectator-stand with central display section and individually rotatable capsules movable relative to display section |
| 3947741 | 3/1976 | Ball & Cole/ Disney | Boat guidance system |
| 3949679 | 4/1976 | Barber/ Venture | Amusement ride [portable suspended dark ride with battery-powered ride vehicles] |
| 3973746 | 8/1976 | Ball/ Disney | Collision avoidance system |
| 3974778 | 8/1976 | Black et al/ Disney | Speed control system |
| 4029019 | 6/1977 | Watkins/ Disney | Track for vehicles |
| 4050385 | 9/1977 | Gurr & Broggie/ Disney | High capacity passenger transport apparatus [cable] |
| 4304187 | 12/1981 | Becker et al/ Mannesman DeMag | Monorail system |
| 4312276 | 1/1982 | Cory et al/ Disney | Turntable joining tracks with linear induction motor control |
| 4512257 | 4/1985 | Loisel | Carousel and train for amusement parks |
| 4561514 | 12/1985 | Yamada/ Togo | Amusement vehicle |
| 4794865 | 1/1989 | Lindberg/ Disney | Amusement ride vehicle |
| 4920890 | 5/1990 | Barber | Amusement ride |
| 4991514 | 2/1991 | Powell & Trani | Electromagnetically powered drag ride attraction |
| 5016540 | 5/1991 | Barber | Amusement ride |
| 5114154 | 5/1992 | Sellner | Scorable shooting gallery amusement ride with simulated laser weapons at multiple stations |
| 5115744 | 5/1992 | Barber | Extreme "G" accelerator amusement ride |
| 5119734 | 6/1992 | Schwarzkopf | Chassis for rail-bound exhibition vehicles |
| 5121695 | 6/1992 | Feuz | Overhead cableway |
| 5146854 | 9/1992 | Poulos | Suspended personnel carrier with articulated front and rear portions steerable independently of track curvature and telescopic shock absorbing strut for transferring drive force |
| 5215016 | 1/1993 | Futami/ Koyo Engineering | Rail type underwater travel vehicle |
| 5182836 | 2/1993 | Burkat/ Disney | Pressure activated seat belt locking mechanism |
| 5305693 | 4/1994 | Johnson & Mesko/ Disney | System and method for externally controlled spacing of self propelled vehicles along a rail |
| 5349276 | 9/1994 | Mezzatesta & Young/ Disney | Control system for regulating motor speed |
| 5361705 | 11/1994 | Powell | Interactive drag strip amusement ride |
| 5382026 | 1/1995 | Harvard & Brooker/ Hughes Aircraft | Multiple participant moving vehicle shooting gallery |
| 5398952 | 3/1995 | Wagner & Wagner | Liftable amusement ride carrier [portable ride] |
| 5398992 | 3/1995 | Daniels/ Disney | Seat having sound system with acoustic waveguide |
| 5421267 | 6/1995 | Mesko/ Disney | Articulated pinch drive |
| 5443013 | 8/1995 | Menz & Wiegand | Self steering recreational apparatus for trough-shaped railways |
| 5453053 | 9/1995 | Danta et al/ Disney | Amusement ride having spinning passenger cars |
| 5456184 | 10/1995 | Fritz/ Disney | Lateral energy absorbing device for slot guided vehicle |
| 5473990 | 12/1995 | Anderson & Wolf/ Disney | Ride vehicle control system |
| 5522321 | 6/1996 | Mosley & Mosley | Dragster amusement ride with elastic cord propulsion |
| 5527221 | 6/1996 | Brown & Feuer/ Ride & Show Engineering | Amusement ride car system with multiple axis rotation |
|
5551347 =RE35999 |
9/1996 12/1998 | Gutknecht/ Thrilltime | Human amusement ride [Top Eliminator] |
|
5575218 =RE36084 |
11/1996 2/1999 | Gutknecht | Track brake apparatus with sliding shoes and wear plates for preventing excessive movement of the shoes in the direction of vehicle movement [Top Eliminator] |
| 5583844 | 12/1996 | Wolf et al/ Disney | Programming device and method for controlling ride vehicles in an amusement attraction |
| 5586503 | 12/1996 | Rehorn | Passenger restraint system [for aerial chairlift] |
| 5590605 | 1/1997 | Salter et al/ Disney | Conveying device with self steering powered caster |
| 5595121 | 1/1997 | Elliott/ Disney | Amusement ride and self-propelled vehicle therefor |
| 5623878 | 4/1997 | Baxter et al/ Disney | Dynamic ride vehicle |
| 5629595 | 5/1997 | Salter et al/ Disney | Method and apparatus for an amusement ride having an interactive guided vehicle |
| 5685778 | 11/1997 | Sheldon et al/ Universal | Ride attraction having animated figures |
| 5794533 | 8/1998 | Takai/ Disney | Speed control apparatus for waterway traveling vehicle |
| 5884563 | 3/1999 | Sheldon et al/ Universal | Ride attraction system for the physically disabled |
| 5964665 | 10/1999 | Uemura/ Sega | Vehicle playing apparatus [simulation vehicle] |
| 5967051 | 10/1999 | Ragsdale et al/ Thrilltime | Vehicle human amusement ride track with centering arrangement [Top Eliminator] |
| 6024647 | 2/2000 | Bennet et al/ Universal | Amusement ride vehicle with motion controlled seating |
| 6058848 | 5/2000 | Futami & Futami/ Koyo Engineering | Underwater and land travel system [rail-guided] |
| 6060847 | 5/2000 | Hettema et al/ Universal | Interactive amusement ride |
| 6066049 | 5/2000 | Milanian | Re-enactment of a deep-sea voyage to the bottom of the sea |
| 6074306 | 6/2000 | Behringer/ Universal | Amusement park vehicle for the physically disabled |
| 6095926 | 8/2000 | Hettema et al/ Universal | Amusement ride vehicle [ride/simulator] |
| 6105507 | 8/2000 | Jelf et al/ Universal | Ride attraction vehicle bumper system |
| 6122571 | 9/2000 | Gerstner et al/ Disney | Positive-feedback go/no-go communication system |
| 6145442 | 11/2000 | Lofts/ Underwater Mobile Observatories | Submarine amusement ride [tracked] |
| 6149528 | 11/2000 | Volz et al/ Universal | Amusement ride vehicle folding seat [for patron in wheelchair] |
| 6155176 | 12/2000 | Checketts | Racing amusement ride |
| 6220965 | 4/2001 | Hanna et al/ Universal | Amusement system [interactive ride game] |
| 6227120 | 5/2001 | Fritz/ Disney | Simulated dragster ride |
| 6364594 | 4/2002 | Kagan et al/ Universal | Wheelchair transfer device for use in amusement rides |
| 6463859 | 10/2002 | Ikezawa et al/ Namco | Game machine system [target-striking riding game] |
| 6592462 | 7/2003 | Puch |
Compressed fluid propelled amusement racing vehicle capable of moving human occupant driver/rider [drag race simulator] [application 2002/0068643] |
| 6796908 | 9/2004 | Weston/ Creative Kingdoms |
Interactive dark ride [application 2003/0106455] |
| 6910972 | 6/2005 | Norbury |
Real-size simulated pneumatic drag strip ride [application 2003/0140815] |
| 7114451 | 10/2006 | Albrich & Hinteregger/ Innova |
Apparatus for monitoring the locking of the safety bar of a chair in a cableway system [application 2004/0003751] |
| 7373888 | 5/2008 | Namanny et al | Drag race simulator |
| 7685944 | 3/2010 | Kilbert et al/ Disney |
Cable tow whip ride with inside curves [application 2009/0266266] |
| 7685945 | 3/2010 | Norbury |
Dragstrip amusement ride [application 2008/0257196] |
| 7691002 | 4/2010 | Casey et al/ Universal |
Amusement ride vehicle with sensory stimulation effects [application 2008/0070709] |
| 7784405 | 8/2010 | Rose & Crawford/ Disney |
Vehicle transfer during operation of an omnimover ride [application 2009/0269175] |
| 7794330 | 9/2010 | Gordon & Gordon |
Amusement apparatus [MegaWhirl] [application 2009/0124401] |
| 7806054 | 10/2010 | Baker et al/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects [application 2009/0272289] |
| 7837566 | 11/2010 | Smith et al/ Disney |
Passenger restraint system [seatbelt system]
[application 2007/0082747] |
| 7850533 | 12/2010 | Osterman et al/ Universal |
Flame barrier, apparatus and method for entertaining guests [application 2008/0146358] |
| 7854663 | 12/2010 | Burger/ Mack |
Water amusement ride [cable driven] [application 2008/0139328] |
| 7905790 | 3/2011 | Schnuckle/ Disney |
Theme park ride with ride-through screen system [application 2010/0062866] |
| 7921781 | 4/2011 | Baker et al/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects [application 2010/0326313] |
| 7971537 | 7/2011 | Verl & De-Gol |
Amusement ride [application 2009/0084285] |
| 8021236 | 9/2011 | Bloom & Yeh/ Blammo |
Amusement ride system and method [ride with shooting game] [application 2010/0248850] |
| 8025581 | 9/2011 | Bryan et al/ Disney |
Interactive interface mounting assembly for amusement and theme park rides [application 2009/0277295] |
| 8065963 | 11/2011 | Groels/ K. I. G. Heerenveen |
Fairground attraction having people carriers driftingly movable along a track [application 2009/0013896] |
| 8091483 | 1/2012 | Sumner/ Disney | Amusement park ride with underwater-controlled boats |
| 8096890 | 1/2012 | Anderson & Tyndall |
Amusement ride assembly and method [cableway with free-motion component] [application 2006/0252562] |
| 8132513 | 3/2012 | Crawford et al/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with a vehicle drive that decouples upon loss of power [application 2011/0061558] |
| 8137205 | 3/2012 | Cortelyou et al/ Universal |
Motion-based attraction [application 2011/0136581] |
| 8141495 | 3/2012 | Baker et al/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects [application 2011/0088584] |
| 8147344 | 4/2012 | Crawford & Nemeth/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with cable-suspended vehicles [application 2011/0300957] |
| 8166885 | 5/2012 | Kitchen |
Suspended cable amusement ride [application 2011/0132224] |
| 8176853 | 5/2012 | Nemeth & Crawford/ Disney |
Amusement park ride using motion-driven positioning for 360-degree vehicle orientation [application 2011/0067594] |
| 8179337 | 5/2012 | Wilzbach et al/ Disney |
Mobile projected sets [application 2010/0053029] |
| 8282496 | 10/2012 | Gordon & Gordon |
Amusement apparatus [application 2011/0111870] |
| 8371227 | 2/2013 | Nemeth & Crawford/ Disney |
Omnimover ride system with crossing paths [application 2013/0014669] |
| 8376869 | 2/2013 | Bloom & Yeh/ Blammo |
Amusement ride system and method [application 2011/0300958] |
| 8485104 | 7/2013 | Nemeth & Crawford/ Disney |
Amusement park ride system with crossing paths [application 2013/0118370] |
| 8512158 | 8/2013 | Bloom & Yeh/ Blammo |
Amusement ride system and method [application 2013/0143679] |
| 8523692 | 9/2013 | Osterman et al/ Universal |
Flame barrier, apparatus and method for entertaining guests [application 2011/0045302] |
| 8573131 | 11/2013 | Nemeth & Crawford/ Disney |
Amusement park ride using motion-driven positioning for 360-degree vehicle orientation [application 2012/0137920] |
| 8578857 | 11/2013 | Crawford et al/ Disney |
Amusement park ride with passenger loading separated from vehicle insertion into simulators [application 2013/0145953] |
| 8641540 | 2/2014 | Feuer & Sellers |
Inverted simulation attraction [application 2013/0017893] |
| 8858351 | 10/2014 | Crawford/ Disney |
Operating show or ride elements in response to visual object recognition and tracking [application 2009/0298603] |
| 8960097 | 2/2015 | Fritsche/ Disney |
Dynamic loading system for a ride vehicle [application 2010/0078291] |
| 9014965 | 4/2015 | King & Long/ General Electric |
Virtual omnimover [ride control system with distributed (on-vehicle) processing] [application 2009/0063036] |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/0266540 | 12/2004 | Norbury | Real-size simulated pneumatic drag strip ride |
| 2006/0135271 | 6/2006 | Casey et al/ General Electric | Amusement ride vehicle with sensory stimulation effects |
| 2006/0293110 | 12/2006 | Mendelsohn/ Disney | Amusement ride and video game [interactive ride] |
| 2007/0093305 | 4/2007 | Lauren et al/ General Electric | High-speed, punch-through waterfall effect |
| 2009/0234666 | 9/2009 | Crawford et al/ Disney | Method and system for providing interactivity based on sensor measurements [mentions both ride and non-ride implementations] |
| 2010/0130296 | 5/2010 | Ackley et al/ Disney | System and method for providing an augmented reality experience |
| 2010/0144413 | 6/2010 | Purvis & Ackley/ Disney | System and method for providing a real-time interactive surface |
| 2010/0167828 | 7/2010 | Zambelli & Zamperla | Seat for amusement apparatus [Disk'O] |
| 2010/0168940 | 7/2010 | King/ Universal | Position control system |
| 2014/0277849 | 9/2014 | Grant & Boshears/ Oceaneering International | Trackless vehicle and system for synchronous control of trackless vehicle |
| 2015/0190726 | 7/2015 | Frolov | Interactive amusement attraction |
| 2015/0210294 | 7/2015 | Nemeth et al/ Disney | Method and system for using dynamic boundaries to manage the progression of ride vehicles that have rider control inputs |
| 2015/0210301 | 7/2015 | King & Long/ Universal | Virtual Omnimover |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 559298 | 4/1896 | Martin | Elevated track cycle |
| 566926 | 9/1896 | McKay & McKay | Bicycle railway |
| 567486 | 9/1896 | Mangels | Bicycle railway |
| 596895 | 1/1898 | Martin | Elevated cycle railway [suspended below rail] |
| 720837 | 2/1903 | Needham | Aerial device |
| 732430 | 6/1903 | Needham | Amusement device |
| 793192 | 6/1905 | Harrison | Rocking horse |
| 1062899 | 5/1913 | Eby | Amusement device |
| 1068353 | 7/1913 | Mallory | Swing |
| 1079933 | 12/1913 | Culp | Swing |
| 1112216 | 9/1914 | Kelker | Amusement device |
| 1122238 | 12/1914 | Green | Traveling hobby horse |
| 1137604 | 4/1915 | Green | Traveling hobby horse |
| 1145326 | 7/1915 | Lott | Amusement device |
| 1155381 | 10/1915 | Sziklai | Rowing craft intended for an amusement device |
| 1693798 | 12/1928 | Schmid | Amusement device |
| 1955667 | 4/1934 | Blue | Amusement apparatus [Hodges hand car] |
| D161308 | 12/1950 | Blue & Hodges | Amusement car |
| D162092 | 2/1951 | Sneed | Child's vehicle [Hampton Hand Car] |
| 4928601 | 5/1990 | Harder & Spector | Bike monorail system |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 817381 | 4/1906 | Matson | Amusement apparatus [Drop the Drops] |
| 857338 | 6/1907 | Fitch | Amusement apparatus [parachute jump ride] |
| 897121 | 8/1908 | Matson | Amusement apparatus [improvement to 817381] |
| 979681 | 12/1910 | Mauch | Fluid jet float |
| 1665981 | 4/1928 | Ridgway | Amusement apparatus [Giant Aerial Drop] |
| 2111303 | 3/1938 | Switlik /Strong | Parachute device |
| 2121413 | 6/1938 | Strong | Automatic releasing device [for parachute canopy] |
| 2132908 | 10/1938 | Strong | Parachute training device |
| 2153011 | 4/1939 | Switlik | Amusement device [parachute ride] |
| 2158731 | 5/1939 | Schmidt | Parachute braking means |
| 2183594 | 12/1939 | Strong | Parachute training and amusement device |
| 2221215 | 11/1940 | Eyerly | Amusement device [vertical drop] |
| 2229201 | 1/1941 | Williford & Partee | Amusement apparatus [elevator drop ride] |
| 2264919 | 12/1941 | Strong | Parachute drop amusement device |
| 2264920 | 12/1941 | Strong | Parachute drop safety device |
| 2311171 | 2/1943 | Hawthorne | Captive parachute device |
| 2357293 | 9/1944 | Strong | Suspension means for parachute carriers |
| 2374627 | 4/1945 | Strong | Parachute canopy |
| 3701528 | 10/1972 | Ryan | Method for simulating the reduction of gravity |
| 3885503 | 5/1975 | Barber | Amusement ride [portable freefall] |
| 5046719 | 9/1991 | Comstock & Rodrigue | Portable parachute amusement ride [Ripcord] |
| 5417615 | 5/1995 | Beard | Air driven amusement ride |
| 5597358 | 1/1997 | Marcu | Free fall system |
| 5628690 | 5/1997 | Spieldiener et al | Amusement ride with at least one longitudinal guide with a passenger vehicle capable of changes in height |
| 5632686 | 5/1997 | Checketts | Pneumatic device for accelerating and decelerating objects [Space Shot] |
| 5704841 | 1/1998 | Checketts | Device for accelerating and decelerating objects [Turbo Drop] |
| 5893802 | 4/1999 | Böhme/ Huss | Amusement ride system with passenger units being movable up and down |
| 6001022 | 12/1999 | Spieldiener et al | Amusement facility |
| 6083111 | 7/2000 | Moser et al | Method and apparatus for a tilting free-fall and accelerating amusement ride |
| 6126550 | 10/2000 | Moser et al | Method and apparatus for a tilting free-fall amusement ride |
| 6315674 | 11/2001 | Slade et al/ Interactive Rides | Amusement ride for vertical movement of passengers |
| 6342017 | 1/2002 | Kockelman/ Gravity Works | Amusement ride with enhanced ride control |
| 6592463 | 7/2003 | Gnezdilov | Sideshow attraction |
| 8690694 | 4/2014 | Barber |
Free fall amusement ride [application 2013/0130817] |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/0200087 | 7/2014 | Vatcher et al/ Dynamic Motion | Amusement park elevator drop ride system and associated methods |
| 2015/0141161 | 5/2015 | Alfieri & Spieldiener/ Raven Sun Creative | Tower ride [synchronized with visuals] |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 483894 | 10/1892 | Brook | Elevator [revolves during ascent] |
| 525031 | 8/1894 | Smith | Observation tower |
| 548122 | 10/1895 | Guerra | Observation tower with rotating car |
| 611682 | 10/1898 | Engel | Combined roundabout and elevator |
| 639189 | 12/1899 | van der Cruyssen | Telescopic tower |
| 657034 | 8/1900 | Shuart | Revolving ascending and descending observatory platform |
| 685620 | 10/1901 | Limbach | Observation platform |
| 703146 | 6/1902 | McAnulty | Observation tower |
| 750140 | 1/1904 | Welsh | Aerial whirling tower |
|
750717 =RE12377 |
1/1904 8/1905 | Snyder | Rotary pleasure tower |
| 758834 | 5/1904 | Graydon | Tower for recreation or other purposes [with helical powered transport mechanism] |
| 775235 | 11/1904 | Carr | Passenger drop |
| 799986 | 9/1905 | Jones | Pleasure wheel [observation tower] |
| 802198 | 10/1905 | Corley | Open air amusement device [rotating observation tower] |
| 813549 | 2/1906 | Friede/ Revolving Air Ship Tower | Revolving air-ship tower |
| 832800 | 10/1906 | Mercer/ Southern Novelty & Amusement | Amusement device [observation tower] |
| 840790 | 1/1907 | Mitcheson | Merry-go-round |
| 887652 | 5/1908 | Kiralfy | Device for conveying or affording amusement [observation towers] |
| 921153 | 5/1909 | Patterson | Carousel |
| 950348 | 2/1910 | Ross & Holton | Amusement device [revolving elevator] |
| 989821 | 4/1911 | Stoetzel | Pneumatic observation tower |
| 1034864 | 8/1912 | Best & Dean | Amusement apparatus [observation tower with spiral track] |
| 1128466 | 2/1915 | Levi & Sultzer | Amusement device [observation tower] |
| 1207914 | 12/1916 | Hazen/ Kerr | Amusement apparatus [rotating elevator] |
| 1470935 | 10/1923 | Rush | Observation, amusement and utility tower [with spiral railway] |
| 1533914 | 4/1925 | Hutchins | Amusement device [rotating and elevating] |
| 1750857 | 3/1930 | Patterson/ MacMeekin | Amusement tower |
| 1800836 | 4/1931 | Keddy | Roundabout |
| 2102522 | 4/1937 | Eichelgrün | Lattice tower with lift for people in parks exhibitions and the like |
| 2128492 | 8/1938 | Mena | Observation tower [with endless chain of cars on helical track] |
| 3125189 | 3/1964 | Graham | Restaurant with rotating floor [Space Needle] |
| 3156017 | 11/1964 | Faerber | Building with rotatable observation structure |
| 3246431 | 4/1966 | Faerber | Building with rotatable observation structure |
| 3633904 | 1/1972 | Masayoshi/ Sanseiyushoki | Rotary elevator observation tower |
| 5564983 | 10/1996 | Larson | Tower ride |
| 5957778 | 9/1999 | Larson | Tower ride |
| 5957779 | 9/1999 | Larson | Tower |
| 8696479 | 4/2014 | Marks & Barfield |
Observation tower [application 2008/0185224] |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/0174854 | 6/2014 | Giacomoni & Gobbi/ Aerogroupe | Platform assembly mobile within a cylindrical structure |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 512326 | 1/1894 | Richards | Reversible toboggan slide [see-saw] |
| 643996 | 2/1900 | Anderson | Pleasure railway [screw] |
| 736225 | 8/1903 | Dameron | Revolving circular track |
| 740685 | 10/1903 | Needham | Amusement device [see-saw] |
| 791315 | 5/1905 | Bragg | Pleasure railway [see-saw] |
| 803473 | 10/1905 | Dameron | Pleasure railway or chute [archimedes screw] |
| 820346 | 5/1906 | Bunnell | Amusement apparatus |
| 838594 | 12/1906 | Trust | Means for elevating cars, &c. [archimedes screw] |
| 844720 | 2/1907 | Fleming | Amusement apparatus [archimedes screw] |
| 870378 | 11/1907 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus [train on tilting track] |
| 871777 | 11/1907 | Browne | amusement device [archimedes screw] |
| 897710 | 9/1908 | Braen & Braen | Amusement apparatus |
| 913243 | 2/1909 | Sonntag | Amusement apparatus [Mystic Screw] |
| 992731 | 5/1911 | Barrie | Amusement appliance [car on see-saw] |
| 1000306 | 8/1911 | Stott | Endless pleasure railway [rotating track] |
| 1085902 | 2/1914 | Glynn | Gravity railway |
| 1150246 | 8/1915 | Bramkamp | Roundabout |
| 1186966 | 6/1916 | Bramkamp | Roundabout [double archimedes screw][Top coaster/Spiral Wheel] |
| 1454273 | 5/1923 | Fisher | Amusement device [tilting track] |
| 1517589 | 12/1924 | Scott/ Humphrey | Amusement apparatus |
| 1546375 | 7/1925 | Geiser | Public amusement device [rocking track: Teeter Coaster] |
| 1564952 | 12/1925 | Fisher | Rotary amusement device [rotating track] |
| 1730265 | 10/1929 | Bulmer | Amusement device |
| 1751096 | 3/1930 | Morris | Coasting apparatus [car on gyrating zig-zag track] |
| 2458150 | 1/1949 | D'Errico | Roundabout [rotating track] |
| 3635185 | 1/1972 | Kojima/ Sanselyusoki | Rotary driving amusement equipment |
| 6862997 | 3/2005 | Bussink |
Amusement device and method for using an amusement device [application 2003/0217667] |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 331419 | 12/1885 | Marzari | Game apparatus [rotating platform] |
| 694447 | 3/1902 | van Kannel | Amusement or illusion apparatus |
| 871744 | 11/1907 | van Kannel | Amusement apparatus [improvement to 694447; Witching Waves] |
| 895951 | 8/1908 | Bradwell | Amusement device [Scrambler] |
| 923489 | 6/1909 | Chance | Amusement apparatus [tilting platform] |
| 929753 | 8/1909 | Collis | Amusement apparatus [belt-driven surfaces] |
| 937531 | 10/1909 | Jones | Driving mechanism for roundabouts |
| 942759 | 12/1909 | Taylor | Apparatus for the amusement of the public [tilting track] |
| 953724 | 4/1910 | van Kannel | Amusement apparatus with undulating floor [improved Witching Waves] |
| 999902 | 8/1911 | Storm | Floor and car for amusement purposes |
| 1272488 | 7/1918 | Manzer | Amusement device [rotating surface] |
| 1279911 | 9/1918 | Ridgway | Amusement device [rotating saucer; Whirlpool] |
| 1328166 | 1/1920 | Kohler/ United Mines | Amusement device (skating car) |
| 1341219 | 5/1920 | Ridgway | Amusement apparatus [improvement to 1279911] |
| 1341220 | 5/1920 | Ridgway | Amusement apparatus [improvement to 1279911] |
| 1350176 | 8/1920 | Pinto | Amusement device |
| 1353918 | 9/1920 | Lauster/ Maynes | Speedway amusement device |
| 1353929 | 9/1929 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus [boosting means] |
| 1362885 | 12/1920 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus |
| 1362886 | 12/1920 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus |
| 1363352 | 12/1920 | Ridgway | Amusement device |
| 1409071 | 3/1922 | Veaux & Chakiris | Amusement device [tilting bowl] |
| 1417570 | 5/1922 | Ridgway | Amusement device |
| 1421960 | 7/1922 | Krahe | Amusement apparatus [rotating disks] |
| 1422764 | 7/1922 | Irsch | amusement ride |
| 1466963 | 8/1923 | Ridgway | Amusement device [rotating dish] |
| 1491307 | 4/1924 | Lane & Hamilton | Amusement apparatus |
| 1499672 | 7/1924 | Lezert | Amusement device [concentric rotating rings] |
| 1577689 | 3/1926 | Capitelli | Apparatus for amusement purposes |
| 1583753 | 5/1926 | Goodfellow | Amusement device [multiple rotating turntables] |
| 1672958 | 6/1928 | Spillman | Amusement device |
| 1738355 | 12/1929 | Cappabianco | Amusement device |
| 2058279 | 10/1936 | Watkins | Amusement device |
| 2124939 | 7/1938 | Zebulske | Amusement device [car in labyrinth] |
| 2286454 | 6/1942 | Bartlett | Automobile amusement apparatus |
| 2806697 | 9/1957 | Huhn et al | Free carriage roundabout [rocking bowl] |
| 3451673 | 6/1969 | Matson | Floatingly supported undulating platform |
| 4971314 | 11/1990 | Barber | Rotating disc amusement ride |
| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 421887 | 2/1890 | Adair | Electrically propelled vehicle |
| 978884 | 12/1910 | Hertzberg & Wohl | Amusement device |
| 1242865 | 10/1917 | Riehl | Amusement apparatus |
| 1339299 | 5/1920 | Stock | Amusement device |
| 1373108 | 3/1921 | Stoehrer & Stoehrer/ Stoehrer & Pratt Dodgen [sic] | Amusement apparatus |
| D58115 | 6/1921 | Stock | Amusement car [circular] |
| 1404168 | 1/1922 | Stock & Smoot | Trolley system |
| 1419775 | 6/1922 | Stock | Bumper |
| 1420065 | 6/1922 | Stillman | Buffer for amusement cars |
| 1431564 | 10/1922 | Brilstra | Amusement ride |
| 1467456 | 9/1923 | Silvius | Revoluble buffer |
| 1467959 | 9/1923 | Stoehrer & Stoehrer/ Stoehrer & Pratt Dodgem | Amusement device |
| 1478979 | 12/1923 | Stoehrer & Stoehrer/ Stoehrer & Pratt Dodgen [sic] | Amusement apparatus |
| 1534285 | 4/1925 | Riehl | Amusement apparatus |
| 1534978 | 4/1925 | De Waltoff & McDaniel/ Shimmie Auto | Amusement apparatus |
| 1535040 | 4/1925 | Riehl | Amusement apparatus |
| 1543462 | 6/1925 | Vaszin | Amusement device |
| D70698 | 7/1926 | Lusse & Lusse | Amusement car |
| 1645437 | 10/1927 | Lusse & Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Current collector |
| 1651377 | 12/1927 | Custer | Coin controlled lock for electric switches of motor vehicles |
| 1652840 | 12/1927 | Stoehrer/ Stoehrer & Pratt Dodgem | Amusement device |
| 1664437 | 4/1928 | Vaszin | Vehicle |
| 1665103 | 4/1928 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Vehicle controlling apparatus |
| 1668249 | 5/1928 | Rich | Automobile riding amusement device |
| 1669104 | 5/1928 | Stock | Amusement device |
| D75802 | 7/1928 | Lusse & Lusse | Amusement car |
| 1685577 | 9/1928 | Vaszin/ Dayton Funhouse | Amusement device [device to make it difficult for bumper car to enter passageway] |
| 1692095 | 11/1928 | Scott | Buffer or bumper for amusement vehicles or cars |
| 1700640 | 1/1929 | Mangels | Amusement apparatus [Coney Cars (?)] |
| 1703360 | 2/1929 | Phillips & Phillips | Amusement car |
| 1706162 | 3/1929 | Howarth & Goldsmith/ Automotive Standards | Amusement motor vehicle |
| 1747122 | 2/1930 | Lusse | Motor vehicle |
| 1754112 | 4/1930 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Amusement-car construction |
| 1754172 | 4/1930 | Lusse | Amusement car |
| 1758799 | 5/1930 | Lusse | Amusement vehicle |
| 1770124 | 7/1930 | Beaudette | Amusement arena |
| 1772220 | 8/1930 | Markey/ Dodgem | Amusement device |
| D82733 | 12/1930 | Cushner | Car for amusement devices [in form of nanny with baby carriage] |
| 1798023 | 3/1931 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Amusement car |
| 1804075 | 5/1931 | Andre & Davis | Aquatic amusement apparatus |
| 1818899 | 8/1931 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Amusement car apparatus |
| 1823617 | 9/1931 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Bumper construction |
| 1833844 | 11/1931 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Amusement vehicle |
| 1839981 | 1/1932 | Markey/ Dodgem | Amusement device |
| 1853738 | 4/1932 | Markey/ Dodgem | Steering wheel drive mechanism for amusement cars |
| 1885643 | 11/1932 | Thoerig & Jetilek | Mechanical contrivance for popular amusement |
| 1888005 | 11/1932 | Markey & Stanton/ Dodgem | Amusement apparatus |
| 1980867 | 11/1934 | Lusse/ Lusse Brothers | Amusement car [front-steering bumper car] |
| 1982391 | 11/1934 | Markey/ Dodgem | Amusement device |
| 2005400 | 6/1935 | Stoehrer & Markey/ Dodgem | Amusement apparatus |
| 2021074 | 11/1935 | Maynes | Amusement device [portable pool for amusement boats] |
| 2058383 | 10/1936 | Maynes | Aquatic amusement device [bumper boat] |
| 2165743 | 7/1939 | Bland | Amusement device |
| 2299760 | 10/1942 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus |
| 2343313 | 3/1944 | Maynes | Aquatic amusement apparatus |
| 2395678 | 2/1946 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus [bumper boat, improvement to 2343313] |
| 2603301 | 7/1952 | Sipior & Sipior | Motor propelled amusement device [tilting bumper car] |
| D192932 | 5/1962 | Gurr | Amusement car [Flying Saucer] |
| 3251595 | 5/1966 | Morgan & Bacon/ Disney | Air car and supporting apparatus [Flying Saucer] |
| 3410223 | 11/1968 | Miller | Race track with cooperating race car retaining means |
| D219157 | 11/1970 | Barnes & Barnes | Intentional-impact rebounding amusement vehicle |
| 3841223 | 10/1974 | Bertin | Tracks along which ground-effect machines in particular travel |
| 3885502 | 5/1975 | Sarno et al | Entertainment vehicle ride |
| 3978934 | 9/1976 | Schneidinger et al | Amusement ride power |
| D250550 | 9/1976 | Reverchon | Amusement bumper car |
| 4193470 | 3/1980 | Logan | Fluid propelled vehicular system |
| 4217975 | 8/1980 | Barth | Current collector for amusement park bumper cars |
| 4257726 | 3/1981 | Reverchon & Reverchon | Apparatus for storing and emplacing floor plates, particularly for amusement rides |
| 4324301 | 4/1982 | Eyerly | Bumper car amusement ride |
| D267185 | 12/1982 | Reverchon | Amusement bumper car |
| 4522390 | 6/1985 | Kudler/ Majestic | Bumper car ride |
| 4811530 | 3/1989 | Eyerly/ J V Industries | Portable platform [as for bumper car arena] |
| 4838592 | 6/1989 | Sobodos & Chalmers/ Agajanian | Impact-absorbing amusement vehicle |
| 4843969 | 7/1989 | Chaffee & Morse | Multi-plenum air float for load transportation and amusement ride system |
| 4898382 | 2/1990 | Lamanna | Amusement vehicle game |
| 4966391 | 10/1990 | Sobodos & Chalmers/ Agajanian | Impact-absorbing amusement vehicle |
| 4991835 | 2/1991 | Lamanna/ Bompo | Amusement vehicle game |
| 5061211 | 10/1991 | Barber | Amphibian air car |
| 5100155 | 3/1992 | Lamanna/ Bompo | Amusement vehicle game |
| 5232154 | 8/1993 | Jenkins & Gentry | Children's ride-on track |
| 5238265 | 8/1993 | Duce/ Duce International | Adjustable restrainer for use with lap bar assemblies of amusement rides |
| 5251910 | 10/1993 | Lamanna/ Bompo | Amusement vehicle game |
| 5484030 | 1/1996 | Glenn | Independently powdered bumper cart |
| 5516169 | 5/1996 | Falk & Sweringen | Bumper attachment means for an amusement ride vehicle |
| 5577736 | 11/1996 | Arabo | Entertainment game utilizing electrically powered cars |
| 5775455 | 7/1998 | Cho | Steering mechanism for electric vehicles with an off-center mounted drive wheel |
| 5997017 | 12/1999 | Tilley | Human-powered bumper car |
| 6581350 | 6/2003 | Dean/ Ride Development Co. |
Floor construction for an amusement ride [modular, for floor-pickup bumper cars] [application 2002/0124512] |
| 7607500 | 10/2009 | Sweringen et al |
Internally electrically powered bumper cars comprising multiple drive wheels and integral hub motors [application 2007/0209851] |
| 8057316 | 11/2011 | Legary & Legary |
Bumper boat amusement attractions, methods and systems and water effect device usable in same [application 2011/0111871] |
| 8210955 | 7/2012 | Yule/ StarFlight |
Amusement ride system [application 2010/0173717] |
| 8863872 | 10/2014 | Gorgas et al/ Ride Development |
Electrically powered bumper cars comprising multiple drive wheels and integral hub motors [application 2010/0147609] |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002/0062605 | 5/2002 | Matthews | Portable decking for vehicles |
| 2005/0288111 | 12/2005 | Cowan & Morse | Motorized amusement ride apparatus and method |
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| 567581 | 9/1896 | Cronin | Cycloidal chariot |
| 597276 | 1/1898 | Evans | Cycloidal chariot |
| 599420 | 2/1898 | Gordon | Amusement device |
| 618591 | 1/1899 | Vietor | Means for locomotion |
| 632597 | 8/1899 | Tilyou & Lacomme | Amusement device |
| 634577 | 10/1899 | Hurlburt | Revolving elevator or derrick crane |
| 663004 | 12/1900 | Bellamy | Aerial recreation apparatus, &c. |
| 663525 | 12/1900 | Welsh/ Crawley Scenic and Pleasure Railway Company | Elevated single rail railway |
| 670371 | 3/1901 | Hosea/ Crawley Scenic and Pleasure Railway Company | Running gear for single rail railways |
| 679676 | 7/1901 | Hosea/ Crawley Scenic and Pleasure Railway Company | Brake for single-track railways |
| 691719 | 1/1902 | Greth | Balloon observatory [captive balloon] |
| 708834 | 9/1902 | Schofield | Amusement or roundabout apparatus |
| 710447 | 10/1902 | Funk | Car for pleasure railroads |
| 717457 | 12/1902 | Schofield | Amusement apparatus |
| 717798 | 1/1903 | Beerwald | Amusement apparatus [powered horse race ride] |
| 723074 | 3/1903 | Thompson | Pleasure vehicle |
| 730956 | 6/1903 | Needham | Aerial device |
| 745159 | 11/1903 | Cronin | Cycloidal chariot |
| 773613 | 11/1904 | Walsh | Pleasure car [eccentric axles] |
| 780871 | 1/1905 | DeFrance & Garrison | Swing [traveling along rail] |
| 793114 | 6/1905 | Walsh | Pleasure car |
| 794511 | 7/1905 | Knapp | Amusement device [rocking car] |
| 799976 | 9/1905 | Debattista | Amusement device [rocking car] |
| 810303 | 1/1906 | Ravel & Ravel | Somersaulting vehicle |
| 812996 | 2/1906 | Hill | Giant swing |
| 815211 | 3/1906 | Pattee & Duenkel | Amusement vehicle [sphere on truck] |
| 819317 | 5/1906 | Shrewsbury | Submarine observation tower |
| 820453 | 5/1906 | Walsh | Pleasure car |
| 821138 | 5/1906 | Tidd | Merry-go-round museum |
| D38171 | 8/1906 | Pattee | Body of cars or floats [for Love's Journey] |
| 828921 | 8/1906 | Buchanan | Pleasure railway |
| 829256 | 8/1906 | Browne | Pleasure railway [cycloidal chariot] |
| 836260 | 11/1906 | Hyde | Amusement apparatus |
| 838074 | 11/1906 | Bragg/ Whirlfly | Pleasure railway [cycloidal chariot] |
| 860143 | 7/1907 | Mega | Pleasure railway |
| 862798 | 8/1907 | Bragg | Pleasure railway [cycloidal chariot] |
| 863563 | 8/1907 | Walther | Recreation Vehicle |
| 867506 | 10/1907 | Hermann | Amusement apparatus [somersaulting car] |
| 871294 | 11/1907 | Potts | Vehicle for recreation or amusement |
| 876841 | 1/1908 | Ritch | Observation swing [traveling cycloid] |
| 876976 | 1/1908 | Lacomme | Mount for amusement race tracks |
| 880673 | 3/1908 | Lacomme | Amusement apparatus |
| 887082 | 5/1908 | Fraser | Amusement device |
| 889472 | 6/1908 | Malsin | Amusement apparatus [wheel lift] |
| 892215 | 6/1908 | Biavati | Car release |
| 893135 | 7/1908 | Bragg | Pleasure railway [anti-rollback for cycloidal chariot] |
| 902073 | 10/1908 | Gueritey | Amusement apparatus [auto race ride] |
| 903211 | 11/1908 | Marrder | Amusement apparatus |
| 905391 | 12/1908 | Walsh | Pleasure car |
| 908095 | 12/1908 | Hassan | Diving bell [with glass sides] |
| 916590 | 3/1909 | Potts | Amusement apparatus |
| 944407 | 12/1909 | Beebe | Amusement device |
| 975984 | 11/1910 | Nemsey | Amusement device |
| 976413 | 11/1910 | Washburne | Vehicle [eccentric axles] |
| 978263 | 12/1910 | Anderson & Brockway/ Cleveland Aeroplane Company | Amusement apparatus or aviator instructor |
| 985880 | 3/1911 | Badisco | Amusement device [car swing; ride or exhibition] |
| 1034922 | 8/1912 | Molinares | Amusement device |
| 1039545 | 9/1912 | Knight | Observation tower |
| 1043846 | 11/1912 | Kiralfy | Amusement or transporting device [swinging transfers] |
| 1054776 | 3/1913 | Hyer | Amusement device |
| 1084390 | 1/1914 | Bosworth | Amusement device [tracked swing] |
| 1165898 | 12/1915 | Peck | Horse ride amusement device |
| 1197085 | 9/1916 | Waters | Amusement device [multiple motorized hobby-horses] |
| 1370385 | 3/1921 | Unger | Amusement device [racing hobby horse] |
| 1380893 | 6/1921 | Gebert | Amusement device [vehicle propelled by teeter-totter] |
| 1409357 | 3/1922 | Benson | Amusement device [bucking car] |
| 1422032 | 7/1922 | Chapman | Amusement device [gravity, on movable cable, in form of airplane] |
| 1450669 | 4/1923 | Lalle & Fowler | Amusement apparatus |
| 1561071 | 11/1925 | Glass | Amusement device |
| 1566097 | 12/1925 | Johnson | Amusement vehicle |
| 1614051 | 1/1927 | Tottereau | Car for roundabouts |
| 1674734 | 6/1928 | Maynes | Knockdown support [for portable amusement rides] |
| D76458 | 10/1928 | Cannon | Amusement house [arctic scene] |
| 1709373 | 4/1929 | Pulsifer | Amusement device [indoor sailboat course] |
| 1767496 | 6/1930 | Wilson | Play airway for amusement purposes |
| 1785363 | 12/1930 | Rocks | Auto thriller and amusement apparatus [track for automobile] |
| 1795228 | 3/1931 | Missillier | Flexible roadway |
| 1811758 | 6/1931 | Meehan | Amusement device [Waltzer] |
| 1927938 | 6/1933 | Huffman | Aircraft training device |
| 1991011 | 2/1935 | Carniol | Amusement device representing a bucking bronco |
| 2016476 | 10/1935 | Bartlett | Amusement ride [airplane banking illusion] |
| 2109041 | 2/1938 | Bartlett | Amusement apparatus [rotating bowl track] |
| 2173703 | 9/1939 | Witt/ Atlas Appliance | Amusement ride [Boomerang] |
| 2190330 | 2/1940 | Martine | Submersible chamber [diving bell ride] |
| 2196274 | 4/1940 | Ridyard | Amusement device |
| 2236826 | 4/1941 | Maynes | Knockdown support [for portable amusement rides] |
| 2315760 | 4/1943 | Zebulske/ Maynes | Connecting means [for portable rides] |
| 2479217 | 8/1949 | Diamond | Diving bell [portable] |
| 2576852 | 11/1951 | Nicholson | Amusement device |
| 2882089 | 4/1959 | Vaszin | Amusement locomotive [trackless train] |
| D186524 | 11/1959 | Bowers | Amusement ride [Satellite Globe??] |
| D189582 | 1/1961 | Gurr/ Disney | Amusement ride car [in form of car] |
| 3134453 | 5/1964 | Cirami | Walking-figure amusement land vehicle [trackless] |
| D200110 | 1/1965 | Bradley | Amusement vehicle [locomotive-style] |
| D207648 | 5/1967 | Winton | Passenger vehicle for amusement devices [in form of jet] |
| 3344614 | 10/1967 | Byck | Underwater observation bell chamber |
| D212766 | 11/1968 | Gurr/ Disney | Amusement ride car [pod for Omnimover?] |
| 3452681 | 7/1969 | Maroon | Amusement ride [railed surfboard simulator] |
| D215313 | 9/1969 | Gurr/ Disney | Amusement ride auto |
| 3477234 | 11/1969 | Aquino | Submergible housing device |
| 3641776 | 2/1972 | Diamond | Diving bell invention [with transportable counterweight] |
| 3894747 | 7/1975 | Wisdom & Wisdom | Method and apparatus for lowering a trailer to the ground |
| D238888 | 2/1976 | Bradley | Amusement ride vehicle [in form of biplane] |
| 4047699 | 9/1977 | Wisdom | Apparatus for lowering a trailer to the ground |
| D255138 | 5/1980 | Sermersheim/ Geronimo Trooper | Jump tower for amusement ride |
| 4329809 | 5/1982 | Reece | Bucking amusement apparatus |
| 4431182 | 2/1984 | Reynolds | Human free-flight amusement devices |
| D277975 | 3/1985 | Sassak | Amusement ride |
| D278177 | 3/1985 | Thornalley/ Fibrecast | Passenger seat for an amusement ride |
| D278269 | 4/1985 | Thornalley/ Fibrecast | Passenger seat for an amusement ride |
| 4535983 | 8/1985 | De La Concha Caceres/ Free Motions | Recreational device for producing the thrill of a free fall [using elastic bands] |
| 4545574 | 10/1985 | Sassak | Fluid suspended passenger carrying spherical body having universal attitude control |
| D281617 | 12/1985 | Thornalley/ Fibrecast | Passenger seat for an amusement ride |
| 4564208 | 1/1986 | Kudler/ Majestic Rides | Trailer stabilizer |
| D285594 | 9/1986 | Sassak | Space amusement ride |
| D285957 | 9/1986 | Thornalley/ Fibrecast | Passenger seat for an amusement ride |
| D298159 | 10/1988 | Sellner/ Sellner Productions | Amusement ride seat |
| D298344 | 11/1988 | Sellner/ Sellner Productions | Gun for an amusement ride |
| D303279 | 9/1989 | Sellner/ Sellner Productions | Player restraint and gun mount for amusement ride |
| 4953849 | 9/1990 | Reed | Riding capsule device with control mechanism |
| 4973042 | 11/1990 | Klopf & Klopf | Tower amusement ride |
| 5062624 | 11/1991 | Reed | Riding capsule device |
| D327936 | 7/1992 | House & House | Amusement ride [Hi Roller] |
| 5149304 | 9/1992 | Purser | Arrangement including a moveable tower [buoyant tower ride] |
| D343822 | 2/1994 | Hurd et al | Tourist type submarine |
| D345396 | 3/1994 | Delaney/ Disney | Amusement space vehicle |
| D346195 | 3/1994 | Delaney/ Disney | Amusement ride car |
| D348085 | 6/1994 | Ballew & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D348288 | 6/1994 | Ballew & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D348289 | 6/1994 | Ballew & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D348299 | 6/1994 | Mirabella et al/ Disney | Amusement trolley |
| D351130 | 10/1994 | Delaney/ Disney | Amusement airship |
| D352085 | 11/1994 | Ballew & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D352335 | 11/1994 | Vignali & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement vehicle |
| D352541 | 11/1994 | Shull & Lanzisero/ Disney | Amusement character boat |
| 5391115 | 2/1995 | Bessey | Low gravity jumping apparatus |
| D356619 | 3/1995 | Shull et al/ Disney | Amusement ride car |
| 5403238 | 4/1995 | Baxter et al/ Disney | Amusement park attraction |
| 5449130 | 9/1995 | Huntington | Hot air balloon amusement ride [tethered balloon] |
| 5452774 | 9/1995 | Davis & McGinnis | Endless roller chain drive with interlocking traction rail |
| D378606 | 3/1997 | Tamagnini/ Zamperla | Helicopter ride |
| 5658200 | 8/1997 | Ellis | Event horizon |
| 5782699 | 7/1998 | Harrap | Steerable swinging device [Fly by Wire ride] |
| D395929 | 7/1998 | Boifava/ Zamperla | Amusement ride car |
| 5853331 | 12/1998 | Ishikawa & Merrell/ Bungee Japan | Amusement ride [Mad Rider: tethered ski jump vehicle] |
| D407786 | 4/1999 | Romanaldi/ Zamperla | Amusement car ride race track |
| 5927444 | 7/1999 | Checketts | Brake for a track-operated vehicle |
| D432183 | 10/2000 | Hulst/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D432184 | 10/2000 | Hulst/ Disney | Amusement car |
| D432185 | 10/2000 | Hulst/ Disney | Amusement car |
| 6128863 | 10/2000 | Millay/ SeaVenture | Fish and marine mammal observatory featuring a carousel that moves within a sealed aquatic environment |
| 6162127 | 12/2000 | Ochi/ Oriental Sangyo | Amusement park with rides conveying park-goers in their own motor vehicles [various rides] |
| 6210284 | 4/2001 | Ochi/ Oriental Sangyo | Rides conveying park-goers in their own motor vehicles [various rides] |
| 6227790 | 5/2001 | Mollick & Hopfner/ Universal | Amusement ride vehicle with wheelchair ramp |
| 6340280 | 1/2002 | Mollick & Hopfner/ Universal | Amusement ride vehicle with wheelchair ramp |
| 6477961 | 11/2002 | Mares/ Meteoro |
Amusement ride [seats with passenger-controlled inclination] [application 2002/0152920] |
| 6499409 | 12/2002 | Niederer & Niederer | Pneumatic propulsion track apparatus |
| D470558 | 2/2003 | Gutknecht/ Thrilltime | Tower amusement ride |
| 6776722 | 8/2004 | De-Gol/ Robocoaster; Kuka Roboter |
Ride apparatus [Robocoaster] [application 2002/0183123] |
| 6778094 | 8/2004 | Gustason et al/ Disney |
Motion detection apparatus and method [method for securing test device] [application 2003/0052793] |
| 6871596 | 3/2005 | De-Gol/ Kuka; Robocoaster |
Moving means, particularly for amusement parks, fairs and the like [Robocoaster on a track] [application 2003/0172834] |
| 6910971 | 6/2005 | Alsenz |
Acceleration simulator [centrifuge-based] [application 2004/0197742] |
| 6969323 | 11/2005 | von Bose & von Bose | Amusement ride |
| 6988951 | 1/2006 | Newman & Fine | Floating machine |
| 7166032 | 1/2007 | Smith et al/ Disney |
Passenger restraint system [application 2005/0145430] |
| 7177706 | 2/2007 | Schweizer et al/ Disney |
Automated attraction and ride maintenance verification system [application 2006/0080158] |
| 7287724 | 10/2007 | Hase/ Aeroballoon USA |
Tether system for balloon ride [application 2006/0214053] |
| 7303054 | 12/2007 | Rosner |
Popular amusement device with switchable eddy-current brake [application 2004/0262103] |
| 7455592 | 12/2007 | Kroon/ Cobra Beheer |
Support installation for a fairground attraction [as for ferris wheel or boat swing] [application 2006/0079338] |
| 7465236 | 12/2008 | Wagels |
Flying arrangement [in enclosed space] [application 2006/0058106] ] |
| 7484460 | 2/2009 | Blum et al/ Universal |
Amusement ride track with motion base [application 2007/0074638] |
| 7686697 | 3/2010 | Bussink |
Amusement ride [application 2007/0270231] |
| 7722470 | 5/2010 | Wagels |
Flying arrangement [application 2009/0143153] |
| 7905789 | 3/2011 | Collins et al/ Team IX |
Specialized restraint systems for amusement rides [application 2008/0246327] |
| 7927223 | 4/2011 | Bussink |
Amusement ride [application 2007/0261589] |
| 7922594 | 4/2011 | Verl et al |
Amusement ride [multi-railed ride] [application 2009/0181781] |
| 8057317 | 11/2011 | Roodenburg et al/ Vekoma |
Amusement park attraction [application 2007/0265103] |
| 8132514 | 3/2012 | Lubman & Ramirez/ Disney |
Lap bar assembly with locking mechanism with locking in lap bar and grab bar positions [application 2010/0307288] |
| 8327769 | 12/2012 | Kim |
Large rideable bipedal walking robot for use as an amusement park ride and amusement park system using the same [application 2011/0139030] |
| 8630734 | 1/2014 | Hasenzahl/ Kuka |
Method and automated manipulator for moving a person with the manipulator [application 2010/0280660] |
| 8647212 | 2/2014 | Crawford & Nemeth/ Disney |
Intersecting path ride [oscillating along orthogonal linear paths] [application 2013/0087066] |
| 8672769 | 3/2014 | Kroon & Hartemink/ Cobra Beheer |
Supporting system for a mast [for large portable ride] [application 2012/0052960] |
| 8727896 | 5/2014 | Frolov |
Underground and underwater amusement attractions [application 2013/0244801] |
| 8795095 | 8/2014 | Stoker |
Motion ride method and apparatus for illusion of teleportation [application 2013/0045811] |
| 8795096 | 8/2014 | Stoker |
Motion ride method and apparatus for illusion of teleportation [application 2013/0324271] |
| 8920251 | 12/2014 | Dietz et al |
Amusement ride [application 2013/0079169] |
| 8998340 | 4/2015 | Biegun | Passenger restraint for amusement park ride |
| 9079109 | 7/2015 | Buhler/ Disney |
Electronic reach envelope intrusion examiner [application 2015/0055124] |
| 9084941 | 7/2015 | Fram | Combination ride for amusement park |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | document title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002/0185569 | 12/2002 | Henne | Airplane training and amusement device for traveling on a fixed track |
| 2004/0032157 | 2/2004 | Trimborn | Restraint bar for securing a person in vehicles, especially for amusement rides |
| 2004/0077415 | 4/2004 | Kleimeyer | Combination giant swing and rolling carriage amusement ride [cable swing with coaster-like ride on supporting arch] |
| 2004/0192453 | 9/2004 | Esparza & Sharits/ Paramount Parks | Enclosed programmably controlled looping swing [Tomb Raider] |
| 2005/0288114 | 12/2005 | Meadows | System and apparatus for propelling and carrying a user within a confined interior [with balloon] |
| 2006/0205524 | 9/2006 | Foster | Method and apparatus for controlling admission to individual rides at an amusement park |
| 2007/0010339 | 1/2007 | Stone | Amusement device with vortex airflow |
| 2012/0111222 | 5/2012 | Zambelli & Viarana/ Zamperla | Amusement Device |
| 2013/0233198 | 9/2013 | Roodenburg & Sintenie/ Vekoma | Pivotable passenger carrier |
| 2015/0080137 | 3/2015 | Ferrari/ Preston & Barbieri | Amusement device for dynamic simulation, in particular for use in amusement parks or the like [ride with water shooting elements] |
| 2015/0210238 | 7/2015 | Biegun | Passenger restraint for amusement park ride |
| 2015/0217201 | 8/2015 | Schmidt | People mover |
Last revised 6-Aug-2015