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7610859 Carriage rotatable roller coaster tracks and vehicles  
An improved roller coaster system having one or more tracks that may exist in differing orientations on one support spine or equivalent supporting structure. Passengers may be rotated independently...
7594473 Wheel hub rider conveyance  
A rail assembly is built from three parallel cylindrical members, wherein a first rail provides support for a large wheel. The large wheel has an axle protruding from each side, wherein the...
7484460 Amusement ride track with motion base  
An amusement ride has a track defining a ride vehicle path with a section of the track that can be decoupled from the main track and is subsequently movable on or about up to three axes with...
7430966 Brake, vehicle and roller coaster circuit  
A roller coaster installation comprising a stretch of water, along which runs a train of vehicles ( 104 ) provided laterally with hydrodynamic brakes comprising a fin ( 102 ) or a nozzle, becoming...
7353758 Track and vehicle amusement apparatus and methods  
A track a vehicle amusement apparatus and methods are disclosed, the apparatus including a vehicle or vehicles movable over a track assembly supported and elevated by a supporting assembly. A...
7354351 False surface for amusement ride special effect  
A pair of opposed inflatable bladders form a false floor, ceiling or wall having a seam through which an object support is propelled, deforming the inflatable bladders around the support, thereby...
7299752 Trolley retrieval system  
A trolley retrieval system for transporting or returning trolleys from a finish area back to a start area for traveling along a cable. The systems may include a cable held in suspension between the...
7172511 Amusement ride  
A gimbaled wheel amusement ride is disclosed.
7131382 Wooden track roller coaster having a passenger carrier with suspended seats  
An amusement ride has a wooden running track realized by two wooden track structures and a support beam that is disposed above the two wooden track structures and that bridges the two wooden track...
7013749 Robot driven robot index system  
A robot driven robot index system includes a track having indices defining robot workstation positions along the track. The system also includes a non-driven carriage movable about the track. The...
6971317 Watercraft amusement ride  
Passenger boats are accelerated along a submerged guide rail structure that is arranged in various closed loop courses, including “Figure-Eight,” hour-glass, serpentine and oval patterns, as...
6971316 Restraint  
A restraint for retaining a person within a seat. The restraint has a lap bar and a shoulder bar which can be independently adjusted. The lap bar can be rotated either to retain a person or to...
6953377 Suspended runway  
A runway over which can travel vehicles driven by gravity, comprising a supporting structure and a track line structure sustained by the supporting structure and extending from a upper start region...
6941872 Amusement device  
An amusement device comprising a vehicle that can be moved over an elongated track as well as a track portion that can be moved jointly with said vehicle from a first, relatively low position to a...
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...
6875115 Apparatus for an amusement ride and fall  
An amusement ride and fall apparatus includes a track having a discharge point below which there is a substantial drop. A passenger is propelled along the track to the discharge point and...
6871596 Moving means, particularly for amusement parks, fairs and the like  
The invention relates to a propelling device, particularly for amusement parks, fairs, etc., which has at least one robot provided with a passenger carrier. In order to ensure greater use...
6857373 Variably curved track-mounted amusement ride  
A variably curved track-mounted amusement ride having at least one outside curve and at least one inside curve, each lying substantially within a vertical plane and each having an axis of symmetry...
6840179 Amusement devices, such as roller-coasters  
Plant for amusement parks of the kind having a circuit and a series of vehicles joined one to another in an articulated way for the transport of passengers. The vehicles move along a rail track or...
6792873 Big dipper  
The invention relates to the entertainment industry. The inventive big dipper comprises a base ( 1 ), a closed guidway provided with a spiral part ( 3 ) for lifting, a part ( 4 ) arranged in the...
6782831 Passenger transportation system  
A track has an acceleration zone and an inertial running zone. The acceleration zone is to accelerate a car lifted by a lifting apparatus having a stationary power source through a steep down...
6758144 Fun vehicle and bob, toboggan or roller coaster run for using the same  
An amusement vehicle for a bob or toboggan run. A basic vehicle frame has arranged thereon rollers and/or slide members for movement of the vehicle, as well as a second frame for accommodation of...
6715425 Race observation rail system  
A race observation rail system for allowing close-up viewing of a race by the spectators. The race observation rail system includes a race track being disposed upon a ground; and also includes a...
6679182 Amusement device  
An amusement device ( 1 ) has one or several vehicles ( 2 ). The drive device ( 13 ) of the vehicles is configured as a high-performance catapult drive ( 22 ) which is provided with one or more...
6637341 Safety device for a fairground attraction  
A safety device for a construction in which a person is able to sit and with which movements can be executed, for example for an attraction for a fairground or an amusement park. The safety device...
6629500 Open-course coaster with two vertical end segments  
A coaster having a first vertical segment connected to a parabolic segment that is connected to a second vertical segment. The carrier is raised up the first vertical segment by any means that is...
6622634 Amusement ride employing a suspended tensioned static cable  
A recreational ride employs a suspended tensioned static cable that allows the user to gravitationally ride, harnessed to a rolling device attached to the cable, from an upper cable support...
6581350 Floor construction for an amusement ride  
A floor for a bumper car amusement ride is of modular construction. A base of each module may be of wood and has a multitude of openings for inserted reception of threaded studs welded to the...
6572434 Roller coaster toy  
A roller coaster toy includes a set of cars mounted on a track. Each car has at least one pair of movable side wheel assemblies mounted for movement towards and away from opposite sides of a...
6550393 Wooden rail for a ride as well as a method for fabricating and mounting such a wooden rail  
A wooden rail for a ride, in particular for a roller coaster, includes a number of layers of individual planks/boards, laminated veneer wood or presspahn wood, bonded with each other and milled to...
6517007 Toy racing car track section  
A track section for a toy racing car track system including a loop of track sections connected end-to-end, the track section including two lanes for respective electric toy cars to race with each...
6513441 Amusement devices as well as a holder suitable for such amusement devices  
An amusement device comprising a guide structure forming an endless track, along which a vehicle capable of accommodating at least one person can travel, whereby a person present in the vehicle...
6508179 Unpowered toy vehicle play set  
A play set for use with unpowered (e.g. {fraction (1/64)} scale) toy vehicles having non-steerable, free rotating wheels includes a closed loop track with a conveyor that raises such unpowered toy...
6508716 Elevated wooden racetrack for go-karts and associated methods  
An elevated wooden racetrack includes a wooden racetrack surface having a plurality of floor boards laid flat to form at least one straightaway, and at least one banked curve, each floor board of...
6487975 Roller coaster car having a force-isolated passenger compartment  
A roller coaster ride includes a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks and a car assembly. The car assembly includes a superstructure with wheels which engage the track and a passenger compartment...
6478654 Toy vehicle collision course  
A collision course including at least two vertically stacked looping track sections, each looping track section starts at a beginning area that connects to an upwardly extending curved section that...
6463859 Game machine system  
A riding type game machine system includes a vehicle movable along a path with a player riding therein and a plurality of game stages arranged along the path. At least one of the game stages is...
6456904 Method and device for gauging distance between race cars  
A method and apparatus for winning a race without exceeding a maximum performance of a car, whereby maximum performance is based upon consecutive prior races. The method is comprised of determining...
6427926 Toy vehicle track  
A set of regular pieces are used to form a continuous toy track when joined together. The pieces can stack, or be joined together end to end and side to side using jig-saw connections formed on...
6422151 Toy car with adjustable magnetic adhesion  
The invention relates to a toy car with adjustable magnetic adhesion for an auto racetrack having ferromagnetic current conductors countersunk in the roadbed. The conductors are in active...
6397755 Amusement ride  
An amusement ride comprises a hollow launch tube having an inner surface and first and second ends, the first end being open; a passenger vehicle having an outer peripheral surface which forms a...
6397756 Amusement device  
To move a rail-borne vehicle ( 2 ) over a preferably ascending partial section, a finite chain section ( 8 ) is pulled in a stationary guide ( 13 ) in parallel to the rail ( 23 ) using a cable ( 9...
6386115 Modularized amusement ride and training simulation device  
An amusement device comprising a modularized pod, in which one or more riders sit and are restrained, and which spins under power about a horizontal axis according to the passenger's active...
6360143 Error recovery methods for controlling robotic systems  
A method of controlling a dispensing system, having a robot that moves along a motion segment and applies a material to a workpiece, automatically determines a backup distance for the robot after...
6352034 Installation for amusement park, installation referred to as roller coaster  
The installation for amusement park, referred to as roller coaster, comprises a circuit made up of rails ( 6 ), mounted on supports ( 10 ), themselves fixed on a carrier beam ( 11 ), on which one...
6341564 Amusement ride with track  
An amusement ride, such as a roller coaster, installed in an amusement park and the like, is adapted to allow a vehicle to travel on a track. The amusement ride has an arrangement such that the...
6299072 Toy train track connector  
A toy track segment including a connector assembly for adjoining the toy track segment to a second toy track segment. The connector assembly comprises a male guide pin, a female guide pin receptor,...
6276279 Toy vehicle track board  
The toy vehicle track board has a lateral extent which can be square, oval or circular, with a lateral extent or diameter of 15" to 60", one preferred diameter being 30", a thickness of 1/8" to...
6269750 Truss track assembly and side mount roller coaster vehicle  
A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four...
6269749 Cantilevered roller coaster system  
An amusement ride includes a lower track structure operably connected with and variably spaced from an upper track structure to define a path of travel for a ride vehicle supported remote from the...
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