Patents Examined by Kien Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10434426
    Abstract: A swing includes a body including a concave central portion including an upper surface defining a recessed seat adapted to support a user, a lower surface that is on an opposite side of the central portion as compared to the upper surface, and a peripheral edge surrounding the concave central portion. The peripheral edge includes a plurality of tether openings, and a tether system is engaged with the plurality of tether openings. A first tether section of the tether system extends between first and second ones of the tether openings along the lower surface of the body, and a second tether section of the tether system extends between third and fourth ones of the tether openings along the lower surface of the body, such that the first and second sections of the tether system support the central portion of said body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Quality Innovative Products, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Cordray
  • Patent number: 10363489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a white-water river, comprising a river bed capable of guiding a current of water between an upper inlet of the bed and a lower outlet of the bed, and including water-feeding means for injecting a stream of water at the upper inlet of the bed. The river bed is made up of a series of individual bed modules, adjacent to one another, and assembled via respective transverse contact surfaces. The individual bed modules are supported via a lower surface by a modular lattice bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HYDROSTADIUM
    Inventors: Gilles Bernard, Pascal Simon
  • Patent number: 10307686
    Abstract: An activity gym with an arch that is readily movable between a first position and a second position. The activity gym includes a base sized to support an infant positioned on the base with the base having a perimeter. The nursing cover further includes an arch pivotally connected to the base along the perimeter of the base. The arch movable between a first position in which the arch is substantially perpendicular to the base and a second position in which the arch is adjacent to the base. The activity gym can also include a means for affixing an image capturing device such that the image capturing device is capable of capturing images of an infant positioned on the base of the activity gym.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bearsch, Peter Therrien, Chelsea Carter, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: 10293265
    Abstract: A ride vehicle includes a base configured to move through an attraction environment and a sphere engaging the base and further including one or more ride seats disposed within the sphere. The one or more ride seats are coupled to an upper surface of a platform disposed within the sphere. The ride vehicle also includes a sphere drive system of the base configured to engage with an external surface of the sphere to rotate the sphere relative to the base. The upper surface of the platform is configured to remain substantially horizontal while the sphere drive system rotates the sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Matthew Freedman, Ji Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 10286329
    Abstract: A motion simulator ride assembly includes a motion base and a rider support assembly positioned beneath and coupled to the motion base. The rider support assembly includes a plurality of rider support units, each rider support unit of the one or more rider support units having an inversion table having a surface that may abut a rider. The inversion table may rotate about an axis to transition between a loading configuration and a ride configuration and the ride configuration positions the rider in a substantially facedown position. Each rider support unit also includes a restraint system that may secure the rider onto the inversion table. The restraint system includes a first moveable restraint and a second moveable restraint that are each coupled to the inversion table and the first and second moveable restraints may move relative to the surface to move the first and second movable restraints from an unrestrained configuration to a restrained configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Freedman, Nathanael G. White, Paula Stenzler
  • Patent number: 10265632
    Abstract: Amusement device comprising a base structure (2), an arm (3) constrained at least rotationally to said base structure (2), a rotating structure (4) provided with at least one vehicle (8) and rotatably constrained, with respect to one end of said arm, around a rotation axis (R), and movement means (6) for moving the arm between at least a first load position in which passengers are loaded, and a second rotation position of the rotating structure (4). The arm comprises at least two portions (31, 32) mutually movable, and in the load position, the arm portions are completely comprised in a cylinder (C) having an axis that is said rotation axis (R), and having a radius that is the distance from the vehicle to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ANTONIO ZAMPERLA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Soriani
  • Patent number: 10265630
    Abstract: In one example, a panel includes a series of hollow ribs arranged generally parallel to each other, and the hollow ribs define part of a first side of the panel. A flexible web is disposed between each two successive ribs of the plurality of ribs. The panel is made of plastic and is in the form of a unified single-piece structure in which the flexible webs are integral with the plurality of ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Lynn D. VanDyke, Jacob Kearl
  • Patent number: 10265631
    Abstract: A water slide includes a blind tube portion having a blind tube opening on a front end of the blind tube portion that is adjacent to the tubular slide portion of the water slide. The opening is closed by a transparent peripheral wall segment of the tubular slide portion, which extends in the sliding direction as well as in the peripheral direction of the tubular slide portion. The transparent peripheral wall segment may be curved in the peripheral direction and preferably fits into the shape of the tubular slide portion. Like the tubular slide portion, the blind tube portion may include a peripheral wall, for example, being closed on the periphery. The blind tube portion may include a dead end. The longitudinal extent of the blind tube portion is preferably much shorter than that of the tubular slide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KLARER FREIZEITANLAGEN AG
    Inventor: Stefan Klarer
  • Patent number: 10265629
    Abstract: A swing comprising an adult seat and a child seat, said two seats connected together via a common frame and arranged such that the two seats face each other. The common frame comprises a rigid frame, said rigid frame having a first portion, a middle portion and a second portion, said middle portion being arranged between the first and second portions. The swing is arranged to be suspended from the first portion. The adult seat is attached to the second portion. The child seat is attached to the middle portion. In this way a simple construction is provided which is safe and easy to use for both adults and children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOMPAN A/S
    Inventor: Nikolaj Maj Bentsen
  • Patent number: 10258892
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a water slide system including an at least partly translucent or transparent slide tube which may be circumferentially closed and in which a slide surface that can be wetted with liquid extends in a slide direction. Lighting features that are visible from the interior of the slide tube are arranged on the outside of the slide tube in order to achieve optical effects in the interior of the slide tube. According to an aspect, the lighting features are pixels, for example LEDs, which are arranged in a matrix of at least one screen module. The screen module may be in the shape of a shell that extends on the outside of the slide tube and over a circumferential portion of the slide tube and which can be actuated in order to display movable two-dimensional or stereoscopic images, which may be curved in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KLARER FREIZEITANLAGEN AG
    Inventor: Stefan Klarer
  • Patent number: 10258894
    Abstract: An outdoor amusement rocking device having a frame and a support member that together form a curvature saddle-shaped play structure. The amusement device includes a hyperbole paraboloid frame structure defining an interior area and a resilient support sheet material disposed in the interior area of the frame and attached to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Children's Group, LLC
    Inventors: Amanda Lacy, Beverly Fries, Ting Xu, David Yakos
  • Patent number: 10258895
    Abstract: An inflatable assembly may include a housing that has a plurality of adjustment inflatables that may form a range of shapes at different levels of inflation. The inflatable may also include one or more sensors disposed on the housing and one or more valves disposed in the housing. The valves are controllable and configured to direct fluid flow into the plurality of adjustment inflatables. The assembly may also include a processor that receives data from the one or more sensors disposed on the housing and adjust one or more positions of the one or more valves based on the data to control fluid flow into one or more of the plurality of adjustment inflatables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 10258893
    Abstract: A simulator ride may include an annular structure forming at least a partial annulus on which a path is implemented. Additionally, the simulator ride may include a headset with a display designed to be worn by a passenger. A passenger support system may be coupled to the path of the annular structure and designed to move along the path and rotate about a center axis of the annular structure when in operation. Additionally, the annular structure may be configured to be articulated in one or more degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Matthew Freedman, Nathanael Gordon White, Paula Stenzler
  • Patent number: 10246831
    Abstract: A synthetic ice panel system for use on a ground surface includes plurality of substantially flat panels that mutually interlock to form a rink, such as for ice skating. Each panel includes a top surface, a bottom surface adapted for resting on the ground surface, and a peripheral edge. The peripheral edge includes a plurality of interlocking tabs and recesses operative to mutually interlock with adjacent panels. Each panel is preferably made with a high-density polymer infused with a lubricant. As such, ice skates and the like are able to slide with relatively low friction on the top surface of the panel. Weather permitting; the panels may be inverted in some embodiments wherein the bottom surface of each panel includes a cooling channel containing a cooling tube through which a coolant flows to freeze water resting on the panel, thereby forming a layer of ice above the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: James Loughran
  • Patent number: 10238985
    Abstract: The present application relates to a hard-core and soft-shell toy building blocks set, comprising polycarbonate matrix having tenon on its top and several mortise holes on its bottom; the outside surface of said polycarbonate matrix is cladded with thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer rubber layer. Said hard-core and soft-shell toy building blocks set provided in the this embodiment unitizes both conventional hard and soft kinds of cordwood toy by cladding thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer rubber layer on the outside surface of polycarbonate matrix, learning strong points from both to overcome their weaknesses, it produces high bounce ability, high resistance to wearing, bending, high temperature and oxidation, particularly, it is well worth mentioning that the new product is nonpoisonous, non-absorption of water and oil, no harm to health of children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vault Limited
    Inventor: Chi Keung Raymond Hui
  • Patent number: 10238980
    Abstract: A vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator including a flight chamber entrance that has a curved air deflector that extends into a waiting chamber, in which a convex surface of the curved air deflector faces across or towards the flight chamber entrance or into the flight chamber, and extends into the waiting chamber a sufficient distance to substantially reduce the flow of turbulent air into the waiting chamber. The curved surface is at the top of the entrance and can also be at the sides. The shape the curved surface takes is sufficient to minimize the flow of turbulent air into the waiting chamber; the effect is to make it more comfortable and less noisy for people in the waiting area. This also helps to preserves the laminar, non-turbulent flow of air in the flying chamber, even across the flight chamber entrance. This makes flying more comfortable and predictable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ruslan Romanenko, Alexandr Parmanin, Aleksandr Ivoninskii, Svjatoslav Lisin
  • Patent number: 10238907
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to pneumatic pogo sticks having features that allow for the jumping and/or landing characteristics of the pogo stick to be varied. These characteristics may even be modified by a user during use. For example, the housing of the pogo stick may have multiple air chambers and air may be selectively transferred between the multiple air chambers. The transfer of air may change the volume, air pressure, compression ratio, and spring-characteristics of the one or more air chambers in which air is compressed during the compression stroke of the pogo stick. These changes will affect the jumping and/or landing characteristics of the pogo stick and in some cases may allow the user to obtain a greater jump height. At the same time, these features may also allow the pogo stick to be collapsed so that it can be easily stored, packaged, and transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vurtego, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Britt, James Arthur McMullin
  • Patent number: 10232276
    Abstract: An action character model includes a torso having a first magnet disposed therein, the torso bounding a first passage extending from an exterior surface of the torso toward the first magnet. A first appendage has a first connector attached thereto, a portion of the first connector being received within first passage so that the first connector is magnetically coupled to the first magnet, the first connector being non-magnetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Morphonauts LLC
    Inventor: Beau Jared Hacking
  • Patent number: 10226125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an effect control system of a screening facility chair and a method thereof, and the effect control system includes an input device for transmitting chair angle control information or effect control information input from a user to a management server; the management server for transmitting the chair angle control information or the effect control information to a corresponding motion chair; and the motion chair for adjusting a slope according to the chair angle control information or providing an effect synchronized with an image according to the effect control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CJ 4DPLEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Park, Myung Chul Kim, Chang Woo Nam
  • Patent number: 10226710
    Abstract: A virtual-reality navigation controller includes a base, a seat, a vertical support to support the seat on the base, and a rotatable connector between the seat and the vertical support to tilt the seat about a rotational center of the rotatable connector in response to directional forces exerted by a user seated on the seat. The virtual-reality navigation controller further includes a motion-detection controller to measure pitch corresponding to the tilt of the seat resulting from the directional forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Yury Anatolievich Petrov