Having Carrier Rotating About Horizontal Axis Patents (Class 472/16)
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Patent number: 10661185Abstract: The current invention relates to an amusement device, in which the amusement device includes a first tower; a first arm, extending between a first end and a second end, which is at its first end rotatably connected to the first tower for allowing rotation over at least 180° and configured to rotate around a swining axis (Sa); a carrier, rotatably connected to the second end of the first arm and rotatable around a carrier rotation axis, and a stability mechanism, connecting the carrier with the first tower, wherein the stability mechanism is configured to maintain the carrier in an upright orientation while the first arm rotates around the swinging axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Cobra Beheer B.V.Inventors: Albert Louisito Phillipus Kroon, Robert Arnoud Hoftijzer
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Patent number: 9700807Abstract: A vertically rotating chair assembly for rotating a child includes a plate. A pair of supports is coupled singly to opposing edges of the plate. The supports extend substantially vertically from the plate. An axle is rotatably coupled to and extends between the supports distal from the plate. A pair of flanges is coupled singly proximate to opposing ends of the axle. A plurality of crossbars is coupled to and extends between the flanges proximate to circumferences of the flanges. A seat, which is configured to position a child, is rotatably coupled to a respective crossbar. An actuator is coupled to an outside face of a respective support. The actuator is operationally coupled to the axle. The actuator is positioned to motivate rotation of the axle such that the flanges, the crossbars, the seat and a child positioned in the seat rotate vertically around the axle.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: James Jones
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Patent number: 6494787Abstract: A children's play ride includes an elongated rigid vertical pole having an exterior surface and an elongated tubular housing with an inner surface snugly encircling the pole, the housing being moveable along the pole between an upper position and a lower position. The housing includes a support for a child and co-acting parts on the pole and the housing cause the housing to rotate about the pole only when the housing is moved from the upper position toward the lower position.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Hedstrom CorporationInventors: Frank Bork, Steven Hanson
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Publication number: 20020091002Abstract: The invention concerns a dynamic game for children consisting of a cylinder (1) open at its ends and capable of rotating about its longitudinal central axis (X). The invention is characterized in that: the cylindrical body (1) consists of parallel slats (6); the slats (6) are maintained in place by two peripheral rings (8) fixed on their outer surface and supporting a continuous raceway (10); the diameter of the cylinder (1) is such that the user should be lying down; the pairs of support rollers (4) are positioned such that they form between them an angle of at least 120° relative to the cylinder center; the support frame (2) for the cylinder (1) consists of two fixed rings (12) supporting the guide rollers (4) pressed against the two raceways (10) provided at the cylinder periphery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventors: Jean-Luc Sandoz, Francoise Muller-Duchene
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Patent number: 6110048Abstract: The invention is a portable swing apparatus having triangular support frame members with a top horizontal bar that provides a rotary axis for a swing assembly that carries a rider. The swing has two bar members extending from the horizontal bar to each side of a foot rest with a counter weight extending in opposition to the foot rest, above the horizontal bar. The rider stands on the foot rest, with feet fastened thereto, and is enclosed in an upper-body safety bracket. A safety belt restraint is also provided. The rider pumps the swing and can safely perform front and back loops in a standing position. The device is adjustable to accommodate various sized riders.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Hang Time Inc.Inventor: Robert H. Murray
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Patent number: 5997303Abstract: A rotary sliding device which can perform agile motion, without the need to make the driving means large, and a simulator using the same, are disclosed. The rotary sliding device includes first and second sliding plates 32 which slide in parallel and separately with a predetermined interval, a pair of stepping motors 20 for separately sliding said sliding plates 32, and a moving plate 12 and a seat 32. The first sliding plate 32 is connected to the moving plate 12 so as to allow it to rotate only around the rotation axis 38, and the second sliding plate 32 is connected to the moving plate 12 so as to engage therewith in a sliding direction, and to allow the moving plate 12 to move in the crossover direction to the sliding direction and to rotate by means of a roller 64.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Namco Ltd.Inventors: Hirotada Yoshida, Yuichiro Ishitsubo, Junichiro Koyama
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Patent number: 5795235Abstract: The present invention relates to a carousel for people, especially children, with a substructure that is stationary relative to the ground and that has a stator axle essentially perpendicular to the ground and a radial support star essentially parallel to the ground, and with a rotor being rotatable about the stator axle and having a turning section for carrying people. To create a carousel of this type that is easy to operate and versatile and that affords adequate safety even when used improperly, the invention proposes that the radial support star should be located on a profiled ground plate in recesses thereof that essentially conform to the shape of the radial support star, and that the radial support star or ground plate has provided thereon a central centering shoulder aligned to engage in a central receiving portion provided on the respectively other member.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1996Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Inventors: Jurgen Ullrich, Karin Kohl
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Patent number: 5445564Abstract: Funfair rides (10) on which the passenger reception (17) is assigned to the end of a cantilever arm (14) which can move about a horizontal axis of rotation (13) are known. The movement of the passenger reception corresponds substantially to that of the circular path of the cantilever, so that only very limited impressions of movement can be conveyed.According to the invention, it is provided that the passenger reception (17) is able to move on at least one further circular path in the region of the end of the cantilever arm (14). In this case, the passengers are moved on a cycloidal path.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1993Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Inventor: Helmut Kastner
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Patent number: 5256108Abstract: A passenger powered, rotatable, amusement ride comprises a multisided, peripheral frame having the general shape of a convex polygon, with the frame having at least 5 sides and a number of apexes equal to the number of sides in the frame wherein the apexes alternate with the sides around the periphery of the frame. The frame has an open interior space bounded by internal surfaces of the sides of the frame. The frame is mounted to rotate like a wheel about a substantially horizontal axis through the central portion of the frame. A passenger is seated within the open interior space of the frame at an inside corner forming one of the apexes of the frame. A second passenger can be seated within the open interior space of the frame at an adjacent inside corner of the frame such that the second passenger faces the first passenger.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1992Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Inventors: Stacy I. Whitmore, James A. Mayfield
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Patent number: 5118097Abstract: A pair of parallel bars forming part of a rectangular frame, mounted for rotation relative to two end handles and having locking pins to prevent rotation, adapted to be used for gymnastic exercises and to be carried by two ice skaters.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1991Date of Patent: June 2, 1992Inventor: Robin J. Cousins