U.S. Patents for Carousels and Related Rides

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This page contains the first division of rotating rides, including tracked roundabouts, in which the path of motion is approximately horizontal and circular. Carousels, circular swings, and himalaya-type rides are included. Occupant-propelled roundabouts are placed in a separate table on this page. Playground-scale rides are largely excluded.

Other rotating and swinging rides are on the following pages:
Ferris wheels
Other flat rides (possibly including carousel-like rides not identified here)

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

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carousels and related rides
patent applications

Occupant-powered roundabouts

patent number issue date    inventor/ assignee   patent title [comment] google link
333448 12/1885    Crispin   Centricycle or bicycle 333448
457619 8/1891    Peter   Roundabout [bicycle roundabout] 457619
475256 5/1892    Stutzman   Roundabout [bicycle roundabout] 475256
480477 8/1892    Schäfer   Roundabout [bicycle roundabout] 480477
498484 5/1893    Noonan & Schmill   Polycycle 498484
533838 2/1895    Brannan   Circle cycle 533838
570739 11/1896    Sustins et al   Roundabout [bicycle roundabout] 570739
589408 9/1897    Brannan   Circle cycle 589408
605629 6/1898    Brannan   Circle cycle 605629
634857 10/1899    Smith   Bicycle whirl 634857
665393 1/1901    Barto   Cycle merry-go-round 665393
819580 5/1906    McKinney   Merry-go-round 819580
832459 10/1906    Cruz   Merry-go-round [bicycle roundabout] 832459
832902 10/1906    Hambright & Powell   Merry-go-round [bicycle roundabout] 832902
840299 1/1907    Cisco   Amusement device 840299
857605 6/1907    Dayton  Amusement apparatus 857605
965644 7/1910    Mendenhall   Roundabout amusement apparatus 965644
1011984 12/1911    Menges   Roundabout 1011984
1269988 6/1918    Westerfield/ Cycle-Flyer   Cycle flier [occupant propelled circular swing] 1269988
1275834 8/1918    Bolyki   Carousel 1275834
1318986 10/1919    Gadecki   Carousel 1318986
1325374 12/1919    Pilushczak   Carousel 1325374
1334727 3/1920    Wilkens   Pleasure machine [bicycle roundabout] 1334727
1393629 10/1921    Lewandowski & Katafiasz   Merry-go-round [muscle-powered] 1393629
1397939 11/1921    Unger   Amusement device [racing bicycle roundabout] 1397939
1435648 11/1922    Maxwell   Merry-go-round 1435648
1439765 12/1922    Seawell   Swinging carousel 1439765
1466845 9/1923    Maxwell   Merry-go-round 1466845
1479737 1/1924    Prencel & Hoffman   Merry-go-round 1479737
1503548 8/1924    Moyer   Amusement device 1503548
1521498 12/1924    Armstrong   Merry-go-round 1521498
1538647 5/1925    Newsbaum   Amusement device [racing bicycle roundabout] 1538647
1543020 6/1925    Lombard   Merry-go-round 1543020
1567010 12/1925    Speck   Swing 1567010
1640848 8/1927    Norris   Combination teeter-totter and merry-go-round 1640848
1670882 5/1928    Eckberg   Whirlpool wheel [aquatic roundabout] 1670882
1709273 4/1929    Millikan   Rotary swing [portable] 1709273
1880139 9/1932    Hume   Amusement device 1880139
2119988 6/1938    Gundrey   Rotary swing or roundabout 2119988
D174173 8/1955    Fowler   Pedal actuated roundabout D174173
2730366 1/1956    Etherington   Occupant propelled amusement device 2730366
2797099 6/1957    Somers   Amusement ride 2797099
3749399 7/1973    Fedor & Polo   Occupant propelled round-about devices 3749399

Carousels, Himalaya Rides, Circular Swings, etc.

patent number issue date    inventor/ assignee   patent title [comment] google link
442 10/1837    Rowe   Circular railway and car [hand-cranked roundabout] 442
7419 6/1850    Scripture   Roundabout/ Flying-Horse [Mechanical Galloping Horses] 7419
78043 5/1868    Belknap   Roundabout/Device for propelling pleasure-boats [horse power] 78043
89700 5/1869    Sturdy & Young   Velocipede/ Circular velocipede 89700
94234 8/1869    Newhall & Cummings   Flying horse machine [circular swing] 94234
101609 4/1870    Graves   Revolving swing [wind or hand power] 101609
117336 7/1871    Schneider   Carrousel/Improvement in carrousels 117336
127174 5/1872    Lansing   Improvement in whirligigs [railed horse roundabout] 127174
148141 3/1874    Reynolds   Circular swing/Improvement in circular swings 148141
148891 3/1874    Lowery et al   Revolving swings/Improvement in revolving swings [horse power] 148891
151197 5/1874    Bolton   Roundabouts/Improvement in roundabouts [aquatic] 151197
167941 9/1875    Schaeffer   Roundabout/Improvement in roundabouts 167941
171878 1/1876    Steel   Carousal or roundabout/Improvement in carousals or roundabouts 171878
176590 4/1876    Brigham   Improvement in merry-go-rounds 176590
235669 12/1880    Coloney   Swimming apparatus 235669
239601 4/1881    Carl   Carrousel 239601
240061 4/1881    Wellard   Carrousel [wind powered] 240061
244376 7/1881    Carl   Carrousel 244376
247858 10/1881    Thöni   Roundabout 247858
261290 7/1882    Wyke & Bancroft   Flying velocipede [bicycle roundabout] 261290
261734 7/1882    Larson   Rotary swing [horse or human power] 261734
263243 8/1882    Sturm   Circular railroad or round about 263243
266907 10/1882    Silabon   Roundabout 266907
274228 3/1883    Schulze   Roundabout 274228
288018 11/1883    Clifford   Merry-go-round 288018
288898 11/1883    West   Roundabout 288898
291621 1/1884    Oldroyd   Roundabout 291621
314881 3/1885    Sassack   Roundabout [rotating observation tower] 314881
325386 9/1885    Bliven   Circular traveling device [for carrying passengers] 325386
340977 5/1886    Campi   Swing 340977
345414 7/1886    Coudyser   Polycycle 345414
345787 7/1886    Jennings   Merry-go-round 345787
356037 1/1887    Goodwin   Roundabout 356037
371412 10/1887    Blinkhorn & Key   Roundabout 371412
372296 11/1887    Blinkhorn   Roundabout 372296
384393 6/1888    Sassack   Roundabout 384393
386358 7/1888    Simpson   Wind propelled swing [roundabout] 386358
392155 10/1888    Kennett   Marine and land merry-go-round 392155
396472 1/1889    Duncan   Circular coaster 396472
409898 8/1889    Applegate   Merry-go-round 409898
409972 8/1889    Johnson   Merry-go-round [noncircular, for roller-skaters] 409972
410301 8/1889    Tyler   Merry-go-round 410301
418833 1/1890    Allchin   Merry-go-round, &c 418833
420758 2/1890    Allchin   Roundabout 420758
437909 10/1890    Seymour   Roundabout 437909
443492 12/1890    Bentley   Merry-go-round 443492
445134 1/1891    Cronin & Adams   Merry-go-round 445134
446182 2/1891    Frueh   Roundabout 446182
448241 3/1891    Kay et al   Roundabout 448241
451373 4/1891    Fowler   Roundabout [walzing merry-go-round] 451373
461629 10/1891    Garland   Roundabout [aquatic] 461629
473177 4/1892    Meissner   Roundabout [ornamental attachment] 473177
474220 5/1892    Crowe   Rotary observatory 474220
474658 5/1892    Hollingsworth   Roundabout 474658
474659 5/1892    Hollingsworth   Rotary pavillion 474659
475742 5/1892    Palmer   Merry-go-round 475742
476597 6/1892    Baldwin   Roundabout 476597
483530 10/1892    Buford   Roundabout 483530
484409 10/1892    Criss   Marine roundabout 484409
487490 12/1892    Motte   Panorama [rotary] 487490
488686 12/1892    Batt   Merry-go-round [free ride indicator] 488686
491087 2/1893    Cuplin   Grand stand [rotating] 491087
496889 5/1893    Mott & Fearon   Carrousel 496889
508994 11/1893    Sprague   Merry-go-round 508994
512710 1/1894    Kay et al   Roundabout 512710
514756 2/1894    Kennedy   Platform railway 514756
515088 2/1894    Mumbrauer   Merry-go-round [opposite rotations] 515088
516616 3/1894    Somers   Merry-go-round [opposite rotations] 516616
527962 10/1894    Gardy   Roundabout [aquatic] 527962
533393 1/1895    MacKenzie   Amusement apparatus  
535272 3/1895    Baldwin   Roundabout 535272
536853 4/1895    Darling   Carrousel and panoramic apparatus 536853
540127 5/1895    Weston/ Halcyon Cycle   Carrousel 540127
542690 7/1895    Steel   Merry-go-round 542690
544230 8/1895    Kidder   Merry-go-round 544230
555325 2/1896    Meissner   Merry-go-round 555325
558114 4/1896    Rolland & Rolland   Merry-go-round 558114
564409 7/1896    Howard   Merry-go-round 564409
566945 9/1896    Talbot   Merry-go-round 566945
572712 12/1896    Olson & Johanson   Merry-go-round 572712
573577 12/1896    Dentzel   Carousel [double decker] 573577
578354 3/1897    Newton & Bell   Marine merry-go-round 578354
582756 5/1897    Meissner   Roundabout [ornament for ride] 582756
583109 5/1897    Daniels   Electric race horse carousel 583109
586699 7/1897    Soderberg   Marine merry-go-round 586699
589390 8/1897    Hunter   Carousel [two level] 589390
592870 11/1897    Holcomb   Carousel [aquatic] 592870
593177 11/1897    Koehler   Carousel [opposite rotations] 593177
598750 2/1898    Shoettle   Merry-go-round and mechanical race track 598750
603099 4/1898    Ashton   Roundabout 603099
603432 5/1898    Prescott   Carousel 603432
603589 5/1898    Meissner   Merry-go-round [attachment] 603589
604164 5/1898    Wilde & Hinchcliffe   Roundabout [swan-boat carousel] 604164
604998 5/1898    Mangels   Bicycle railway 604998
608081 7/1898    Sebolt   Marine mery-go-round 608081
616041 12/1898    Vollmer   Roundabout [kaleidoscopic effect] 616041
616923 1/1899    Hauskey   Merry-go-round 616923
621726 3/1899    Wiemer & Wiemer   Floating carousel 621726
623667 4/1899    Holloway   Centrifugal merry-go-round 623667
628679 7/1899    Simmons   Marine merry-go-round 628679
630003 8/1899    Olson & Johanson   Merry-go-round [opposite rotations] 630003
637508 11/1899    Grimoin-Sanson & Allard   Roundabout [jointed horse] 637508
643675 2/1900    Murdy   Merry-go-round [circle swing] 643675
644478 2/1900    Tinney   Bicycle carousel 644478
648266 4/1900    Johnson   Merry-go-round [gear and crank mechanism] 648266
648792 5/1900    Redfern   Aquatic carousel 648792
658927 10/1900    Ridgway   Aquatic course 658927
661435 11/1900    Anderson/ Ariel Electric   Pleasure railway or carousel [horse motion via additional rail] 661435
663948 12/1900    Weil   System of roundabouts 663948
667466 2/1901    Sellers   Merry-go-round 667466
669842 3/1901    Mangels   Merry-go-round [paired gear mechanism for cranks] 669842
682440 9/1901    Weber   Pleasure wheel 682440
689180 12/1901    Good/ Bollinger   Merry-go-round [portable] 689180
693153 2/1902    Richardson   Marine carousel 693153
693295 2/1902    Mangels   Merry-go-round [telescoping mount mechanism] 693295
693968 2/1902    Hinchcliffe   Roundabout [flying bird vehicles] 693968
697254 4/1902    Johnson   Carousel 697254
703801 7/1902    Looff   Merry-go-round 703801
708835 9/1902    Schofield   Merry-go-round 708835
708873 9/1902    Doner   Roundabout [suspended cars] 708873
709462 9/1902    Bollinger   Merry-go-round [portable] 709462
710043 9/1902    Davidson   Land, marine, or submarine merry-go-round 710043
716700 12/1902    Fromm   Merry-go-round 716700
716755 12/1902    Porter   Amusement apparatus [fan-propelled circular swing] 716755
723162 3/1903    Kitterman   Roundabout sailing apparatus 723162
723759 3/1903    Thompson   Bathing machine [aquatic roundabout] 723759
728062 5/1903    Wilson   Recreation device [submarine roundabout] 728062
728514 5/1903    Taylor   Roundabout or pleasure railway 728514
730521 6/1903    Doner   Pleasure tower [circular swing] 730521
740206 9/1903    Voris   Pleasure seeking or merrymaking device [marine merry go round] 740206
749941 1/1904    A. F. Mueller   Amusement apparatus [carousel variant] 749941
750472 1/1904    Meffert   Water carousel 750472
754532 3/1904    Austen & Bradwell   Scenographic apparatus [illusion with rotating seating area] 754532
754533 3/1904    Austen   Scenographic apparatus 754533
758341 4/1904    Traver & Nichols/ Traver Circle Swing   Amusement apparatus [circle swing] 758341
760469 5/1904    Mueller   Amusement apparatus 760469
762531 6/1904    Holtman   Merry-go-round 762531
765093 7/1904    Miller   Aquatic carousel 765093
765952 7/1904    Armitage/ Armitage-Herschell Company   Roundabout 765952
766107 7/1904    Francovich   Moving platform [circle race] 766107
768084 8/1904    Smith   Combined wind wheel and carousel 768084
769045 8/1904    Appleby   Carousel 769045
767124 9/1904    Randolph   Hygienic amusement bath and swimming school [aquatic equestrian merry-go-round] 767124
769690 9/1904    Daniels & Yourtee   Roundabout 769690
771382 10/1904    Morgenthau   Pleasure Boat 771382
773292 10/1904    MacDonald & Veale   Portable street or road carousel 773292
774757 11/1904    Keen   Circle Swing 774757
786290 4/1905    Hosse & McEwen   Roundabout 786290
788258 4/1905    Goodfellow   Pleasure railway [travelling carousel] 788258
791046 5/1905    Praul   Merry-go-round or carousel 791046
793236 6/1905    Schlueter   Revolving amusement apparatus 793236
794148 7/1905    Garvey   Circle swing 794148
797347 8/1905    Degenhardt   Carousel 797347
800386 9/1905    Milligan   Amusement apparatus [top-shaped roundabout] 800386
801669 10/1905    Maxim   Device for producing illusionary effects 801669
803171 10/1905    Koppel   Amusement device [tracked carousel] 803171
804147 11/1905    Maxim   Roundabout [Flying Machine] 804147
807802 12/1905    Auld   Bathing apparatus [aquatic roundabout] 807802
808796 1/1906    Wirth   Amusement device [portable carousel] 808796
812577 2/1906    Maloney   Amusement device [circle swing] 812577
813953 2/1906    Dalton   Amusement device [undulatory; may be wind-powered]813953
815503 3/1906    Armitage/ Armitage-Herschell   Riding gallery 815503
816689 4/1906    Stevenson   Merry-go-round 816689
817156 4/1906    Carlson & Haywood   Amusement apparatus [railed roundabout] 817156
817402 4/1906    Strickler/ Federal Construction   Amusement apparatus [circle swing] 817402
820111 5/1906    Hermann   Roundabout 820111
820118 5/1906    Johnston   Amusement apparatus 820118
820901 5/1906    Ariztia   Merry-go-round 820901
821409 5/1906    Fulton & Fulton   Amusement apparatus [circle swing] 821409
822852 6/1906    Caswell/ Bushby   Centrifugal swing 822852
824107 6/1906    Fowden   Aquatic amusement apparatus 824107
826383 7/1906    Stein   Merry-go-round 826383
826738 7/1906    Pattee   Amusement device 826738
828073 8/1906    Tice   Merry-go-round 828073
828636 8/1906    Bevington   Carousel or merry-go-round 828636
829008 8/1906    Haslett   Amusement device 829008
830687 9/1906    Traver/ Traver Circle Swing   Circle swing 830687
830688 9/1906    Traver/ Traver Circle Swing   Roundabout 830688
830838 9/1906    Ingersoll   Amusement device [circle swing] 830838
831366 9/1906    Maxim   Roundabout [circle swing with tilting axis] 831366
834166 10/1906    Reckweg   Carousel 834166
835864 11/1906    Pattee   Carousel 835864
836614 11/1906    Sutherland   Aquatic roundabout 836614
837189 11/1906    Caffodio   Amusement device [bicycle roundabout] 837189
837890 12/1906    Sharkey   Carousel [in shape of top] 837890
840905 1/1907    Burke   Water carousel 840905
842276 1/1907    Traver/ Traver Circle Swing   Amusement apparatus [circle swing for children] 842276
843406 2/1907    Mangels   Gear for merry-go-rounds [staggered gearing for cranks] 843406
848061 3/1907    Smith   Amusement apparatus 848061
850411 4/1907    Armitage/ Armitage-Herschell   Brace for roundabouts 850411
850431 4/1907    Herschell/ Herschell-Spillman   Brace for roundabouts and analogous structures 850431
850448 4/1907    Stickney/ Herschell-Spillman   Riding gallery 850448
850449 4/1907    Spillman/ Herschell-Spillman   Brace for roundabouts and analogous structures 850449
854859 5/1907    Walsh   Roundabout [circle swing] 854859
862157 8/1907    Healy   Aquatic merry-go-round 862157
862777 8/1907    Westerman   Amusement device [water whirl] 862777
864245 8/1907    Hutchinson/ Carlisle   Recreation wheel 864245
864317 8/1907    Lockwood   Air wheel 864317
865584 9/1907    Fulton & Fulton   Portable amusement apparatus [circular swing] 865584
869801 10/1907    Pattee   Amusement device 869801
871306 11/1907    Thurlow   Merry-go-round [racing, with dance floor] 871306
874135 12/1907    Sulzer et al   Amusement apparatus [racing roundabout] 874135
878168 2/1908    Whipple   Pleasure-giving machine [roundabout with counter-rotating scenery] 878168
879143 2/1908    Cantrovitz   Roundabout 879143
880040 2/1908    Rechweg   Pleasure railway [circle swing variant] 880040
880769 3/1908    Wilson/ Fort   Amusement device 880769
881505 3/1908    Vance   Amusement apparatus 881505
883585 3/1908    Sweetwood   Merry-go-round 883585
885406 4/1908    Vance   Pleasure car and track 885406
886762 5/1908    Carlson   Amusement apparatus [illusion ride] 886762
888247 5/1908    de la Mar   Free carriage merry-go-round 888247
888983 5/1908    Exley   Pleasure boat 888983
890558 6/1908    Dameron   Amusement device [circle swing] 890558
901330 10/1908    Enochs   Amusement device 901330
903004 11/1908    Riehl   Aquatic merry-go-round 903004
907746 12/1908    Cooper   Roundabout or merry-go-round 907746
910403 1/1909    de Martino   Amusement device 910403
915276 3/1909    DeVito   Merry-go-round 915276
921416 5/1909    Lauster   Amusement device 921416
925402 6/1909    Vangezell   Carousel 925402
925840 6/1909    Riehl   Aquatic merry-go-round 925840
929130 7/1909    Hellieson   Amusement apparatus 929130
937750 10/1909    Auchy   Power mechanism for carousels 937750
938283 10/1909    Smith   Carousel 938283
942010 11/1909    Powell & Miller   Merry-go-round 942010
942041 11/1909    Ott/ Ott Circle Swing   Merry-go-round 942041
951061 3/1910    Easton & Winkler   Swing [circle swing] 951061
953266 3/1910    Healy   Aquatic merry-go-round 953266
953808 4/1910    Walsh   Merry-go-round 953808
954207 4/1910    Reynolds & McDonagh   Amusement apparatus [concentric rings] 954207
954482 4/1910    Tulene   Roundabout 954482
956243 4/1910    Welsh   Amusement apparatus [galloping horse for roundabout] 956243
962608 6/1910    Ancil & Bollet   Combined skating rink and merry-go-round 962608
963495 7/1910    Angwin   Merry-go-round 963495
966134 8/1910    Stein   Roundabout 966134
966135 8/1910    Stein   Roundabout 966135
969068 8/1910    Linker   Amusement device 969068
969313 9/1910    Van Sant   Amusement apparatus 969313
973105 10/1910    Chamberlain   Amusement apparatus 973105
973184 10/1910    Figge & Zebro   Carousel 973184
973398 10/1910    de Ybarrondo   Captive airship mechanism 973398
982128 1/1911    Davison   Observation roundabout 982128
982993 1/1911    Rayner   Roundabout [captive flying machine] 982993
984956 2/1911    Messer   Rotary plunge-bath 984956
987023 3/1911    Spillman/ Herschell-Spillman   Merry-go-round [powered by automobile mounted on platform] 987023
987419 3/1911    Whitlock   Circular pleasure swing [with elevating means] 987419
988536 4/1911    Auchy   Carousel bearing mechanism 988536
989280 4/1911    Palmer   Merry-go-round 989280
991199 5/1911    Degenhardt   Carousel 991199
994444 6/1911    Dammling   Roundabout 994444
1011414 12/1911    Curran   Amusement apparatus [roundabout] 1011414
1012280 12/1911    Robinson & Dale   Roundabout [means for raising and lowering sweeps] 1012280
1015971 1/1912    F. Miller   Roundabout 1015971
1022674 4/1912    Hazard   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] 1022674
1023897 4/1912    Walsh   Aeroplane roundabout [propelled by airplanes] 1023897
1024283 4/1912    Ricks   Amusement device 1024283
1027068 5/1912    Reed & Snow   Circle swing [ring] 1027068
1028543 6/1912    Cleghorn   Amusement apparatus [tracked roundabout] 1028543
1030316 6/1912    McReynolds   Amusement apparatus 1030316
1033716 7/1912    Lusse & Lusse   Carousel 1033716
1034654 8/1912    Smith   Aeroplane amusement apparatus 1034654
1040736 10/1912    Müller   Carousel 1040736
1041008 10/1912    Brehman   Roundabout [suspended variant] 1041008
1041187 10/1912    Steinert   Roundabout 1041187
1049753 1/1913    Miller   Merry-go-round 1049753
1058444 4/1913    Kohler/ Alleman   Amusement device 1058444
1058536 4/1913    Bleiker/ Kohler   Amusement device 1058536
1059825 4/1913    Brundage/ Parker   Pivotal support [for carousel horse] 1059825
1059895 4./1913    Miller/ Parker   Carousel 1059895
1061504 5/1913    Schleicher   Amusement device [high speed roundabout] 1061504
1062702 5/1913    Gardy   Amusement apparatus 1062702
1072181 9/1913    Shuyler   Amusement racing device 1072181
1073449 9/1913    Tothill   Merry-go-round 1073449
1082764 12/1913    Prior & Church   Merry-Go-Round [Racing Derby] 1082764
1086742 2/1914    Wright/ Frey   Floating merry-go-round 1086742
1087722 2/1914    Brundage/ Parker   Carousel 1087722
1088558 2/1914    Farnum   Carousel or merry-go-round 1088558
1099899 6/1914    Trostler   Amusement device [aquatic carousel] 1099899
1102866 7/1914    Brundage/ Parker   Knockdown carousel 1102866
1104145 7/1914    Sharkey   Carousel 1104145
1107287 8/1914    Gibson   Amusement device 1107287
1112305 9/1914    Lusse & Lusse   Animal mount or support for carousels 1112305
1114958 10/1914    Bisbee   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] 1114958
1116508 11/1914    Smith   Roundabout 1116508
1120245 12/1914    Schädel   Carousel [flying jenny] 1120245
1121748 12/1914    Miller   Carousel 1121748
1124770 1/1915    McRae & Blom/ Centrifugal Aeroplane   Circle swing 1124770
1124950 1/1915    Reagan & Marks   Roundabout [marine] 1124950
1127361 2/1915    Johnson   Merry-go-round [suspended horses] 1127361
1130217 3/1915    Tothill   Merry-go-round 1130217
1135099 4/1915    Decker   Amusement device [rocking mechanism for horses] 1135099
1141821 6/1915    Muller   Amusement apparatus [airplane roundabout] 1141821
1156151 10/1915    Kohler/ Sea Swing   Roundabout for aquatic use 1156151
1168089 1/1916    Mangels   Carousel [portable] 1168089
1171220 2/1916    Mangels   Carousel [portable, with sectional platform] 1171220
1179232 4/1916    Shewan   Roundabout 1179232
1179972 4/1916    Stickney/ Herschell-Spillman   Merry-go-round [cornice shields as rounding board connectors for portable carousels] 1179972
1181187 5/1916    Troutman   Carousel 1181187
1182682 5/1916    Hess   Amusement apparatus 1182682
1186659 6/1916    Jaenecke/ Herschell Co.   Animal mount for carousels 1186659
1193094 8/1916    Wendt   Floating merry-go-round 1193094
1199446 9/1916    Wendt   Duplex merry-go-round with display racks 1199446
1201839 10/1916    McCoole   Captive aeroplane [training or amusement] 1201839
1202710 10/1916    Hartmeister   Roundabout [elevating rotary swing] 1202710
1203453 10/1916    Armitage   Amusement device [portable airplane roundabout] 1203453
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11/1916  
3/1918  
  Miller/ Parker   Sectional platform for carousels 1204681
RE14440
1217280 2/1917    Cramer/ Herschell-Spillman   Seat hanger for carousels 1217280
1222622 4/1917    Guiliano   Amusement apparatus 1222622
1228011 5/1917    Fisher   Amusement device 1228011
1230103 6/1917    Bowditch/ Auchy   Portable horse hanger and coupling for carousels 1230103
1230104 6/1917    Bowditch   Cornice lock for carousels 1230104
1230998 6/1917    Cramer/ Herschell-Spillman   Seat actuating mechanism for carousels 1230998
1241138 9/1917    Morris/ Parker   Carousel 1241138
1251305 12/1917    Troy   Rotary machine 1251305
1259992 3/1918    Jaenecke/ Herschell Co.   Hanger for carousels or merry-go-rounds and the like 1259992
1263370 4/1918    Brundage & Miller/ Parker   Carousel [portable] 1263370
1271892 7/1918    Habeshan   Knockdown merry-go-round 1271892
1274993 8/1918    Cramer/ Herschell-Spillman   Electric lighting system for carousels 1274993
1286177 11/1918    Fisher   Amusement device 1286177
1286716 12/1918    Morris/ Parker   Carousel [horse mounting] 1286716
1293393 2/1919    Feltman   Amusement riding device 1293393
1293821 2/1919    Lloyd   Merry-go-round 1293821
1295145 2/1919    Fisher   Amusement device 1295145
1296417 3/1919    Mangels   Amusement apparatus [Luna] 1296417
1301476 4/1919    Michael   Amusement riding device 1301476
1302088 4/1919    Prior & Church   Amusement device [Racing Derby improvement] 1302088
1319643 10/1919    Chapman   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] 1319643
1320235 10/1919    Johnson   Circular swing 1320235
1327725 1/1920    Morris/ Parker   Carousel 1327725
1333407 3/1920    Gibson   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] 1333407
1337820 4/1920    Butcher   Amusement apparatus 1337820
1345647 7/1920    Waters   Amusement device 1345647
1357995 11/1920    Kitterman   Roundabout sailing apparatus [continuous train] 1357995
1358246 11/1920    Radabaugh/ Monoflyer   Captive monoflier 1358246
1362864 12/1920    Haunson   Amusement apparatus 1362864
1368568 2/1921    Metzger/ Union Tank & Pipe   Circle swing 1368568
D58056 6/1921    Anderson   Amusement aeroplane [vehicle for circle swing] D58056
1395175 10/1921    Chinn   Merry-go-round 1395175
1397938 11/1921    Unger et al   Amusement device [portable aerial swing] 1397938
1399582 12/1921    Sayih   Amusement device [concentric circles] 1399582
1400497 12/1921    Cudlipp   amusement device 1400497
1400802 12/1921    Colgate   Truck supported knockdown circle swing 1400802
1403205 1/1922    Snider   Revolving swing [airplane roundabout] 1403205
1409381 3/1922    Johnson   Amusement vehicle [trackless train or roundabout] 1409381
1419578 6/1922    Metzger/ Security Amusement Engineering   Amusement apparatus 1419578
1426314 8/1922    Pasturczak/ Szulk   Roundabout [musical] 1426314
1426418 8/1922    Simon   Amusement park device 1426418
1436371 11/1922    Traver   Collapsible passenger carrying car for aeroplane swings 1436371
1437534 12/1922    Marx   Carousel [truck-mounted] 1437534
1439478 12/1922    Maynes   Amusement ride [Caterpillar] 1439478
1451605 4/1923    Adelson & Adelson   Carrousel [truck-mounted] 1451605
1461322 7/1923    Maynes   Amusement apparatus [caterpillar] 1461322
1470911 10/1923    Burrows   Merry-go-round steeplechase 1470911
1473914 11/1923    Marmon   Amusement device [railed marine roundabout] 1473914
1473980 11/1923    Traver   Aeroplane swing 1473980
1476180 12/1923    Reagen/ Wohl   Merry-go-round [imp. to 1192226] 1476180
1477429 12/1923    Colgate   Bearing device for circle swings 1477429
1478743 12/1923    Jaenecke/ Spillman Engineering   Attachment for carrousels 1478743
1495917 5/1924    Mangels   Figure [construction of horse for carousel] 1495917
1501613
=RE16569
7/1924  
3/1927  
  Maynes   Amusement ride [caterpillar improvement] 1501613
RE16569
1504366 8/1924    Maynes   Amusement railway 1504366
1510941 10/1924    Jones   Merry-go-round 1510941
1512957 10/1924    Traver   Amusement device [seaplane or aeroplane swings] 1512957
1521478 12/1924    Reeves   Sail control [for carousel boats] 1521478
1521944 1/1925    Hague   Amusement device [with wheels or sliders for ice] 1521944
1531500 3/1925    Pickett   Merry-go-round hub 1531500
1537427 5/1925    Fisher   Roundabout 1537427
1537475 5/1925    Kudler   Roundabout 1537475
1548747 8/1925    Reeves   Roundabout [simulating sailboats] 1548747
1552146 9/1925    Haithwaite   Amusement apparatus or roundabout [Hey-Dey] 1552146
1556597 10/1925    Gibert   Amusement device 1556597
1558134 10/1925    Whiteley   Amusement device 1558134
1559219 10/1925    Burrow   Amusement device 1559219
1563122 11/1925    Uzzell   Portable amusement riding device [circle swing] 1563122
1579173 3/1926    Altmann   Flying roundabout 1579173
1580757 4/1926    Nichols   Amusement riding device [oval suspended] 1580757
1582015 4/1926    Morris/ Parker   Carrousel 1582015
1583287 5/1926    Fisher   Roundabout 1583287
1601661 9/1926    Watson/ Bender   Merry-go-round 1601661
1605687 11/1926    Morris/ Parker   Carousel 1605687
1609668 12/1926    Spillman   Horse supporting device for merry-go-rounds [for Over-the-Jumps]1609668
1609922 12/1926    Wiig   Roundabout 1609922
1616476 2/1927    Traver   Amusement apparatus [circle swing] 1616476
1625877 4/1927    Wood & Metzger/ Amusement Engineering   Amusement apparatus [centrifugal swing] 1625877
1626204 4/1927    McGinty   Swing 1626204
1627192 5/1927    Maynes   Drive for amusement rides 1627192
1627570 5/1927    Melcher   Merry-go-round 1627570
1631331 6/1927    Pinto   Carrousel 1631331
1632692 6/1927    Blackburn   Roundabout and like amusement apparatus 1632692
1641707 9/1927    Strigl   Roundabout 1641707
1643499 9/1927    Hulsman   Roundabout 1643499
1647623 11/1927    Henkel   Aquatic carousel 1647623
1651487 12/1927    Traver   Amusement device 1651487
1652474 12/1927    Garvey   Rotary swing or captive aeroplane  
1656805 1/1928    Wood/ Melville   Amusement apparatus 1656805
1660012 2/1928    Moore & Adams   Amusement device [undulating tracked kiddie roundabout] 1660012
1672959 6/1928    Spillman   Driving mechanism for amusement devices [cable drive] 1672959
1693724 12/1928    Morris   Carousel driving mechanism 1693724
1696500 12/1928    Morris   Carrousel 1696500
1707516 4/1929    Foss   Vehicular amusement device 1707516
1707687 4/1929    Sellner   Amusement apparatus [Tilt-a-Whirl improvement] 1707687
1713703 5/1929    Lester   Amusement apparatus [jumping roundabout] 1713703
1717003 6/1929    Boldizzoni   Amusement apparatus 1717003
1727490 9/1929    Spillman   Driving mechanism for merry-go-rounds 1727490
1729379 9/1929    Garcia   Merry-go-round [bicycle roundabout] 1729379
1732248 10/1929    Traver   Amusement ride [Tumble Bug] 1732248
1734064 11/1929    Vaszin   Amusement device 1734064
1734856 11/1929    Irsch/ Jones   Amusement ride 1734856
1739945 12/1929    Britton & McCormack   Amusement device 1739945
1741246 12/1929    Maynes   Amusement ride 1741246
1745719 2/1930    Sellner   Amusement device [Tilt-a-Whirl] 1745719
1756832 4/1930    Maynes   Amusement ride [Dragon (?)]1756832
1767626 6/1930    Traver   Amusement ride [Tumble Bug] 1767626
1779651 10/1930    Whiteley   Amusement apparatus [tracked roundabout] 1779651
1791655 2/1931    Bisch   Air-pilot-training device and the like 1791655
1797392 3/1931    Adams   Merry-go-round [aquatic, wind-powered] 1797392
1818647 8/1931    Prönnecke   Merry-go-round [double deck] 1818647
1822632 9/1931    Spillman   Cable drive 1822632
1824720 9/1931    Irsch   Amusement ride 1824720
1827303 10/1931    Traver   Amusement ride [Tumble Big] 1827303
1834238 12/1931    Dos Santos   Amusement apparatus 1834238
1838300 12/1931    Di Leonardo   Aquatic amusement apparatus 1838300
1847211 3/1932    Cramer   passenger carrying amusement device 1847211
1847569 3/1932    Maynes   Amusement ride [Magic Carpet (?)]1847569
1902381 3/1933    Shepherd   Amusement device [rotary swing] 1902381
1903995 4/1933    Graham   Amusement device 1903995
1906443 5/1933    Bisch   Aviator training or amusement device 1906443
1912174 5/1933    Bisch   Device to train aviators or for amusement purposes [tethered airplane roundabout] 1912174
1919467 7/1933    Jewell   Amusement apparatus 1919467
1922983 8/1933    Smith   Merry-go-round [with signaling system] 1922983
1941024 12/1933    Stanzel   Amusement apparatus [airplane roundabout] 1941024
1945697 2/1934    Mallon   Amusement and training apparatus 1945697
D92311 5/1934    Howe   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] D92311
1965039 7/1934    Hunt   Amusement device [airplane roundabout] 1965039
1996923 4/1935    Jacobsen   Merry-go-round 1996923
2017099 10/1935    Kuzel   Amusement device 2017099
2063468 12/1936    Spillman   Amusement device 2063468
2069686 2/1937    Shepherd   Amusement apparatus 2069686
2090166 8/1937    Whiteley   Amusement device 2090166
2094397 9/1937    Cortes   Apparatus for amusement and instruction in aviation [airplane roundabout] 2094397
2107196 1/1938    Bartlett   Amusement apparatus 2107196
2142169 1/1939    Bisch/ Bisch-Rocco   Amusement device [Flying Scooter] 2142169
2152679 4/1939    Bisch   Amusement device 2152679
2162877 6/1939    Bisch   Amusement device 2162877
2163360 6/1939    Bisch/ Bisch-Rocco   Amusement device [Flying Scooter] 2163360
D115224 6/1939    Wendler/ Herschell   Amusement device [continuous train roundabout; Moon Rocket?] D115224
2169403 8/1939    Bartlett   Amusement apparatus 2169403
2195588 4/1940    Spillman   Track connection [for inclined roundabout] 2195588
2195805 4/1940    Baker   Amusement device [jumping roundabout] 2195805
2200864 5/1940    Spinelli   Roundabout [with irregular counter-rotating track] 2200864
2202543 5/1940    Walker & Hahne   Amusement riding device 2202543
2209549 7/1940    Zebulske/ Spillman Engineering   Amusement ride [Silver Streak: inclined axis roundabout having cars with varied inclination] 2209549
2209550 7/1940    Zebulske/ Spillman Engineering   Amusement ride [Silver Streak variant] 2209550
2211876 8/1940    Barnard   amusement ride 2211876
2225008 12/1940    Harrison   Roundabout or carrousel [tangent circles] 2225008
2225411 12/1940    Feltman   Amusement ride 2225411
2239542 4/1941    Stanzel   Amusement ride device 2239542
2255013 9/1941    Maynes   Amusement apparatus [roundabout with passenger-controlled elevation] 2255013
2282763 5/1942    Kennedy   Amusement device 2282763
2303770 12/1942    Stoneback   amusement device 2303770
2304341 12/1942    Dennis   Roundabout 2304341
2312533 3/1943    Eyerly   Aerial merry-go-round 2312533
2362190 11/1944    Cortés   Apparatus for amusement and instruction in aviation [imp. to 2094397] 2362190
2364699 12/1944    Eastman   Amusement or instruction device 2364699
2389456 11/1945    Piesch   Merry-go-round on water 2389456
2399332 4/1946    D'Errico   Amusement ride 2399332
2408479 10/1946    Pooler   Roundabout 2408479
2412060 12/1946    Psaila   Novelty amusement air ride apparatus 2412060
2428607 10/1947    Bartlett   Amusement ride 2428607
2431421 11/1947    Reed   Airplane amusement device 2431421
2433807 12/1947    Bartlett   Amusement ride 2433807
2434486 1/1948    Chatelas/ Moreau   Roundabout [motions of horses] 2434486
2436014 2/1948    Messier   Circularly swung captive glider 2436014
2439974 4/1948    Holman   Commutator [for tracked roundabout] 2439974
2456648 12/1948    Restall   Passenger-operated roundabout 2456648
2469498 5/1949    Decker & Decker   Carousel [toy or ride] 2469498
2488930 11/1949    Parkerson/ Bisch   Amusement device [cab for roundabout] 2488930
D156023 11/1949    Mitchell/ Chambers   Amusement ride car [Turtle] D156023
2509944 5/1950    Skelley   Undulating track roundabout 2509944
2513607 7/1950    Webb   Merry-go-round 2513607
2525458 10/1950    Peterson   Collapsible roundabout [circle swing] 2525458
2540013 1/1951    Skreberg   Rotatable floor 2540013
2541586 2/1951    Jones   Vertically undulating track roundabout 2541586
2546917 3/1951    Bergen   Vertical axis roundabout [kiddie roundabout] 2546917
2550974 5/1951    Corsere   Vertical axis roundabout 2550974
2564542 8/1951    Milbourn   Amusement device 2564542
2570981 10/1951    Psaila   Vertical axis circular swing 2570981
2621929 12/1952    Jackson   Vertically undulating platform roundabout 2621929
D169229 3/1953    Tober/ Herschell   Amusement ride car [in form of tank] D169229
D170649 10/1953    McKee   Merry-go-round for children D170649
2659601 11/1953    Siverts   Roundabout amusement device 2659601
2698178 12/1954    Williams   Vertical axis roundabout [kiddie ride] 2698178
2704666 3/1955    Tyler   Rotary amusement ride 2704666
D174295 3/1955    Sneed   Carrousel-type amusement device [Tubs-O-Fun]  
D174965 6/1955    Rettie   Mobile carousel [truck mounted] D174965
2721081 10/1955    Sipior   Amusement roundabout 2721081
D178330 7/1956    Williams  Carousel D178330
2765168 10/1956    Taylor   Carousel 2765168
2819899 1/1958    Thumberg   Amusement ride [motorized but small] 2819899
2822173 2/1958    Bartlett   Amusement ride [Rodeo] 2822173
2842364 7/1958    Hutchison   Amusement apparatus of the carousel type 2842364
2862711 12/1958    Quemore   Children's amusement ride [animal-powered] 2862711
2866643 12/1958    Keefer & Thompson/ National Amusement Device   Merry-go-round 2866643
2869871 1/1959    Mitchell   Amusement ride device [roundabout with passenger-controlled elevation] 2869871
2873972 2/1959    Bartlett   Amusement ride 2873972
2895735 7/1959    Bartlett   Amusement ride [Flying Coaster] 2895735
2922648 1/1960    Bradley   Amusement ride [Helicopter] 2922648
2950109 8/1960    Forbush   Electric fan propelled merry-go-round 2950109
2983509 5/1961    Haug/ Klaus   Merry-go-round [Satellite Jet] 2983509
2992824 7/1961    Lew'chuk   Flying saucer amusement ride [kiddie roundabout] 2992824
3006642 10/1961    Bartlett   Amusement ride [roundabout] 3006642
3034785 5/1962    Graham   Amusement apparatus [projectile-shooting enclosed roundabout] 3034785
3086774 4/1963    Winton   Safety seat and mounting means in combination therewith 3086774
3101943 8/1963    Bartlett   Amusement ride 3101943
3104103 9/1963    Haug   Merry-go-round [simplification and improvement of 2983509] 3104103
3116060 12/1963    Bartlett   Amusement ride [roundabout with arcuate ride car; Jolly Caterpillar?] 3116060
3153536 10/1964    Bartlett   Passenger carrying roundabout 3153536
3155389 11/1964    Winton   Roundabout amusement ride 3155389
3179408 4/1965    Bartlett   Amusement ride [Flying Coaster improvement] 3179408
3201118 8/1965    Goggi   Floating towing device [water ski roundabout] 3201118
3219344 11/1965    Tober   Amusement ride [roundabout with shooting game] 3219344
3297319 1/1967    Chereau   Merry-go-round 3297319
3356365 12/1967    DeShano   Carrousel with relatively movable track supporting car members for selectively changing the track undulations 3356365
3408068 10/1968    Winton   Roundabout amusement device 3408068
3417991 12/1968    Novak   Merry-go-round having track supported vehicles with selective brake systems for controlling their speed 3417991
D213057 12/1968    McGinnis/ Disney   Rocket amusement ride D213057
D213888 4/1969    Gurr/ Disney   Rocket amusement ride car D213888
3455549 7/1969    Forbush   Fan-propelled merry-go-round 3455549
3603583 9/1971    Bartlett   Passenger participation amusement ride 3603583
3666264 5/1972    Bartlett   Roundabout amusement ride with jump ramp 3666264
3698710 10/1972    Schwarzkopf   Merry-go-round 3698710
3787046 1/1974    Clem/ Virginia Amusement   Carrousel-type amusement device 3787046
4007926 2/1977    Ottaway   Mobile amusement ride 4007926
D251132 2/1979    Reverchon   Combined amusement ride and building structure [himalaya] D251132
4513960 4/1985    Barber & Comstock   Undulating amusement ride apparatus 4513960
4576373 3/1986    Spieldiener et al   Aerial amusement ride [Barnstormer] 4576373
D286313 10/1986    Kurzweil/ Disney   Amusement ride [elephant roundabout] D286313
4767117 8/1988    Maio   Amusement ride and game 4767117
4898377 2/1990    Roche   Roundabout with climbing effect fitted with an airplane 4898377
4903959 2/1990    Barber   Horizontal ferris wheel 4903959
4917374 4/1990    Petz   Transportable power driven carousel 4917374
4936569 6/1990    West   Carousel apparatus 4936569
4982949 1/1991    Ulferts   Merry-go-round 4982949
5303603 4/1994    Boots   Method for imparting cyclic vertical motion to carousel animals 5303603
5676601 10/1997    Saunders   Carousel apparatus 5676601
5820469 10/1998    Nobbs/ Chance   Flying vehicle ride [Aviator] 5820469
5935011 8/1999    Morgan et al/ Universal   Wheelchair accessible carousel vehicle 5935011
6790146 9/2004    Comand/ Zamperla   Apparatus for amusement [interactive roundabout (Fire Brigade)] [application 2004/0116194] 6790146

Patent Applications

application number publication date    inventor/ assignee   patent title [comment]
2005/0239563 10/2005    Pondorfer & Petrie   Amusement ride [StarFlyer]

Last revised 2-July-2009

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