U.S. Patents for Other Ride-Related Patents

Links on the left provide access to roller coaster-related patents on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) server. This content is provided by the USPTO. Links on the right provide access via Google Patents, which may provide easier image viewing as well as serving patent pdfs. For more information, return to the patent home page.

This page contains patents for rides and almost-rides not included elsewhere on this site. The following lists include simulators and illusions, cable swings, and funhouse appliances. The patents are grouped by types. A few fun house patents are also included. Most gravity rides are on the Roller Coaster Patent page. Water rides are on the water ride page. Lists of carousels and related rides are on the carousel page, ferris wheels are on the ferris wheel page, and other swinging or rotating rides are on the other rotating rides page. Other miscellaneous rides are on the other rides page.

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Cable Swings and Bungee Rides

patent number	issue date	inventor/ assignee	patent title [comment]	google link
1482554	2/1924	Gundlach	Amusement device [cable-attached jumping tower]	1482554
5094448	3/1992	Hackett/ Carolan	Jumping apparatus	5094448
5203744	4/1993	Checketts	Device for vertically oscillating participants	5203744
5224425	7/1993	Remington	Cable skydiving	5224425
5267906	12/1993	Kitchen & Bird/ Sky Fun 1	Amusement ride [Sky Coaster]	5267906
5303695	4/1994	Shopsowitz	Human free-flight launcher	5303695
5421783	6/1995	Kockelman & Kockelman/ Bungee Adventures	Human slingshot machine [Ejection Seat]	5421783
5427576	6/1995	Pfeiffer/ Redara	Bungy jumping tower	5427576
5527223	6/1996	Kitchen & Bird	Swing type amusement ride [Sky Coaster]	5527223
5649866	7/1997	Balwanz	Amusement ride system [bungee chair]	5649866
5665002	9/1997	Balwanz	Chair assembly for an amusement ride	5665002
5769724	6/1998	Wiegel	Human free-flight catapult	5769724
5810671	9/1998	Balwanz & Kleimeyer	Amusement ride system [bungee chair]	5810671
5842928	12/1998	McGinnis	Amusement park swing ride	5842928
5931740	8/1999	Kitchen	Module-type amusement ride [Sky Coaster]	5931740
5984792	11/1999	Clark	Bungee swing	5984792
6319140	11/2001	Mirfin & Pondorfer	Amusement device [reverse bungee variant]	6319140
6416418	7/2002	Kleimeyer	Pivoting-arm giant swing amusement ride	6416418
6440002	8/2002	Jackson/ Skycoaster	Top loading swing type amusement ride	6440002
6497623	12/2002	Mirfin & Pondorfer	Amusement device [reverse bungee]	6497623
6511381	1/2003	Cochron	Multidirectional amusement device	6511381
6569024	5/2003	Kleimeyer	Giant swing amusement ride with oppositely pivoting boom arm and cam arm	6569024
6699135	3/3004	Cochron	Multidirectional amusement device	6699135
6808459	10/3004	Checketts	Amusement ride with cable-launched carrier [ThrillShot & Sky Sling]	6808459
6875115	4/2005	Fea/ Queenstown Property	Apparatus for an amusement ride and fall [rail-launched bungee drop]	6875115
7008328	3/2006	Checketts	Controllably rotatable seat [ThrillShot & Sky Sling]	7008328
7066822	6/2006	Cochron	Multidirectional amusement device	7066822

Cable Swing and Bungee Patent Applications

application number	publication date	inventor/ assignee	patent title [comment]
2002/0061784	5/2002	Mirfin & Pondorfer	Amusement device [now patent 6497623]
2003/0017880	1/2003	Kleimeyer	Giant swing amusement ride with oppositely pivoting boom arm and cam arm [patent 6569024]
2003/0027646	2/2003	Checketts	Amusement ride with cable-launched carrier [patent 6808459]
2003/0025368	2/2003	Checketts	Controllably rotatable seat [patent 7008328]
2003/0083137	5/2003	Checketts	Oscillatory amusement ride
2003/0087706	5/2003	Cochron	Multidirectional amusement device [patent 6699135]
2003/0144063	7/2003	Cochron	Multidirectional amusement device [patent 7066822]
2004/0092322	5/2004	Fea	Apparatus for an amusement ride and fall [patent 6875115]
2007/0259726	11/2007	Evans	Combined human catapult and safety landing apparatus

Suspension Fans

patent number	issue date	inventor/ assignee	patent title [comment]	google link
3484953	12/1969	Norheim	Apparatus for simulating free fall through the air	3484953
4578037	3/1986	Macangus & Dickson	Skydiving simulator	4578037
4700565	10/1987	Albuschkat/ Rodenhurst	Device for artificially producing air flow	4700565
5209702	5/1993	Arenas	Freefall simulator	5209702
5593352	1/1997	Methfessel & Langston	Mobile ground level skydiving apparatus	5593352
5655909	8/1997	Kitchen & Bird	Skydiving trainer windtunnel	5655909
5753811	5/1998	Consolini/ Inversiones Bernoulli	Aerodynamic tunnel particularly suited for entertainment purposes	5753811
6083110	7/2000	Kitchen & Palmer/ Sky Venture	Vertical wind tunnel training device	6083110
6805558	10/2004	Carl & Gershon	Free fall and game simulator	6805558
7156744	1/2007	Metni et al/ Skyventure	Recirculating vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator	7156744

Suspension Ride Patent Applications

application number	publication date	inventor/ assignee	patent title [comment]
2004/0077419	4/2004	Chengzhen & Shapero	Amusement air pool and riding devices therefor
2006/0025227	4/2004	Metni et al	Recirculating vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator [patent 7156744]
2007/0129157	6/2007	Gentile & Galigani	Structure for raising persons by means of an air flow

Illusions and Simulators

The following list includes rides in which limited passenger motion and visual stimuli combine to produce illusory sensations of motion. Stationary simulators and those intended for pilot training are excluded.