Non-U.S. Roller coaster patents are found on the non-U.S. patent page.
This list is not complete, and a few of the rides listed are not roller coasters. Small-scale coaster-like rides (backyard coasters) are grouped in a separate list on this page. Most gravity water ride patents are found on the water ride page, while alpine slides and some additional gravity ride patents are found on the other rides page.
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| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] | google link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95095 | 9/1869 | De Bodisco & De Rivera | Artificial sliding hill | 95095 |
| 128674 | 7/1872 | Taylor | Improvement in inclined railways | 128674 |
| 198888 | 1/1878 | Knudsen | Inclined-Plane Railways | 198888 |
| 269554 | 12/1882 | Alexander | Artificial sliding hill | 269554 |
| 277625 | 5/1883 | Steel | Inclined plane and sled therefor [wheeled sled] | 277625 |
| 291261 | 1/1884 | Wood | Circular gravity-railway | 291261 |
| 298710 | 5/1884 | Stevens | Roller coasting device | 298710 |
| 307942 | 11/1884 | Hinkle | Gravity pleasure road | 307942 |
| 308795 | 12/1884 | Rankin | Coasting track [ice railway, closed circuit] | 308795 |
| 309689 | 12/1884 | Campbell | Tramway and car | 309689 |
| 310356 | 1/1885 | Alcoke | Roller coasting vehicle | 310356 |
| 310966 | 1/1885 | Thompson | Roller coasting structure | 310966 |
| 314626 | 3/1885 | Stoddard & Terwilliger | Roller coasting device | 314626 |
| 315555 | 3/1885 | Root | Elevated railroad | 315555 |
| 315640 | 4/1885 | Kramer | Incline railway [car elevating mechanism] | 315640 |
| 316512 | 4/1885 | Yearick | Gravity Railway | 316512 |
| 317273 | 5/1885 | Alcoke | Gravity railway | 317273 |
| 318025 | 5/1885 | Pusey | Artificial coasting or sledding course | 318025 |
| 318026 | 5/1885 | Pusey | Artificial coasting course | 318026 |
| 322594 | 7/1885 | Geber | Parabolic railway and car, &c. | 322594 |
| 332762 | 12/1885 | Thompson | Gravity switch back railway | 332762 |
| 348798 | 9/1886 | Thompson | Pleasure cable railway | 348798 |
| 357790 | 2/1887 | Schaefer | Marine boat slide | 357790 |
| 363914 | 5/1887 | Rogers | Toboggan slide [rollers on trackway] | 363914 |
| 366232 | 7/1887 | McCullough | Toboggan slide [rollers on trackway] | 366232 |
| 367252 | 7/1887 | Thompson | Elevated gravity and cable railroad [not for amusement, but with cable lift similar to those used later in Thompson's scenic railways] | 367252 |
| 367286 | 7/1887 | Floyd/ Jackman | Sliding hill and toboggan therefor | 367286 |
| 368515 | 8/1887 | Chadeayne | Toboggan [wheeled, with guide rollers] | 368515 |
| 372306 | 11/1887 | Fenton | Combined sliding and roller coaster | 372306 |
| 373439 | 11/1887 | Campbell | Tramway and car | 373439 |
| 374736 | 12/1887 | Floyd | Sliding hill and toboggan to be used therewith | 374736 |
| 384843 | 6/1888 | Harrington | Inclined railway and water tobogganing apparatus | 384843 |
| 386123 | 7/1888 | Grant/ Grant & Brown | Toboggan slide | 386123 |
| 401734 | 4/1889 | Chadeayne | Toboggan [wheeled] | 401734 |
| 411255 | 9/1889 | Newburg | Coaster [shoot-the-chutes] | 411255 |
| 428977 | 5/1890 | Thompson | Pleasure railway, &c [mechanism for operating scene in tunnel] | 428977 |
| 429601 | 6/1890 | Bormann | Sinuous pleasure railway | 429601 |
| 430587 | 6/1890 | Merrill/ Haverhill Roller Toboggan | Roller toboggan slide and toboggan car [guide wheels] | 430587 |
| 432271 | 7/1890 | Harman | Trolley toboggan | 432271 |
| 434554 | 8/1890 | Bormann | Sinuous pleasure railway | 434554 |
| 438414 | 10/1890 | Guerra | Artificial toboggan slide | 438414 |
| 450609 | 4/1891 | Bormann | Sinuous pleasure railway and toboggan slide [racing] | 450609 |
| 450658 | 4/1891 | Bormann | Pleasure railway | 450658 |
| 450659 | 4/1891 | Bormann | Car or vehicle for pleasure railways, toboggan slides, &c. | 450659 |
| 450660 | 4/1891 | Bormann | Sinuous pleasure railway | 450660 |
| 450661 | 4/1891 | Bormann | Gripping mechanism for cars or vehicles, &c | 450661 |
| 452791 | 5/1891 | Jackman | Power and gravity railway [suspended] | 452791 |
| 456438 | 7/1891 | Shaw | Sliding hill and carriage to be used therewith [wheel and track arrangement; elevator] | 456438 |
| 468553 | 2/1892 | Shaw | Sliding hill or chute for carriages | 468553 |
| 470220 | 3/1892 | Thompson | Pleasure railway and car therefor | 470220 |
| 474351 | 5/1892 | Smith | Coasting railway | 474351 |
| 475081 | 5/1892 | Guerra | Toboggan slide | 475081 |
| 477059 | 6/1892 | Maxwell | Gravity railway | 477059 |
| 513570 | 1/1894 | Grant | Roller toboggan [automatic cable grip] | 513570 |
| 518224 | 4/1894 | Cawdery | Gravity railway [steeplechase] | 518224 |
| 520248 | 5/1894 | Thompson | Toboggan slide [coaster with ice track] | 520248 |
| 522025 | 6/1894 | Morris | Toboggan slide | 522025 |
| 527990 | 10/1894 | Idler | Electric and gravity pleasure railway | 527990 |
| 528224 | 10/1894 | Grant | Roller toboggan [racing illusion] | 528224 |
| 535938 | 3/1895 | Boyton | Coaster [shoot-the-chutes] | 535938 |
| 548159 | 10/1895 | Griffiths/ Landis | Car shifting appliance for pleasure railways | 548159 |
| 549635 | 12/1895 | Griffiths/ Landis | Pleasure coasting course | 549635 |
| 561169 | 6/1896 | Murray & Cole | Clutch for toboggan cars [roller toboggan] | 561169 |
| 571812 | 11/1896 | Vogt/ Landis | Gripping mechanism for cars | 571812 |
| 572111 | 12/1896 | Griffiths | Combined electric and gravity pleasure railway | 572111 |
| 577152 | 2/1897 | Vogt/ Landis | Truck and gripping mechanism for railway cars | 577152 |
| 577549 | 2/1887 | Griffiths | Gravity and cable pleasure railway | 577549 |
| 577550 | 2/1897 | Griffiths | Electric and gravity pleasure railway | |
| 592648 | 10/1897 | Downey | Pleasure railway [suspended] | 592648 |
| 593413 | 11/1897 | Cawdery | Carriage for gravity railways [steeplechase improvement] | |
| 594700 | 11/1897 | Lilley | Electric pleasure railway [Tower Railway] | 594700 |
| 602442 | 4/1898 | Grant | Roller toboggan [automatic cable grip] | 602442 |
| 608787 | 8/1898 | Murrey | Gravity railroad | 608787 |
| 609164 | 8/1898 | Prescott | Roller coaster [vertical loop] | 609164 |
| 620321 | 2/1899 | Holcomb | Pleasure railway | 620321 |
| 620415 | 2/1899 | Campbell | Pleasure car for gravity railways, &c. [rolling barrel] | 620415 |
| 634669 | 10/1899 | Moritz & Moritz | Gravity coaster [suspended] | 634669 |
| 637775 | 11/1899 | Funk | Pleasure railway [suspended] | 637775 |
| 638720 | 12/1899 | Hutchinson | Racing trolley track | 638720 |
| 665763 | 1/1901 | Thompson | Pleasure railway | 665763 |
| 665764 | 1/1901 | Thompson | Gravity or pleasure railway [third rail: Auto Spectacular Railway] | 665764 |
| 667455 | 2/1901 | Prescott | Centrifugal railway | 667455 |
| D34219 | 3/1901 | Morris | Track or way for amusement railways | D34219 |
| D34293 | 3/1901 | Morris | Track or way for amusement railways | D34293 |
| 674750 | 5/1901 | Walter | Pleasure railway [suspended] | 674750 |
| D34633 | 6/1901 | Morris | Track or way for amusement railways | D34633 |
| D34634 | 6/1901 | Morris | Track or way for amusement railways | D34634 |
| D34635 | 6/1901 | Morris | Track or way for amusement railways | D34635 |
| 676190 | 7/1901 | Hutchinson | Racing trolley track | 676190 |
| 678243 | 7/1901 | Green/ American Construction | Amusement railway [noncircular vertical loop] | 678243 |
| 687370 | 11/1901 | Douglass | Scenic railway [suspended] | 687370 |
| 695137 | 3/1902 | Beecher/ American Construction | Monorailway | 695137 |
| 695138 | 3/1902 | Beecher/ American Construction | Rail | 695138 |
| 699960 | 5/1902 | Lachase | Pleasure railway [suspended steeplechase] | 699960 |
| 702982 | 6/1902 | Merrill | Toboggan slide [racing] | 702982 |
| 706467 | 6/1902 | Wegner | Sack race structure [gravity] | 706467 |
| 709764 | 9/1902 | Hall | Illusion apparatus [aerial scenic railway] | 709764 |
| 712570 | 11/1902 | Myers/ Myers Amusement | Pleasure railway [cannon coaster] | 712570 |
| 712587 | 11/1902 | Pfuntner & Cole/ American Scenic Railway and Amusement Company | Scenic railway [single track coaster] | 712587 |
| 712707 | 11/1902 | Myers | Pleasure railway [cannon illusion] | 712707 |
| 712708 | 11/1902 | Myers/ Myers Amusement | Pleasure railway | 712708 |
| 713737 | 11/1902 | Boyce | Amusement apparatus [scenic coal mine] | 713737 |
| 715959 | 12/1902 | Booraem & Howard | Illusion apparatus [for pleasure railway] | 715959 |
| 716285 | 12/1902 | St. Clair/ Elevated Whirling Scenic | Amusement apparatus [suspended, rotating seat] | 716285 |
| 716427 | 12/1902 | Jontz & Gault | Roller coaster | 716427 |
| 721094 | 2/1903 | Robinson | Amusement apparatus | |
| 721631 | 2/1903 | Brown | Amusement apparatus [steeplechase improvement] | 721631 |
| 723525 | 3/1903 | Hagen | Centrifugal amusement way [planar vertical loop] | 723525 |
| 723559 | 3/1903 | Truitt | Pleasure railway | 723559 |
| 726282 | 4/1903 | Gilman | Race track amusement apparatus | 726282 |
| 728246 | 5/1903 | Kremer | Exhibition apparatus [vehicle in form of rolling ball] | 728246 |
| 733359 | 7/1903 | Welsh/ United States Celestrial Paradise | Illusion device [for gravity scenic railway] | 733359 |
| 737409 | 8/1903 | Jackman | Inclined railway | 737409 |
| 737410 | 8/1903 | Jackman | Car [for inclined railway] | 737410 |
| 737753 | 9/1903 | Maguire | Amusement apparatus | 737753 |
| 739789 | 9/1903 | Myers/ Myers Amusement | Pleasure railway [cannon with gap] | 739789 |
| 743168 | 11/1903 | Jackman | Railway | 743168 |
| 743169 | 11/1903 | Jackman | Car coupling | 743169 |
| 743170 | 11/1903 | Jackman | Railway | 743170 |
| 745854 | 12/1903 | Jackman | Locking device for seat guards | 745854 |
| 745855 | 12/1903 | Jackman | Track and car | 745855 |
| 745962 | 12/1903 | Jackman | Safety device for inclined railways [anti-rollback levers on lift hill] | 745962 |
| 746467 | 12/1903 | Crane | Pleasure railway [dueling] | 746467 |
| 749130 | 1/1904 | Floyd | Toboggan slide | 749130 |
| 749676 | 1/1904 | Jackman | Inclined railway [racing] | 749676 |
| 749677 | 1/1904 | Jackman | Inclined railway [racing] | 749677 |
| 749691 | 1/1904 | Jackman | Brake mechanism for inclined railways | 749691 |
| 750242 | 1/1904 | Jackman | Railway | 750242 |
| 750246 | 1/1904 | Beecher/ Beecher Construction | Pleasure railway | 750246 |
| 752450 | 2/1904 | Hamell/ Hammell Amusement | Amusement device | 752450 |
| 755158 | 3/1904 | Morgan | Scenic pleasure railway | 755158 |
| 757487 | 4/1904 | McLaughlin | Roller coaster | 757487 |
| 759053 | 5/1904 | Whittemore | Carriage for roller coasters | 759053 |
| 762022 | 6/1904 | Brown | Pleasure railway [Backety-Back] | 762022 |
| 766105 | 7/1904 | Floyd | Gravity railway | 766105 |
| 769490 | 9/1904 | Rosenberger | Car for scenic railways | 769490 |
| 771322 | 10/1904 | Pattee/ Planets | Ball coaster | 771322 |
| 774348 | 11/1904 | Campbell | Coaster | 774348 |
| 776807 | 12/1904 | Shaules | Amusement apparatus [slide] | 776807 |
| 777309 | 12/1904 | Riddle & Shuck | Pleasure railway | 777309 |
| 777497 | 12/1904 | Cooper | Scenic railway | 777497 |
| 780049 | 1/1905 | Maguire | Amusement apparatus [slide] | 780049 |
| 780345 | 1/1905 | Jackman | Brake mechanism for inclined railways | 780345 |
| 780346 | 1/1905 | Jackman | Railway track and car | 780346 |
| 780347 | 1/1905 | Jackman | Car-stopping device for inclined railways | 780347 |
| 780348 | 1/1905 | Jackman | Inclined railway [lift improvement] | 780348 |
| 783368 | 2/1905 | Day | Gravity railway [racing] | 783368 |
| 784329 | 2/1905 | Jackman | Inclined railway | 784329 |
| 788980 | 5/1905 | Wilmouth | Spiral railway | 788980 |
| 789946 | 5/1905 | Turpin | Amusement apparatus | 789946 |
| 793333 | 6/1905 | Weaver | Chain dog | 793333 |
| 793471 | 6/1905 | Thomas & Kirkpatrick | Amusement device [moving scenery] | 793471 |
| 795483 | 7/1905 | Christensen & Christensen | Amusement device [suspended] | 795483 |
| 803465 | 10/1905 | Bernheisel | Amusement device | 803465 |
| 803679 | 11/1905 | Ensign | Pleasure railway [suspended] | 803679 |
| 807933 | 12/1905 | Jackman | Car coupling | 807933 |
| 811998 | 2/1906 | Benedict | Amusement apparatus | 811998 |
| 814939 | 3/1906 | Cerruti | Amusement railway | 814939 |
| 815210 | 3/1906 | Pattee | Spherical amusement vehicle | 815210 |
| 815986 | 3/1906 | Taylor & Hoard | Pleasure railway | 815986 |
| 817699 | 4/1906 | Fageol | Inclined suspended railway | 817699 |
| 817940 | 4/1906 | Strickler/ Federal | Inclined railway [chain dog variant] | 817940 |
| 819808 | 5/1906 | Sands/ Thompson Scenic | Electric block signal for railways | 819808 |
| 825431 | 7/1906 | Thompson | Pleasure railway [Dragon's Gorge] | 825431 |
| 827313 | 7/1906 | Lauster & Pounds | Pleasure railway [underwater tunnel] | 827313 |
| 833762 | 10/1906 | J. Thompson | Gravitation railroad | 833762 |
| 833835 | 10/1906 | Huntley | Gravity railway [suspended] | 833835 |
| 835662 | 11/1906 | Bruen | Inclined railway [ice track] | 835662 |
| 838071 | 11/1906 | Beisel | Amusement apparatus | 838071 |
| 839024 | 12/1906 | Nelson | Aerial tramway [gravity descent] | 839024 |
| 843420 | 2/1907 | Strickler/ Federal Construction | Running gear for vehicles | 843420 |
| 844116 | 2/1907 | Francovich | Amusement device [passenger-powered & gravity ride] | 844116 |
| 845967 | 3/1907 | Moskovitz | Amusement device | 845967 |
| 846207 | 3/1907 | Jackman | Railway | 846207 |
| 846208 | 3/1907 | Jackman | Railway | 846208 |
| 846209 | 3/1907 | Jackman | Railway | 846209 |
| 846210 | 3/1907 | Jackman | Brake mechanism for inclined railways | 846210 |
| 847304 | 3/1907 | Allen | Toboggan slide [portable; rollers on track] | 847304 |
| 850136 | 4/1907 | Cole/ Altro Park | Amusement riding device [suspended] | 850136 |
| 858624 | 7/1907 | Reckweg | Pleasure railway [oscillating motion imparted by guide rail] | 858624 |
| 862607 | 8/1907 | Bragg | Pleasure railway | 862607 |
| 866680 | 9/1907 | Plotner | Amusement apparatus [castered car] | 866680 |
| 867765 | 10/1907 | Strickler | Automatic steering mechanism for vehicles [gravity or other] | 867765 |
| 869083 | 10/1907 | Hebig | Amusement device [spherical vehicle] | 869083 |
| 869846 | 10/1907 | Jackman | Brake mechanism for inclined railways | 869846 |
| 869847 | 10/1907 | Jackman | Safety device for inclined railways [anti-rollback improvement] | 869847 |
| 869848 | 10/1907 | Jackman | Locking device for seat guards | 869848 |
| 869849 | 10/1907 | Jackman | Brake mechanism for inclined railways | 869849 |
| 870089 | 11/1907 | Ellis | Railway | 870089 |
| 870489 | 11/1907 | Bourke | Amusement device [auto-whirl] | 870489 |
| 871643 | 11/1907 | Shaw | Pleasure railway [water brake] | 871643 |
| 872253 | 11/1907 | Riehl | Amusement apparatus [Virginia Reel] | 872253 |
| 873570 | 12/1907 | Mangels & Brewster | Amusement apparatus [Tickler] | 873570 |
| 877100 | 1/1908 | Lockwood | Pleasure railway | 877100 |
| 879615 | 2/1908 | Enochs | Amusement device [scenic railway] | 879615 |
| 881000 | 3/1908 | Jackman | Switch for pleasure railways | 881000 |
| 881788 | 3/1908 | Gardner & Schmidt | Pleasure railway [suspended] | 881788 |
| 884594 | 4/1908 | Lacomme | Scenic railway [tilting track illusion] | 884594 |
| 886958 | 5/1908 | Dewey | Amusement railway [tilt controlled by additional rail] | 886958 |
| 888111 | 5/1908 | Morrissey | Pleasure railway [rollers on track] | 888111 |
| 888881 | 5/1908 | Geores | Pleasure railway [castered tub] | 888881 |
| 895256 | 8/1908 | Goudron | Amusement coaster [with undulating surface] | 895256 |
| 895427 | 8/1908 | Church | Pleasure railway | 895427 |
| 895428 | 8/1908 | Church | Pleasure railway car | 895428 |
| 895946 | 8/1908 | Biavati | Device for handling amusement cars [car elevator] | 895946 |
| 896430 | 8/1908 | Bishop & Down/ Auto-Conveyors | Amusement apparatus of the gravity railway type [with car-leveling lift] | 896430 |
| 898739 | 9/1908 | Hooker | Aerial railway | 898739 |
| 904953 | 11/1908 | Hamilton & Mellre | Amusement device | 904953 |
| 906732 | 12/1908 | McDonagh & Reynolds | Amusement apparatus | 906732 |
| 909953 | 1/1909 | Smith | Amusement device [lift for toboggans] | 909953 |
| 913046 | 2/1909 | Paul | Pleasure railway | 913046 |
| 914058 | 2/1909 | Martyne | Railway or track for purposes of amusement [racing] | 914058 |
| 915382 | 3/1909 | Rehling | Pleasure railway [variable rail gauge] | 915382 |
| 916157 | 3/1909 | Jackman | Locking device for seat guards | 916157 |
| 919352 | 4/1909 | Hinderland | Suspended railway | 919352 |
| 922052 | 5/1909 | Sherk | Amusement railway [rotating car] | 922052 |
| 922184 | 5/1909 | Peck | Amusement device | 922184 |
| 923334 | 6/1909 | Connelly & Rudolph | Amusement apparatus [rotating car] | 923334 |
| 924182 | 6/1909 | Neville | Automobile scenic railroad | 924182 |
| 925818 | 6/1909 | Mangels | Pleasure railway [passenger-powered assist] | 925818 |
| 927517 | 7/1909 | Fageol & Fageol | Pleasure railway | 927517 |
| 931139 | 8/1909 | Nall | Amusement device [rotating car] | 931139 |
| 931705 | 8/1909 | Perdew | Pleasure railway | 931705 |
| 933445 | 9/1909 | Hess | Amusement device | 933445 |
| 933788 | 9/1909 | Liebling & Schmidt | Amusement device [suspended] | 933788 |
| 933790 | 9/1909 | Shaules | Amusement device [rollercoaster with switches instead of turns] | 933790 |
| 933914 | 9/1909 | Neville | Automobile scenic railway | 933914 |
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937456
=RE13588 |
10/1909
7/1913 | Miller | Pleasure railway [racing] | 937456 RE13588 |
| 938404 | 10/1909 | Whiting | Pleasure railway [gap jumping] | 938404 |
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952472
=RE13271 |
3/1910
7/1911 | Sharkey | Car for roller coasters | 952472 RE13271 |
| 953459 | 3/1910 | Cleghorn | Amusement apparatus | 953459 |
| 955217 | 4/1910 | Smith & Smith/ National Airship Spiralway | Inclined railway [suspended: Spiral Airship] | 955217 |
| 958160 | 5/1910 | Neville | Gravity automobile | 958160 |
| 963265 | 7/1910 | Barrie | Amusement mechanism | 963265 |
| 964383 | 7/1910 | Bragg | Amusement apparatus [castered cars] | 964383 |
| 968955 | 8/1910 | Keefe/ Eureka Novelty | Amusement apparatus [summer coaster] | 968955 |
| 976896 | 11/1910 | McFarland | Amusement apparatus [suspended spiral gravity ride] | 976896 |
| 979171 | 12/1910 | Kohler | Amusement apparatus | 979171 |
| 979875 | 12/1910 | Miller | Starting apparatus for pleasure railways | 979875 |
| 979982 | 12/1910 | Miller | Railway car for pleasure railways [side friction improvement] | 979982 |
| 979983 | 12/1910 | Miller | Braking apparatus for pleasure railways [squeeze brakes] | 979983 |
| 979984 | 12/1910 | Miller | Safety device for pleasure railways [anti-rollbacks engaging chain] | 979984 |
| 981462 | 1/1911 | Moss | Coasting device for purposes of amusement [simulating airship; gravity or otherwise] | 981462 |
| 983049 | 1/1911 | Hartwig | Aerial amusement device [suspended gravity ride] | 983049 |
| 983119 | 1/1911 | Bourke | Pleasure railway | 983119 |
| 989472 | 4/1911 | Aitken | Pleasure railroad [gravity ride ending with aerial glide into pond] | 989472 |
| 993840 | 5/1911 | Kohler | Amusement apparatus | 993840 |
| 1002162 | 8/1911 | Langworthy | Amusement device [ride with stunts] | 1002162 |
| 1009076 | 11/1911 | Lavarack & Greenwood | Recreative apparatus of the switchback or like type | 1009076 |
| 1012059 | 12/1911 | Burchard & Noble | Electropneumatic braking appliance for railways | 1012059 |
| 1013202 | 1/1912 | Miller | Amusement apparatus [simulating airplane] | 1013202 |
| 1013203 | 1/1912 | Miller | Amusement apparatus [simulating airplane] | 1013203 |
| 1013843 | 1/1912 | McIntyre & Conner | Amusement device | 1013843 |
| 1037957 | 9/1912 | Miller | Handle bar mechanism for pleasure railways | 1037957 |
| 1037958 | 9/1912 | Miller | Pleasure railway [self-centering skid brakes] | 1037958 |
| 1038174 | 9/1912 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [guide wheels] | 1038174 |
| 1038175 | 9/1912 | Miller | Handle bar mechanism for pleasure railways | 1038175 |
| 1040125 | 10/1912 | Bickford | Loop the loop pleasure railway | 1040125 |
| 1062839 | 5/1913 | Miller | Handle bar mechanism for pleasure railways | 1062839 |
| 1070081 | 8/1913 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Pleasure railway [train] | 1070081 |
| 1070360 | 8/1913 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Pleasure railway [brake mechanism] | 1070360 |
| 1070082 | 8/1913 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Pleasure railway [racing] | 1070082 |
| 1070208 | 8/1913 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Pleasure railway | 1070208 |
| 1073156 | 9/1913 | Miller | Gripping device | 1073156 |
| 1074185 | 9/1913 | Lockwood | Pleasure railway [Bowls of Joy; improvement on patent 879615] | 1074185 |
| 1075397 | 10/1913 | Bouracier | Amusement apparatus | 1075397 |
| 1079052 | 11/1913 | Ingersoll | Pleasure railway [racing] | 1079052 |
| 1095965 | 5/1914 | Glazier | Amusement apparatus [combined coaster and chutes] | 1095965 |
| 1097452 | 5/1914 | Lockwood | Pleasure railway [Bowls of Joy improvement] | 1097452 |
| 1097615 | 5/1914 | D'Agostino | Switchback coaster | 1097615 |
| 1101630 | 6/1914 | Hooper | Amusement apparatus | 1101630 |
| 1102821 | 7/1914 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Signaling device for racing coasters | 1102821 |
| 1102822 | 7/1914 | Thompson/ Thompson Scenic | Safety device for pleasure railway cars [seat bar] | 1102822 |
| 1127753 | 2/1915 | Glynn | Amusement railway [suspended] | 1127753 |
| 1137342 | 4/1915 | McCormick/ Ingersoll | Brake for pleasure railways | 1137342 |
| 1152290 | 8/1915 | Carruthers | Pleasure railway | 1152290 |
| 1167170 | 1/1916 | Hartman | Amusement device [suspended] | 1167170 |
| 1248770 | 12/1917 | Wilson | Amusement device [suspended] | 1248770 |
| 1264159 | 4/1918 | Cooper & Schmidt/ Riverview Park | Pleasure railway [mechanism for monitoring reride fares] | 1264159 |
| 1300555 | 4/1919 | Behrens | Aerial amusement railway | 1300555 |
| 1311703 | 7/1919 | Meyer | Pleasure railway | 1311703 |
| 1319888 | 10/1919 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [upstop arrangement] | 1319888 |
| 1328238 | 1/1920 | Williams/ Aeroplane Railway | Aeroplane pleasure-railway [monorail structure] | 1328238 |
| 1347968 | 7/1920 | O'Doie | Spiral glide amusement device | 1347968 |
| 1356412 | 10/1920 | Smith | Pleasure railway [castered cars] | 1356412 |
| 1358305 | 11/1920 | Feltman | Amusement device [rotating car] | 1358305 |
| 1359508 | 11/1920 | Johnson | Amusement device | 1359508 |
| 1360953 | 11/1920 | Hooper | Amusement apparatus | 1360953 |
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1361476
=RE15244 |
12/1920
12/1921 | Maynes | Amusement apparatus [air blasts for coasters] | 1361476 RE15244 |
| 1373754 | 4/1921 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [upstop retrofit for older track structure] | 1373754 |
| 1380732 | 6/1921 | Miller | Pleasure-railway structure [in-line seating] | 1380732 |
| 1399577 | 10/1921 | Riehl | Pleasure railway | 1399577 |
| 1404143 | 1/1922 | Riehl | Car for pleasure railways | 1404143 |
| 1404144 | 1/1922 | Riehl | Draft means for the cars of pleasure vehicles | 1404144 |
| 1405213 | 1/1922 | Hingenitz | Amusement device [vertical loop] | 1405213 |
| 1409264 | 3/1922 | Watkins | Car holding ratchet | 1409264 |
| 1409750 | 3/1922 | Miller | Pleasure railway construction and operation [wheel-steering mechanism] | 1409750 |
| 1409751 | 3/1922 | Miller | Pleasure railway [train coupling] | 1409751 |
| 1410374 | 3/1922 | Church | Roller coaster railway [track construction] | 1410374 |
| 1415187 | 5/1922 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [flanged road wheel serving also as upstop] | |
| 1417754 | 5/1922 | Liuni | Amusement device | 1417754 |
| 1420887 | 6/1922 | Strauss | Amusement device [suspended] | 1420887 |
| 1430203 | 9/1922 | von Tautphoeus | Amusement railway | 1430203 |
| 1430396 | 9/1922 | W. Miller | Amusement device | 1430396 |
| 1431567 | 10/1922 | Church | Jointed coaster train | 1431567 |
| 1440586 | 1/1923 | Feucht | Roller coaster | 1440586 |
| 1440587 | 1/1923 | Feucht | Safety device for roller coasters [brake system] | 1440587 |
| 1440588 | 1/1923 | Feucht | Roller coaster running gear | 1440588 |
| 1448763 | 3/1923 | Miller | Pleasure-railway structure [improved track structure; guide wheels functioning as upstops] | 1448763 |
| 1448764 | 3/1923 | Miller | Pleasure railway car [Dip-Lo-Do-Cus] | 1448764 |
| 1454760 | 5/1923 | Neary | Roller coaster safety appliance | 1454760 |
| 1463137 | 7/1923 | Makepeace | Roller coaster | 1463137 |
| 1432104 | 10/1923 | Feucht | Railway switch | 1432104 |
| 1474962 | 11/1923 | Greenberg | Pleasure railway [with block signaling system] | 1474962 |
| 1476148 | 12/1923 | Church | Car for coaster railways | 1476148 |
| 1480678 | 1/1924 | Feucht | Car coupling | 1480678 |
| 1501060 | 7/1924 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [improvement to 1448763 using Z-rails] | |
| 1501061 | 7/1924 | Miller | Pleasure railway construction [steel rail] | 1501061 |
| 1502699 | 7/1924 | Traubel | Amusement railway | 1502699 |
| 1508319 | 9/1924 | Harris | Amusement device | 1508319 |
| 1508453 | 9/1924 | Hooper | Amusement apparatus | 1508453 |
| 1528154 | 3/1925 | Laden | Amusement device [shuttle] | 1528154 |
| 1536122 | 5/1925 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [simplified track with T-rail] | 1536122 |
| 1536448 | 5/1925 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [Dare Devil?] | 1536448 |
| 1546620 | 7/1925 | Church | Safety device for coaster cars [upstop plate] | 1546620 |
| 1546710 | 7/1925 | Bowditch/ Philadelphia Toboggan | Coaster car coupling | 1546710 |
| 1547856 | 7/1925 | Church | Coaster coupling | 1547856 |
| 1562035 | 11/1925 | Miller | Pleasure railway car | 1562035 |
| 1562036 | 11/1925 | Miller | Pleasure-railway structure [track] | 1562036 |
| 1565806 | 12/1925 | Laden | Amusement device [improvement to 1528154] | 1565806 |
| 1582581 | 4/1926 | Darling/ Thompson Scenic | Coaster car for pleasure coasters [for children's roller coaster] | 1582581 |
| 1585605 | 5/1926 | Russo | Amusement device | 1585605 |
| 1589792 | 6/1926 | Darling/ Thompson Scenic | Control system and mechanism for amusement coasters | 1589792 |
| 1593587 | 7/1926 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [cars with sideways seating; flush loading] | 1593587 |
| 1597491 | 8/1926 | Traver | Car for amusement rides | 1597491 |
| 1603393 | 10/1926 | Malcolm | Amusement device | 1603393 |
| 1605369 | 11/1926 | Miller | Truck for pleasure railway cars [sprung suspension] | 1605369 |
| 1606770 | 11/1926 | Miller | Handle bar structure | 1606770 |
| 1613118 | 1/1927 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [anti-rollback pawls on lift] | 1613118 |
| 1618272 | 2/1927 | Darling/ Thompson Scenic | Coaster for children | 1618272 |
| 1621337 | 3/1927 | Schmeck/ PTC | Coaster-track structure | 1621337 |
| 1629520 | 5/1927 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure | 1629520 |
| 1633204 | 6/1927 | Bartlett | Amusement device | 1633204 |
| 1642275 | 9/1927 | Strickler/ Dentzel | Coaster track structure | 1642275 |
| 1642276 | 9/1927 | Strickler/ Dentzel | Coaster car and track therefor | 1642276 |
| 1651961 | 12/1927 | I. Miller | Amusement gravity suspension railway | 1651961 |
| 1654670 | 1/1928 | Traver | Coaster train | 1654670 |
| 1656218 | 1/1928 | Miller | Pleasure railway car | 1656218 |
| 1659108 | 2/1928 | Illions | Safety bar lock for pleasure railways | 1659108 |
| 1669347 | 5/1928 | Schmeck/ PTC | Gravity-operated coaster [flanged wheels] | 1669347 |
| 1713793 | 5/1929 | Traver | Amusement ride | 1713793 |
| 1719193 | 7/1929 | Phare | Swivel coupling for coaster cars | 1719193 |
| 1729827 | 10/1929 | Grine | Track for roller coaster type of amusement structures | 1729827 |
| 1741286 | 12/1929 | Church | Laminated construction for roller coaster tracks | 1741286 |
| 1748184 | 2/1930 | Nichols | Gravity ride [helical] | 1748184 |
| 1755030 | 4/1930 | Schmeck/ PTC | Track construction | 1755030 |
| 1767627 | 6/1930 | Traver | Amusement railway [electric shocks] | 1767627 |
| 1796619 | 3/1931 | Phare | Universal coupling between sections of coaster cars | 1796619 |
| 1805266 | 5/1931 | Traver | Amusement coaster railway [Zips] | 1805266 |
| 1806102 | 5/1931 | Traver | Amusement ride [Cyclone] | 1806102 |
| 1814969 | 7/1931 | Schmeck | Amusement car | 1814969 |
| 1823010 | 9/1931 | Traver | Amusement ride | 1823010 |
| 1825468 | 9/1931 | Miller | Pleasure railway structure [simplified track structure] | 1825468 |
| 1827162 | 10/1931 | Miller | Brake structure [squeeze brake improvement] | 1827162 |
| 1839054 | 12/1931 | Schmeck | Amusement car | 1839054 |
| 1847733 | 3/1932 | Traver | Track rail support | 1847733 |
| 1881151 | 10/1932 | Traver | Car for amusement rides | 1881151 |
| 1959944 | 5/1934 | Bartlett | Amusement device [Flying Turns] | 1959944 |
| 2048215 | 7/1936 | R. Miller | Gravity coaster | 2048215 |
| D110403 | 7/1938 | Schmidt | Park train body | D110403 |
| D111876 | 10/1938 | Hanna | Coaster slide | D111876 |
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| 2435471 | 2/1948 | Schmidt | Safety device for amusement park rides | 2435471 |
| 2498450 | 2/1950 | Pewitt | Pleasure railway | 2498450 |
| 2539360 | 1/1951 | Bartlett | Amusement ride car [improved car for Flying Turns] | 2539360 |
| 2563075 | 8/1951 | Schmidt | Brake system for amusement park rides | 2563075 |
| 2595992 | 5/1952 | Tapp & Davey/ County Commercial Cars | Amusement track apparatus [inclination controlled by third rail] | 2595992 |
| 2642005 | 6/1953 | Cooper | Drive system for roller coasters [chain in station] | |
| 2674957 | 4/1954 | Miler | Amusement device running on tracks [trailered trains] | 2674957 |
| D189828 | 2/1961 | Bacon & Morgan/ Disneyland | Amusement ride car | D189828 |
| 3114332 | 12/1963 | Bacon & Morgan/ Disney | Bobsled amusement ride [Matterhorn Bobsleds] | 3114332 |
| 3167024 | 1/1965 | Bacon & Morgan/ Disney | Bobsled amusement ride | 3167024 |
| 3172629 | 3/1965 | Gilman/ Disney | Safety control system | 3172629 |
| D218246 | 8/1970 | House | Spiral amusement ride [Toboggan] | D218246 |
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| 3780665 | 12/1973 | Lohr/ Marx | Roller coaster | 3780665 |
| 3791305 | 2/1974 | Matelan | Roller coaster | 3791305 |
| 3855936 | 12/1974 | Schwarzkopf | Motorized roller-coaster car | 3855936 |
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| 3908554 | 9/1975 | Schwarzkopf | Self-propelled amusement-park rail vehicle | 3908554 |
| 3941060 | 3/1976 | Mohrsbach | Monorail system | 3941060 |
| 3949680 | 4/1976 | Doughty | Vehicle track and vehicle | 3949680 |
| 4005877 | 2/1977 | Humphries/ Arrow | Vehicle passenger restraint mechanism | 4005877 |
| 4093080 | 6/1978 | Schwarzkopf | Vehicular train | 4093080 |
| 4165695 | 8/1979 | Schwarzkopf | Amusement ride with vertical track loop [Shuttle Loop] | 4165695 |
| 4170943 | 10/1979 | Achrekar | Roller coaster assembly | 4170943 |
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| 4270459 | 6/1981 | Schwarzkopf | Chain-type ascent system for roller coaster | 4270459 |
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| 4361094 | 11/1982 | Schwarzkopf | Drive member for rail-type amusement-ride car | 4361094 |
| 4520732 | 6/1985 | Schwarzkopf | Amusement ride [suspended] | 4520732 |
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| 4548136 | 10/1985 | Yamada/ Togo | Track-traveling four-wheel vehicle | 4548136 |
| D285330 | 8/1986 | Okamoto/ Meisho | Vehicle for a roller coaster | D285330 |
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| 5325790 | 7/1994 | Drayer/ Mack | Rollback-preventing apparatus for a rail vehicle | 5325790 |
| 5433153 | 7/1995 | Yamada/ Togo | Amusement track ride system with helical spinning section | 5433153 |
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| 5784473 | 7/1998 | Ferren/ Disney | Sound system [for roller coaster] | 5784473 |
| 5791254 | 8/1998 | Mares & Gorman/ Meteoro | Full range of motion roller coaster | 5791254 |
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| 5979333 | 11/1999 | Houben & Clerx/ Verkoma [sic] | Amusement device and vehicle suitable for being used in such an amusement device [Flying Dutchman] | 5979333 |
| 5996505 | 12/1999 | Ochi/ Oriental Sangyo | Amusement ride with track | 5996505 |
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| 6062350 | 5/2000 | Spieldiener et al | Braking system for an amusement device [eddy current brake] | 6062350 |
| 6093266 | 7/2000 | Mollee | Wheel body | 6093266 |
| 6105356 | 8/2000 | Capstick et al/ Renold PLC | Drive chain | 6105356 |
| 6158354 | 12/2000 | Eiraku/ Hoei Sangyo | Roller coaster [Sledge Hammer] | 6158354 |
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| 6170403 | 1/2001 | Behringer/ Mack | Boat for spill water raft rides [flume/coaster combination] | 6170403 |
| 6176788 | 1/2001 | Checketts | Track-mounted ride powered by compressed gas [Thrust Air 2000] | 6176788 |
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| 6287211 | 9/2001 | Bolliger & Mabillard | Installation for amusement park [T-bar passenger restraint system] | 6287211 |
| 6293376 | 9/2001 | Pribonic/ Magnetar | Apparatus including eddy current braking system | 6293376 |
| 6302029 | 9/2001 | Distelrath/ Maurer | Vehicle for fairground rides [mechanism for rotating car] | 6302029 |
| 6311469 | 11/2001 | Christmas/ Renold | Drive chain | 6311469 |
| 6327979 | 12/2001 | Ochi/ Oriental Sangyo | Amusement ride with track | 6327979 |
| 6341564 | 1/2002 | Ochi/ Oriental Sangyo | Amusement ride with track | 6341564 |
| 6342016 | 1/2002 | Parker | Waterfall diverter | 6342016 |
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| 6375243 | 4/2002 | Bradley & Parent/ Wheel Thing | Wheel assembly for a roller coaster | 6375243 |
| 6397755 | 6/2002 | Kamler/ Ride Factory | Amusement ride [pressurized gas launch] | 6397755 |
| 6397756 | 6/2002 | Saiko et al | Amusement device [cable lift system] | 6397756 |
| 6405655 | 6/2002 | Clerx & Preters/ Vekoma | Amusement device [flying coaster variant] | 6405655 |
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| 6523650 | 2/2003 | Pribonic & Thompson/ Magnetar | Permanent magnet eddy brake with flux-steering poles | 6523650 |
| 6533083 | 3/2003 | Pribonic & Thompson/ Magnetar | Eddy current braking apparatus | 6533083 |
| 6550393 | 4/2003 | Stengel | Wooden rail for a ride as well as a method for fabricating and mounting such a wooden rail [application 2001/0003261] | 6550393 |
| 6561916 | 5/2003 | Mehrman & Kleimeyer | Rapid-winding winch for amusement ride [application 2002/0100642] | 6561916 |
| 6598919 | 7/2003 | Bradley & Parent/ Wheel Thing | Wheel assembly for a roller coaster [application 2003/0098606] | 6598919 |
| 6606953 | 8/2003 | Mares/ Meteoro | Amusement ride [rollercoaster with seats rotatable about transverse axis; application 2003/0041769] | 6606953 |
| 6622634 | 9/2003 | Cylvick | Amusement ride employing a suspended tensioned static cable [zipline; application 2003/0066453] | 6622634 |
| 6629500 | 10/2003 | Hansen | Open-course coaster with two vertical end segments | 6629500 |
| 6659237 | 12/2003 | Pribonic/ Magnetar | Eddy current brake [adjustable] | 6659237 |
| 6659897 | 12/2003 | Christmas/ Renold | Chain drive assembly [application 2002/0065160] | 6659897 |
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| D537899 | 3/2007 | Zamperla & Nardin | Amusement ride [motorbike coaster] | D537899 |
| D550802 | 9/2007 | Zamperla & Boifava | Amusement ride [motorbike coaster] | D550802 |
| D552704 | 10/2007 | Zamperla & Nardin | Amusement ride [motorbike coaster] | D552704 |
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| 2004/0055836 | 3/2004 | Pribonic & Thompson/ Magnetar | Eddy current braking apparatus with adjustable braking force |
| 2004/0083922 | 5/2004 | Gnezdilov | Guideway for transport means |
| 2004/0198502 | 10/2004 | Richardson | Downhill zip line thrill ride system |
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| 2006/0085107 | 4/2006 | Hoffmann & Seifert/ Innova | Tram with gravity driven vehicles and method for controlling the operation of the tram |
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| 2006/0288901 | 12/2006 | Cylvick | Amusement ride employing a suspended tensioned static cable [zipline] |
| 2006/0293109 | 12/2006 | Zamperla & Nardin | Seat for amusement apparatus [motorcycle-position restraint] |
| 2007/0010336 | 1/2007 | Kitchen | Wheel hub rider conveyance |
| 2007/0089630 | 4/2007 | Gordon | Multi-track multi-vehicle roller coaster |
| 2007/0089631 | 4/2007 | Gordon | Multi-track multi-vehicle interactive roller coaster |
| 2007/0089632 | 4/2007 | Gordon | Multi-track multi-vehicle roller coaster with special effects |
| 2007/0089633 | 4/2007 | Kovac | Interactive amusement park attraction vehicle |
| 2007/0121957 | 5/2007 | Trowbridge et al/ Universal | Amusement ride with rider-selected integrated audio |
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| 2007/0270230 | 11/2007 | Zambellini & Zamperla | Seat for amusement apparatus |
| 2008/0051205 | 2/2008 | Roodenburg & De Vin/ Vekoma | Amusement ride installation [launched roller coaster] |
| 2008/0081706 | 4/2008 | Zamperla & Nardin | Amusement apparatus with movable floor portion |
| 2008/0110366 | 5/2008 | Burger/ Mack | Rail-bound vehicle for an amusement park ride |
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| 2008/0173208 | 7/2008 | Heinrich | Ride operation, in particular a roller-coaster |
| 2008/0179937 | 7/2008 | Steininger et al/ Zierer | Passenger restraint apparatus for funfair rides |
| 2008/0202374 | 8/2008 | Muller & Beutler/ Maurer | Amusement park ride and method for operating an amusement park ride |
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| 2009/0100829 | 4/2009 | Boeijen et al/ Bosch Rexroth | Hydraulic catapult drive |
| 2009/0114114 | 5/2009 | Rose & Crawford/ Disney | Magnetic pacer for controlling speeds in amusement park rides |
| 2009/0120319 | 5/2009 | Muller & Beutler/ Maurer | Fairground ride [inverted, with rotating seat assemblies] |
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| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] | google link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101761 | 6/1914 | Sherer | Rolling coaster | 1101761 |
| 1427775 | 8/1922 | Black | Amusement device | 1427775 |
| 1728332 | 9/1929 | Christy | Combination coaster and slide | 1728332 |
| 1852384 | 4/1932 | Wallin | Coaster and track therefor | 1852384 |
| 2318958 | 5/1943 | Murphy | Amusement device [portable] | 2318958 |
| 2664053 | 12/1953 | Eckbreth | Amusement device | 2664053 |
Last revised 2-July-2009
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