Amusement devices inventions 03/08

20080070709 - Amusement ride vehicle with sensory stimulation effects: A ride vehicle includes a tactile or physical contact system. The ride vehicle moves along a path or track. The path or track can be outdoors or partially or entirely indoors, i.e., in a dark ride. The system provides a touch effect by causing a physical or solid touch element... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080070710 - Multi-purpose rocking toy: A dual purpose child seat and toy is disclosed. The toy can be employed in a rocking horse fashion by sitting in a forward facing direction and rocking back and forth. The base of the toy is curved to allow such rocking motion. In addition, the toy is configured so... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20080070711 - Entertainment articles of manufacture using the idea of female sperm as a plot element: Entertainment multimedia, including articles of manufacture, methods for entertaining, and systems for entertaining using the idea of female sperm as a plot element are described. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include television shows, movies, theatrical plays and media containing recordings of such.... Agent: David P. Lentini

20080064513 - Illusion generating system: The system provides a tristable environment that effects reorientation of horizontal and vertical surfaces at a human scale. The system allows the engagement and disengagement of the effect via movement of the observer without loss of the intensity of the effect. The system also provides a combined vection/motion induced blindness... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080064514 - Maneuverable entertainment and training system: A gravity sports system including a shell that can be rotated and tilted to provide a rider within the shell a variety of challenges. The shell can be formed by rotating a curve, a simple curve, a complex curve, or even a complete curve about an axis of revolution. The... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080058110 - Structure of a horse riding machine: The invention provides a structure of a horse riding machine and directs to a mechanism composed of a swinging device and a guiding device. The mechanism can produce the back-and-forth motion, the swinging motion, and the left-and-right and up-and-down motions and thus the 8-shaped motion. Thus, the effect of actually... Agent: Chiu-ku Chen