Amusement devices inventions 01/09

20090029784 - Motion apparatus for use with infant carrier: A motion apparatus for use in combination with a standard infant carrier, such as a car seat. The motion apparatus comprises a support structure and a frame for receiving the transportable base of an infant car seat, and a drive assembly, which, when activated causes motion of the infant carrier.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090029785 - Inflatable ship-configured water toy and method: A method for preparing an inflated ship-configured slide assembly for recreational purposes. The method includes inflating a deflated ship-configured slide assembly to produce an inflated ship-configured slide assembly comprising a tunnel including a tunnel side wall; passing a slide mat through the tunnel such that after the slide mat passes... Agent: Law Offices Of John W. Carpenter John W. Carpenter

20090029786 - Infant swing: Infant swing has a front leg frame and a rear leg frame pivoting to each other and connecting to a seat assembly via a driving module at the pivot between the front leg frame and the rear leg frame for swinging the seat back and forth. Two protection guards are... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090017926 - Play set slide: A slide assembly and method of assembling a slide assembly are disclosed for use in conjunction with a recreation structure. The slide assembly includes a pair of side rails with internal grooves along lengths thereof and a slide bed located between the side rails with side margins thereof received within... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090017927 - Amusement ride with mechanical lift, slides, sequenced ejections, and show systems: A themed water amusement ride that raises guests in rafts on a lift platform to a dome. The lift platform has bays containing the rafts. The bays have tilting floors. The lift platform rotates, selectively aligning the bays with elevated slide entrances. The floors of the bays tilt the rafts... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20090017928 - Swing apparatus: A swing apparatus (10) is attachable to a frame (12). The apparatus comprises an elongate support member (18) suspendable from the frame so as to be moveable with respect thereto. One or more swings (26) are suspended from or coupled to the support member at locations along the length thereof.... Agent: Joseph J. Jochman Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090011845 - Artificial surface: A layered, artificial surface including plural components filled with microbeads of pre-selected sizes, shapes and depths. The microbeads of the pre-selected sizes and shapes and depths provide plural different types of resistance and firmness for the artificial surface. Pre-determined chemical compounds can also be applied to the microbeads to change... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20090005186 - Horse-riding simulation device: A horse-riding simulation device contains a seat, a stand, a support member, a power source, a front-back driving member, and a left-right driving member. The device mainly uses belts as the transmission mechanism. Through a belt, a motor of the power source drives an axle of the front-back driving member... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090005187 - Device and method for occupying a human subject with physical and mental activities: Device and method for occupying a human subject with physical and mental activities. Includes (a) human mountable and movable object (12) having total volume in a range of between about 0.5 and 5 cubic meters and being sufficiently strong to bear weight of a human subject (5) when mounted thereupon;... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.