US PATENT SUBCLASS 472 / 36
.~.~ Using individual occupant or article carriage to ride on stationary track or platform

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472 /   HD   AMUSEMENT DEVICES

1  DF  ROUNDABOUT {12}
29  DF  .~ Having carrier rotating about vertical axis (e.g., merry-go-round, etc.) {6}
36.~.~ Using individual occupant or article carriage to ride on stationary track or platform {2}
37  DF  .~.~.~> Vertically undulating track or platform
38  DF  .~.~.~> Outwardly varying path

DEFINITION

Classification: 472/36

Using individual occupant or article carriage to ride on stationary track or platform:

(under subclass 29) Subject matter wherein the person or object bearing structure utilizes a distinct person or object supporting conveyance to move along the circuitous path upon a static, underlying guide rail or floor surface.

(1) Note. While the carrier may carry plural occupants or articles on each carriage thereon, a disk, ring, or bowl type carrier which rotates as a whole about its central axis on a stationary track or platform is not considered proper for this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

40+, for a disk, ring, or bowl carrier which may rotate as a whole about its central axis on a stationary track or platform.

43, for an occupant or article carriage which rides on a horizontally winding track or platform.

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104, Railways, particularly 53+, for a powered amusement railway vehicle which may propel itself along a circuitous track.