US PATENT SUBCLASS 472 / 45
.~.~ Having suspended occupant or article carriage (e.g., ferris wheel, etc.)

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472 /   HD   AMUSEMENT DEVICES

1  DF  ROUNDABOUT {12}
44  DF  .~ Having carrier rotating about horizontal axis {1}
45.~.~ Having suspended occupant or article carriage (e.g., ferris wheel, etc.) {1}
46  DF  .~.~.~> About plural discrete, horizontal axes

DEFINITION

Classification: 472/45

Having suspended occupant or article carriage (e.g., ferris wheel, etc.):

(under subclass 44) Subject matter wherein the person or object bearing structure includes a person or object supporting conveyance hanging therefrom.

(1) Note. The suspended occupant or article carriage may be hung from a flaccid cable, rope, etc., or a rigid rod, bar, etc., in a swinging manner thus maintaining the person in a generally upright position due to the effects of gravity thereon.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

20, for a roundabout having occupant propelled drive

structure mounted thereon along with a pivotally suspended occupant support.

30, for a roundabout having a carrier which rotates about both a vertical and a horizontal axis, e.g., a turntable supported ferris wheel, etc.

32+, for a roundabout having a carrier which rotates about a vertical axis and which includes a suspended occupant or article carriage and particularly subclass 33 for a centrifugal swing traveling along a circular path.