(under the class definition) Amusement device comprising an underlying floor or ground riding surface having an upper surface which is specifically adapted and intended to support and be slidably or rollingly engaged by a mobile person-carrying conveyance which travels or coasts on a wheel or runner type support member over the surface.
(1) Note. A wheeled or runner type vehicle, per se, is excluded from this Class entirely. See the Search Class note to Class 280 below. However, a wheeled or runner type vehicle claimed in combination with structure of a surface specifically constructed and designed for use by such a vehicle is proper for classification here.
(2) Note. Some of the devices included here are slides and chutes which are, at least in part, inclined and which are to be slid, coasted, or rolled down by a person riding in or on a vehicle which is adapted for such use and which is acted upon either by the influence of gravity or of inertia. If the device classifiable here is a slide or chute, water or other means may be used on the upper surface thereof to reduce friction between the person-carrying vehicle and the slide support surface.
(3) Note. For a document to be included here, the surface must either be claimed, per se, or claimed in combination with the vehicle used therewith. Any device within which or upon which a person rides is sufficient to enable classification of the surface slidably or rollingly engaged thereby, even if the vehicle device is a mere mat upon which a person rides. However, the clothing the person may be wearing is not considered to be a vehicle for classification here. A slide of the type in which the body of a person engages the slidable surface either directly or through the medium of clothing is considered a body slide and is, accordingly, properly classifiable elsewhere in this class (472). See the Search This Class, Subclass notes below.
(4) Note. Since a document may or may not claim the person-carrying vehicle in combination with the surface otherwise classifiable here, any disclosure that a person can ride in or upon a vehicle (even if it is only a mat) is sufficient to place the document here, rather than in subclasses 116+ below. Again see the Search Note to subclass 116+ below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
85+, for an amusement racetrack having a surface designed for competitive racing of wheeled or gliding vehicles. 116+, for an amusement body slide in which there is no disclosure of a person riding down the slide on a mat or other vehicle. If there is any disclosure whatsoever of a person being able to coast down the slide riding in or upon a vehicle (even if it is only a mat) then classification in subclasses (88+) is proper. And see especially the Notes under subclasses 116+ below. Also see (3) Note above.
128+, for an amusement aquatic device which may support the body of a person thereon, and see the Search notes thereunder for the location of an aquatic device which may carry a person over the surface of a body of water (e.g., a water ski, surfboard, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
104, Railways, particularly
53+, for an amusement railway device for use with a passenger-carrying vehicle in general, and subclasses 69+ for an amusement railway device in the form of a chute intended for use with a passenger-carrying vehicle.
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways,
2+, for a chute down which material may pass under the influence of gravity.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a land vehicle within which or upon which a person rides in general, particularly
29+, for a wheeled vehicle, subclasses 841+ for a foot-attached vehicle (e.g., a ski, roller skate, ice skate, etc.), and subclasses 845+ for a runner type vehicle (e.g., a sled, toboggan, etc.).
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, particularly
17+, and 71 for pavement and road structure.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, particularly 65+, for a water skimming vehicle device to allow a person to glide over the surface of a body of water (e.g., a water ski, surfboard, etc.).
482, Exercise Devices, particularly
51+, for an exercise device which simulates user translation (e.g., a skiing or surfboarding simulator).
