Submarine amusement ride

• US 3,114,333 A
• Filed: 05/26/1960
• Issued: 12/17/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jacob S. Hamel, Joseph W. Fowler
• Original Assignee: Jacob S. Hamel, Joseph W. Fowler
• Inventors: Fowler, Joseph W., Hamel, Jacob S.
• Application Number:
  US04/061,038
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• US Class Current: 104/71
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 3/06 Submarine roundabouts
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/007 involving water
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/16 creating illusions of travel
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/04 Monorail systems

Claims

1. AMUSEMENT APPARATUS COMPRISING A SUBMARINESIMULATING BUOYANT VESSEL HAVING PORT AND STARBOARD HORIZONTAL ROWS OF VIEWING PORTS BENEATH THE LOAD WATER LINE OF SAID VESSEL IN A CABIN, THE TOP OF THE HULL OF SAID VESSEL HAVING A PAIR OF HATCHES AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CABIN AND SAID CABIN HAVING A PAIR OF LADDERS, AT OPPOSITE ENDS, ONE OF WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY TO A HATCH FROM THE PORT SIDE OF SAID VESSEL AND THE OTHER OF WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY TO A HATCH FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE OF SAID VESSEL, SAID CABIN BEING DIVIDED BY TWO ROWS OF BACK-TOBACK SEATS DISPOSED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID CABIN AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LADDERS, EACH OF SAID SEATS BEING BEFORE ONE OF SAID VIEWING PORTS.