A63G 21/00
Chutes
Official title: Chutes; Helter-skelters
A63G21/00 (Chutes) appears on 808 US grants and 815 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63G- Granted patents
- 808
- Published applications
- 815
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,027
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 18 | 15 |
| 2003 | 17 | 10 |
| 2004 | 10 | 13 |
| 2005 | 10 | 28 |
| 2006 | 11 | 24 |
| 2007 | 4 | 44 |
| 2008 | 8 | 26 |
| 2009 | 12 | 35 |
| 2010 | 39 | 23 |
| 2011 | 31 | 33 |
| 2012 | 32 | 29 |
| 2013 | 22 | 26 |
| 2014 | 32 | 29 |
| 2015 | 28 | 35 |
| 2016 | 25 | 43 |
| 2017 | 36 | 42 |
| 2018 | 40 | 59 |
| 2019 | 54 | 55 |
| 2020 | 48 | 54 |
| 2021 | 28 | 44 |
| 2022 | 37 | 35 |
| 2023 | 35 | 33 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 |
| 2025 | 21 | 37 |
| 2026 | 19 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63G 21/18Water-chutes340
- A63G 21/20Slideways with movably suspended cars, or with cars moving on ropes, or127
- A63G 21/22Suspended slideways117
- A63G 21/04Chutes: with fixed rails97
- A63G 21/02Without rails63
- A63G 21/08Chutes: with additional rotation of cars48
- A63G 21/14Chutes: with driven slideways45
- A63G 21/10Chutes: with spiral tracks31
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Amusement device passing within tube161US 5,482,510 AIshii Iron Works Co., Ltd. · 1996
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- Participatory water slide play structure134US 6,186,902 B1Koala Corporation · 2001