Chutes; Helter-skelters

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
Subclass:: MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT

Filing statistics

IPC A63G 21/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63G, which recorded 18,660 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,006 in 2013 to 1,423 in 2023 (+41%), peaking at 2,417 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class A63 are SANKYO (23,899 applications), SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY (23,718 applications) and DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY (13,338 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

water CHUTES for amusementGRAVITY railways for public amusementHELTER-SKELTERSROLLER(S) coastersSLIDE(S) or slideways for public amusementSWITCHBACK amusement railwaysTRACK(S) for amusement apparatus

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Child Classifications

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A63G 21/02 without rails
A63G 21/04 with fixed rails
A63G 21/06 with passing arrangements for cars
A63G 21/08 with additional rotation of cars
A63G 21/1 with spiral tracks
A63G 21/12 with special cars, e.g. horse-shaped
A63G 21/14 with driven slideways
A63G 21/16 with forced removal of the passenger from the seat
A63G 21/18 Water-chutes
A63G 21/2 Slideways with movably suspended cars, or with cars moving on ropes, or the like
A63G 21/22 Suspended slideways

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SANKYO 23,899
SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY 23,718
DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY 13,338
KYORAKU SANGYO 10,447
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 9,545
SANEI R & D COMPANY 9,135
SAMMY CORPORATION 7,126
NEWGIN CORPORATION 5,651
NETEASE 4,877
HEIWA CORPORATION 3,938