A compact and easily assembled merry-go-round consists of a turntable supported at its periphery upon spaced inverted casters mounted on a frame bearing, on its underside and in verticle alinement with said casters, leveling devices. The turntable is fixed at its center to a vertical driven shaft rotatably mounted on the frame and coupled to an electric motor. Simulated animals pivotally carried by the turntable nutate as the turntable rotates through a cam follower relationsip with a sinusoidal track fixed to the upper side of the frame. A conically shaped column supports a canopy assembly and may bear switches to permit the riders to turn off and on the electric motor. A control box is also provided off of the turntable. A tape player and speakers are also provided on the turntable or in the control box and the column.
A self propelled merry-go-around is provided including a base having a plurality of linear feet and a vertical stanchion fixedly coupled to the feet and extending upwardly therefrom. A pivoting assembly includes at least one arm rotatably coupled to a top end of the vertical stanchion. The arm has an outboard end with a seat and at least one post having a bar coupled to both a top end and a bottom end thereof in perpendicular relationship with the post. A central extent of the post is pivotally coupled to at least one end of the second arm just inward of the corresponding seat. A drive assembly is provided including a drive member with an inverted L-shaped configuration fixedly coupled to a top of the vertical stanchion. At least one interconnect rod has a first end pivotally coupled to the post of the arm of the pivoting assembly and a second end pivotally coupled to an outboard end of the drive member for effecting the rotation of the pivoting assembly.
