In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "amusement ride":

1. Means a device or a combination of devices or elements that carry, convey or direct a person over or through a fixed or restricted course or in a defined area for the primary purpose of public amusement or entertainment.

2. Does not include:

(a) A coin operated ride that is manually, mechanically or electrically operated, that is customarily placed in a public location and that does not normally require the supervision or services of an operator.

(b) Nonmechanized playground equipment, including swings, seesaws, stationary spring-mounted animal features, rider-propelled merry-go-rounds, climbers, slides, trampolines and physical fitness devices.

(c) Challenge, exercise or obstacle courses.

(d) Inflated devices and elements.