Water slide
AssigneeProSlide Technology Inc.
InventorRichard D. Hunter
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Abstract
A water slide feature comprising a sliding surface concave about three axes. The waterslide feature is sized and adapted to carry one or more riders and/or ride vehicles sliding thereon on anon-predetermined path. The water slide feature has an entry sized and positioned to direct the one or more riders and/or ride vehicles along the sliding surface on a path which is at least partially upward.
Claims15
A water slide feature comprising a spherical sliding surface adapted to carry one or more riders and/or ride vehicles sliding thereon from an entry to an exit, the entry sized and positioned to direct the one or more riders and/or ride vehicles along the sliding surface on a path which is at least partially upward and having a first path segment with a first horizontal component of movement in a first direction across the sliding surface and a second path segment with an upward vertical component of movement and a second horizontal component of movement in a second direction across the sliding surface opposite the first horizontal direction;
- and wherein the entry is substantially perpendicular to the sliding surface where the entry meets the sliding surface.
A water slide feature comprising a spherical sliding surface adapted to carry one or more riders and/or ride vehicles sliding thereon from an entry to an exit, the entry sized and positioned to direct the one or more riders and/or ride vehicles along the sliding surface on a path at least partially upward;
- wherein the path is a continuous curved path of substantially 180 degrees;
- wherein the entry is substantially parallel to the exit;
- and wherein the entry and exit are on opposite sides of the sliding surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.