Tamper-resistant water distribution system and devices for waterpark
AssigneeConnelly Skis, Inc.
InventorDavid C. Johnson
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Abstract
A system for waterparks or other uses wherein the system combines an electric pump system that can draw water from a lake, a pool or the sea, and pump it through a hose system and sprinklers that can wet objects on or in the water such as a waterpark. It can be connected to floating platforms or other structures that can elevate the sprinklers off the water. The system features an inflatable platform that has an inflatable tower that allows a hose to extend from underwater, through the center of the tower, to a spray nozzle atop the tower that sprays water in any direction. The system can also be attached to any other waterpark structure with various fittings. This will allow a slow drip of water on some items so as to keep them slippery and wet.
Claims22
A tamper-resistant water distribution tower to wet recreation surfaces for patrons, comprising:
- a substantially flat platform section having an upper surface;
- a tower section extending upward from the substantially flat platform section, the tower section having a top, a bottom, and an internal aperture extending along a length between the top and the bottom, wherein the internal aperture is defined by one or more inflatable chambers;
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- a water supply passageway extending to a water emitter maintained at the top of the tower section, the water supply passageway located within the internal aperture so as to deny the patrons access to at least a portion of the water supply passageway.
A tamper-resistant water distribution tower to wet recreation surfaces for patrons, comprising:
- a substantially flat platform section having an upper surface, wherein an outer perimeter of the substantially flat platform section includes one or more couplers for attaching the tamper-resistant water distribution tower to one or more adjacent modules of a waterpark;
- a tower section extending upward from the substantially flat platform section, the tower section having a top, a bottom, and an internal aperture extending along a length between the top and the bottom;
- a water supply passageway extending to a water emitter maintained at the top of the tower section, the water supply passageway located within the internal aperture so as to deny the patrons access to at least a portion of the water supply passageway.
A tamper-resistant water distribution tower to wet recreation surfaces for patrons, comprising:
- a substantially flat platform section having an upper surface;
- a tower section extending upward from the substantially flat platform section, the tower section having a top, a bottom, and an internal aperture extending along a length between the top and the bottom;
- a water supply passageway extending to a water emitter maintained at the top of the tower section, the water supply passageway located within the internal aperture so as to deny the patrons access to at least a portion of the water supply passageway;
- a spray nozzle acting as the water emitter and accessible to the patrons such that they may direct spray of water onto at least some of the recreation surfaces;
- a hose in fluid communication with the spray nozzle, the hose configured to carry the water;
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- a retaining device coupled to the spray nozzle or the hose so as to inhibit the patrons from pulling the hose out from the internal aperture beyond a predetermined amount.
A tamper-resistant water distribution tower to wet recreation surfaces for patrons, comprising:
- a substantially flat platform section having an upper surface;
- a tower section extending upward from the substantially flat platform section, the tower section having a top, a bottom, and an internal aperture extending along a length between the top and the bottom;
- a water supply passageway extending to a water emitter maintained at the top of the tower section, the water supply passageway located within the internal aperture so as to deny the patrons access to at least a portion of the water supply passageway
- wherein the tamper-resistant water distribution tower is included in a tamper-resistant water distribution system for wetting, with water pumped from a waterbody, one or more inflatable components floating on the waterbody and providing recreation surfaces for the patrons of a waterpark, the tamper-resistant water distribution system comprising—
- a pump for pumping the water through the water supply passageway and out from the water emitter for delivering the water onto at least some of the recreation surfaces;
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- a hose system including a connector having an input end and a pair of output ends, the input end coupled to receive at least a portion of the water pumped from the waterbody, a first end of the pair of output ends coupled to a first hose for providing to the tower a first portion of the at least the portion of the water pumped from the waterbody, and a second end of the pair of output ends coupled to a second hose for providing to at least one of the one or more inflatable components floating on the waterbody a second portion of the at least the portion of the water pumped from the waterbody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.