Interactive Raft Ride
AssigneeWhitewater West Industries Ltd.
InventorsKelly Sall, Rick Briggs, Mark Weston
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Abstract
A water ride includes ride vehicles and spectator areas for allowing interaction between ride vehicles and/or between a ride vehicle and spectators to the ride. The water ride may include engagement components (e.g., water guns) located on the ride vehicle and/or at spectator areas. Users of the engagement components may therefore interact with other users operating other engagement components. Activators and corresponding reactors may be triggered by users and/or automatically providing additional entertainment and interaction for the water ride. Various charging capabilities may be used for powering one or more components, activators, and/or reactors of the ride, ride vehicle, and/or spectator areas.
Claims20
A water ride, comprising:
- a body of water;
- a ride vehicle configured to travel in the body of water;
- a battery connected with the ride vehicle;
- an engagement component connected with the ride vehicle and electrically connected with the battery, the engagement component configured to be interacted with by a rider of the ride vehicle;
- an activator configured to be triggered via the engagement component;
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- a reactor operatively coupled with the activator, wherein the reactor is configured to produce an effect based upon triggering of the activator.
A ride vehicle for an amusement attraction, comprising:
- a body configured to support at least one rider;
- an engagement component connected with the body and configured to be interacted with by the at least one rider;
- a battery electrically connected with the engagement component for providing power to the engagement component;
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- an activator connected with the body, the activator configured to be triggered by a component located outside of the ride vehicle.
A water ride, comprising:
- a ride path containing a body of water;
- a first ride vehicle configured to travel along the ride path in the body of water;
- a first engagement component connected with the first ride vehicle;
- a first battery connected with the first ride vehicle for providing power to the first engagement component;
- a second ride vehicle configured to travel along the ride path in the body of water;
- a second engagement component connected with the second ride vehicle;
- a second battery connected with the second ride vehicle for providing power to the second engagement component;
- a first activator connected with the first ride vehicle and configured to be triggered by the second engagement component of the second ride vehicle;
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- a second activator connected with the second ride vehicle and configured to be triggered by the first engagement component of the first ride vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.