US 11,998,854 B1
Low-friction recreational slide system
Gary Schmit, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Slick Slide LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Slick Slide LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,818, filed on Nov. 1, 2022.
Int. Cl. A63G 21/02 (2006.01); C10M 107/38 (2006.01); C10M 107/50 (2006.01); C10M 125/04 (2006.01); C10M 169/04 (2006.01); C10N 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 21/02 (2013.01) [C10M 107/38 (2013.01); C10M 107/50 (2013.01); C10M 125/04 (2013.01); C10M 169/04 (2013.01); C10M 2201/05 (2013.01); C10M 2213/0623 (2013.01); C10M 2229/0475 (2013.01); C10N 2050/023 (2020.05)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recreational slide system, comprising:
a slide including a slide body with a non-wet lubricated slide surface that extends between a top entrance of the slide and a bottom exit of the slide; and
a ride vehicle configured to support a rider down the slide, the ride vehicle including a top surface configured to contact the rider and a mesh layer that forms a bottom surface configured to contact the slide surface;
wherein a coefficient of friction between the mesh layer of the ride vehicle and the non-wet lubricated slide surface is within a range of between about 0.03 to about 0.2.