US 12,403,407 B2
Rotating amusement water related feature
Hyuma Frankowski, Vancouver (CA); Kelly Williams, Delta (CA); Ross Flavell, Coquitlam (CA); Geoff Chutter, Vancouver (CA); Ryan Sinitsin, Osaka (JP); Bruce Bradley, Vancouver (CA); Ben Cornwell-Mott, Comox (CA); and Claudio Barrera, White Rock (CA)
Assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES, LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed by WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES, LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,824.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/264,090, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415049 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A63G 21/18 (2006.01); A63G 21/10 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 21/18 (2013.01) [A63G 21/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water ride feature, comprising:
a rider entrance;
a rider exit;
a ride surface adapted to carry one or more riders or ride vehicles sliding thereon from the rider entrance to the rider exit, wherein the ride surface comprises a fully enclosed tube section with a consistent cross-sectional diameter, and wherein the water ride feature is configured to be rotated around a central longitudinal axis, and wherein when there is a change in a direction of rotation of the water ride feature around the central longitudinal axis, the one or more riders or ride vehicles continue from the rider entrance to the rider exit.