Water ride attraction incorporating a standing wave

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11273383-B2
Application number	US-201816188190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Priority date	Nov 10, 2017
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A waterslide attraction provides multiple standing waves interspersed with multiple flume elements. The multiple standing waves may vary in steepness and the flume elements may include turns of vary degree. A first standing wave may be higher than succeeding standing waves and a first turn may be higher than succeeding turns. An exit slide connected to the waterslide attraction may direct a rider to a runout pool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A waterslide attraction, comprising: a flume having a rider entrance at a higher elevation than a rider exit and defining a ride path from the rider entrance to the rider exit; one or more water injection components proximate a lower portion of a first portion of the flume to inject water in a first direction opposite the ride path to generate a standing wave allowing a rider to perform lateral maneuvers in the first portion of the flume, wherein the one or more water injection components are configured to control an amount of water injected to retain a rider at the first portion of the flume for an amount of time; and a transition portion at an exit of the first portion wherein water is directed in a second direction along the ride path; wherein the transition portion defines a turn; a second position of the flume defining a second standing wave and a second transition portion at an exit of the second portion.

2. The waterslide attraction of claim 1 , wherein the second transition portion defines a second turn in a different direction from the turn of the transition portion.

3. The waterslide attraction of claim 2 , wherein the first portion is at a higher elevation than the transition portion which is at a higher elevation than the second portion which is at a higher elevation than the second transition portion.

4. The waterslide attraction of claim 3 , wherein the transition portion turns at least 90 degrees.

5. The waterslide attraction of claim 1 , further comprising a drain between the rider entrance and the rider exit.

6. The waterslide attraction of claim 1 , wherein the one or more water injection components are configured to control the injected water to retain the rider at the first portion of the flume based upon sensing a task performed by the rider.

7. The waterslide attraction of claim 6 , wherein the task performed by the rider includes traveling laterally across the first portion of the flume at least a predetermined number of times.

Assignees

• Whitewater West Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Briggs Rick

Classifications

• A63G21/18 Primary

  Water-chutes · CPC title