WATER RIDE Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A63G21/02 

FIELD: mass entertainment.

SUBSTANCE: slide feature for an amusement ride adapted to carry a rider or ride vehicle sliding thereon, and a water slide comprising said slide feature are provided. Slide feature comprises: an inrun permitting ingress of the rider or ride vehicle, an outrun permitting egress, and a sliding surface in communication with the inrun and the outrun. Sliding surface may comprise a surface substantially in the shape of a sector of a closed curve and/or may be substantially planar. Slide feature may also include an outer lip and provide that the rider or ride vehicle, at least partially urged by gravity, slides along the sliding surface from the inrun to the outrun in an arcuate path at least partially bounded by the outer lip.

EFFECT: sliding surface may be oriented so that an elevation of the rider or ride vehicle increases then decreases along the arcuate path.

36 cl, 53 dwg