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Low rise water ride

DC
  • US 4,805,896 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1987
  • Issued: 02/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A water ride for human participants comprising;

  • a continuous channel having at least one course through which water is conducted,said channel having at least one elevated portion into which a large predetermined quantity of water is introduced for flow therethrough to a lower elevation and on which the participant is propelled,pump means for conducting a large quantity of water from a source of supply to the elevated portion of said channel at a predetermined rate,said channel and said pump means being interrelated in size and operated to maintain a continuously flowing body of water in said channel having a depth sufficient to permit a participant to float or swim thereon and substantially prevent such a floating or swimming participant from contacting the bottom of said channel, andentrance means on the elevated portion of said channel for allowing participants to enter the channel at the point through which the large quantity of water is being conducted.

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