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Water slide having axialy rotatable waterslide vehicle

  • US 9,844,732 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2014
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle for conveying a rider within a tubular waterslide track, the vehicle comprising:

  • a support portion for supporting said rider;

    the support portion having a first longitudinal side and a radially opposing second longitudinal sidethe tubular waterslide track having a longitudinal axis;

    a retaining body having a sliding portion extending circumferentially about the longitudinal axis from the first longitudinal side of the support portion to the opposing second longitudinal side of the support portion, the retaining body configured to contact an interior wall of said tubular waterslide track, said retaining body having a sliding surface for sliding engagement with said wall of said tubular waterslide track; and

    wherein said support portion and said retaining body have a vehicle axis of movement parallel to the longitudinal axis of the waterslide track about which said vehicle may rotate within said tubular waterslide track such that axial rotation is facilitated, and non-axial rolling is prohibited by way of the sliding surface of the retaining body contacting the inner surface of the waterslide track.

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