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Amusement Ride With Mechanical Lift, Slides, Sequenced Ejections, And Show Systems

a technology of mechanical lifts and amusement rides, applied in amusements, entertainment, helter-skelter, etc., can solve the problems of system lack of containment and difficulty in recognizing the differences between facilities and their respective experiences, and achieve the effect of reducing or eliminating waits in lines and less engaging or boring delays

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-15
SHOZI PAUL TAKESHI +1
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[0014]The lift may function by means of a large hydraulic cylinder (or group of cylinders), by means of an arrangement of roller chains or cables, or the electrically operated winch system disclosed. The lift system would be contained inside a telescoping housing, with enough space to allow festooning of the platform mechanical and electrical services, as well as for any required safety braking devices. All aspects of the attraction are accompanied by music, light displays, shows, and alien-themed sounds and pictures. The lift itself may be bounded by a curtain of water. The lights allow the ride to be operated day or night. The themed event, accompanied by music, light displays, shows, sounds and pictures make the event unitary, engaging the guests throughout and reducing or eliminating waits in lines and other less engaging or boring delays.

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Differentiation between facilities and their respective experiences is becoming harder for guests to perceive.
Prior art systems do not contain events that can be sequenced unexpectedly or randomly.

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[0021]FIG. 1 shows an exemplary water ride structure 1 fashioned as an alien spacecraft. The structure comprises an elevated housing or dome 10 having an interior space, water slide tubes 20 forming interior spaces 22 (See FIG. 4), a lift 30, a platform 33, and water hoses 35. The structure is supported on an island 40 in a pond or pool 50 (shown schematically). An inlet 60 of a water channel 70 (both shown schematically) may be used to convey rafts 80 (See FIG. 3) to the lift 30.

[0022]Although the ride structure 1 shown is constructed to look like a fanciful alien spacecraft to enable an alien abduction theme—i.e., abduction into an alien spacecraft—other themes may be used instead of the alien abduction theme. For example, the structure could use other themes such as a ride to a Mayan mountain top village, a magic tree house, or the moon. Moreover, although this amusement is here described as a water park ride, it can be adapted for use in an amusement park without water as well.

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Abstract

A themed water amusement ride that raises guests in rafts on a lift platform to a dome. The lift platform has bays containing the rafts. The bays have tilting floors. The lift platform rotates, selectively aligning the bays with elevated slide entrances. The floors of the bays tilt the rafts into the slides, where the raft moves down the slide to a pool of water. The platform, dome, slides, lift structure, and pond are further provided with lights, sound production equipment, mechanical figures, water hoses, water outlets, and animation media to produce a show in accordance with the theme.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims benefit to provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 949,047, filed Jul. 11, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The field of the invention is a water slide and water park ride for use in amusement parks.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The water park industry is in the most prolific growth mode this market has ever experienced. The development of water parks as a major guest feature at hotels, resorts and retail facilities, as well as the ongoing new construction of mega outdoor water parks, continues to fuel the exponential growth of this industry. Due to the proliferation of indoor facilities and opportunities to keep water parks open year round and well past daylight hours, an iconic and completely immersive attraction is needed in the water park industry.[0004]Water parks are becoming commonplace. Differentiation between facilities and their respective experiences is becoming harder ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63G21/18
CPCA63G21/18
Inventor SHOZI, PAUL TAKESHILUNDE, MONTOMERY CLARK
Owner SHOZI PAUL TAKESHI
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