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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Whitewater West Industries, Ltd., Richmond, CA;
Abstract
A water ride includes a ride surface defining a ride path. Users of the water ride travel in ride vehicles along the ride surface with the ride vehicles traveling upon a layer of water introduced into or onto the ride surface. To induce the ride vehicles to change orientation at desired locations along the ride surface, the ride vehicles each include one or more ride vehicle components located on or near a bottom surface of the ride vehicle. One or more ride surface components are positioned at desired locations along the ride path in position to make contact with the ride vehicle component(s). This contact or interaction between the ride vehicle component(s) and the ride surface component(s) causes a change in orientation, such as a spin, to the ride vehicle.