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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Whitewater West Industries Ltd, Richmond, CA;
Aaron Mendelson, Longmont, CO (US);
Denise Chapman Weston, Wakefield, RI (US);
Whitewater West Industries Ltd., Richmond, BC, CA;
Abstract
A waterslide attraction configured to display illuminated visualizations to a rider traveling thereon via one or more lights or LEDs. The waterslide attraction utilizes a slide for supporting a rider, either with a ride vehicle or without. The ride vehicle may be a mat, tube, or board with interactive elements, such as buttons, that allows the rider thereon to manipulate the interactive elements for providing rider input while on the slide. Upon manipulating an element, a signal may be transmitted, the illuminated visualizations being modified in response to such manipulations. Colors, shapes, and/or patterns may be displayed that animate or appear to shift or move in position along the waterslide. Gaming features, such as manipulating the interactive elements that corresponds to one or more displayed illumination visualizations may cause rewards or penalties, for example, based on position of the rider, as the rider travels on the slide.