Patent ID: 6743107
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
A slide apparatus comprising:a) a partially spiral slide having a slide surface, the slide surface being configured for causing a user traveling along the slide surface to travel along a partially-spiral path; b) a further slide, the further slide including a portion of an upwardly open curved surface; c) the portion of the upwardly open curved surface defining a further slide surface; d) said further slide surface being configured so for causing, in use, a user to slide on the further slide surface along a substantially predetermined path, in use; e) a switchback being provided in said further slide; f) said switchback being configured for causing, in use, a user traveling along the further slide surface to be switched from a first direction of travel along the substantially predetermined path to a second direction of travel along the substantially predetermined path, the second direction of travel differing from the first direction of travel; g) said switchback being a portion of the upwardly open curved surface; and h) the substantially predetermined path and the partially spiral path being fluidly connected.