Patent ID: 6729963
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
An amusement device for conveying a rider comprising: a narrow, elongated inlet slide section having opposite sidewalls defining a first long, narrow, downhill path from a high elevation at a first end portion thereof to a lower elevation at a second end portion thereof, the inlet slide section having a rider entrance at its first end portion at the high elevation; andan elongated exit slide having a surface separate and distinct from the inlet slide section, the exit slide having opposite sidewalls defining a second long predetermined path along its length from a high elevation at a first end portion thereof to a lower elevation and rider exit at a second end portion thereof, the exit slide having a rider entrance opening positioned between its first and second end portions and at an elevation substantially below the exit slide first end portion, the exit slide being much wider than the narrow inlet slide section, the inlet slide section second end portion communicating through the exit slide entrance opening in a direction toward the first end portion of the exit slide, the inlet slide section and exit slide section being constructed and arranged relatively such that a rider is introduced through the exit slide entrance opening from the narrow inlet slide section onto the wider exit slide at a velocity sufficient for sliding of the rider along a portion of the exit slide upward to the first end portion for deceleration of the rider followed by travel of the rider along the long predetermined path of the exit slide.