Patent ID: 8166582
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: F04D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water feature for propelling a rider, the water feature comprising: a basin for containing a body of water, the basin having a basin proximal end and basin distal end; a water slide chute having a bottom and two sides, the bottom and two sides defining a channel suitable for receiving a rider, the channel having a channel proximal end and a channel distal end, the channel being in fluid communication with the basin and the body of water at the channel proximal end, the channel further adapted to contain at least a portion of the body of water within the chute; at least one wave generator adapted to generate at least one wave within the body of water, the wave generator comprising: wherein the wave generator, the basin, and the channel are configured so that when the wave generator generates at least one wave within the body of water, the basin proximal end is adapted to receive the at least one wave and the channel proximal end is adapted to receive from the basin at least a portion of the at least one wave within at least a portion of the body of water contained within the chute to propel the rider in a distal direction along the channel.