Patent ID: 6945873
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. An amusement device for conveying a rider comprising: a narrow inlet slide section having opposite sidewalls defining a first 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, the inlet slide section being curved gradually downward from its first end portion to a more steeply inclined central section for acceleration of a rider, and the inlet slide section having a lower portion adjacent to the second end portion which is curved oppositely from the upper portion of the inlet slide section; and an elongated exit slide having a slide surface separate and distinct from the inlet slide section from a high elevation at a first end portion of the exit slide to a lower elevation and a rider exit at a second end portion thereof, the exit slide having a rider entrance opening, 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, the inlet slide section and exit slide being constructed and arranged relatively such that a rider is introduced at an angle to the length of the exit slide and through the exit slide entrance opening from the narrow inlet slide section onto the wider exit slide for sliding of the rider along an upward extending portion of the exit slide for deceleration of the rider followed by travel of the rider downward along the exit slide.