Patent ID: 8475288

Claim:
A snow and water sliding carrier for an amusement center ride comprising a body having a general shape of a torus having a central opening; a floor member that closes said central opening, and has an opposite side defining a bottom member, such that said floor member is concave and said bottom member is convex; an outside perimeter of said body defining an outside wall, and an inside perimeter including a plurality of integral seat, seat bottom, and seat back portions, such that each said seat bottom extends upwards from said floor member and connects with each respective seat, each said seat then connects with a respective seat back, and then each said seat back connects with said outside wall, thereby forming a single monolithic structure; said bottom member extends beyond said floor member and is co-joined with said outside wall, and includes a plurality of threaded receptacles adapted to receive respective threaded nipples, wherein each threaded nipple is adapted to be threaded into a respective receptacle in varying amounts, such that a predetermined rotation of said sliding carrier is induced and controlled.