US Patent Issued on Sept. 15 for "Amusement slide contact surface" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,454, issued on Sept. 15.

"Amusement slide contact surface" was invented by William Anthony Visconti (Hales Corner, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amusement slide member with a rider sled that has a contact surface comprised of protrusions perpendicular to the sled bottom. This contact surface in combination with a low coefficient of friction slide surface makes for a low coefficient of friction between the rider sled and the slide."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/342,824.

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