ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,505, issued on April 7, was assigned to MACK RIDES GMBH & Co. KG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Amusement ride, in particular water amusement ride, and method for operating such an amusement ride" was invented by Gunter Burger (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an amusement ride (1), in particular a water amusement ride, having at least one rail guide (10) with at least one vehicle (20), preferably at least two vehicles, which accommodate/s at least one passenger and which can travel, guided on the rail guide (10), a route (11) in a direction of travel, wherein the at least one vehicle (20) or...