US Patent Issued to PROSLIDE TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 29 for "Water ride with floating section" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,480, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PROSLIDE TECHNOLOGY INC. (Ottawa).

"Water ride with floating section" was invented by Richard Douglas Hunter (Ottawa) and Raymond Thomas Smegal (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water ride is disclosed. The water ride has a flume adapted to have riders or ride vehicles travel from an initial location at a first elevation to a terminal location at a second elevation lower than the first elevation. The flume includes at least one sliding section wherein the riders or ride vehicles slide on a sliding surface of the flume and at least one floating section wherein the riders or ride vehicle...