ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,112, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Multi-stage water effect system" was invented by Sean Michael Lowry (Orlando, Fla.) and Gregory Shellman Hall (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-stage water effect system includes a plurality of water ride vehicles. A water ride vehicle of the plurality of water ride vehicles has one or more water effect devices. The multi-stage water effect system also includes a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more water effect devices of the plurality of water ride vehicles. The control system activates the one or...