This page contains water rides not included on the roller coaster patent page. Flume rides, shoot-the-chutes rides, raft rides, and water slides are here, as well as powered aquatic rides. Some water slides may also be in the gravity ride table on the other rides page.
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| patent number | issue date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] | google link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419860 | 1/1890 | Libbey | Water chute or flume and water basin | 419860 |
| 435227 | 8/1890 | Inglis | Water slide | 435227 |
| 536441 | 3/1895 | Morris | Inclined railway and water tobogganing apparatus | 536441 |
| 540715 | 6/1895 | Butler | Coasting apparatus [shoot-the-chutes] | 540715 |
| 548256 | 10/1895 | Idler | Pleasure lake and slide course and conveyor therefor | 548256 |
| 552713 | 1/1896 | Lenox | Inclined railway water chute | |
| 555049 | 2/1896 | Ogilbe | Pleasure railway [shoot-the-chutes] | 555049 |
| 566182 | 8/1896 | Jackman | Inclined railway and water tobogganing apparatus | 566182 |
| 570016 | 10/1896 | Harman | Amusement apparatus [marine gravity cableway] | 570016 |
| 572426 | 12/1896 | Idler | Artificial slide and lake and conveyor therefor | 572426 |
| 576704 | 2/1897 | Urch | Pleasure railway [shoot-the-chutes] | 576704 |
| 640439 | 1/1900 | Boyton | Pleasure canal | 640439 |
| 664179 | 12/1900 | Schofield | Pleasure canal [Old Mill] | 664179 |
| 665765 | 1/1901 | Thompson | Canal boat operating mechanism | 665765 |
| 689114 | 12/1901 | Pape | Pleasure canal | 689114 |
| 691353 | 1/1902 | Carpenter & Mahoney | Submarine boat | 691353 |
| 697891 | 4/1902 | Schrader | Amusement apparatus [windmill and canal] | 697891 |
| 714717 | 12/1902 | LaPorte | Exhibition and amusement apparatus [boat ride] | 714717 |
| 720014 | 2/1903 | Folks | Amusement apparatus [flume] | 720014 |
| 724040 | 3/1903 | Pusterla | Pleasure waterway | 724040 |
| 724757 | 4/1903 | Symonds | Amusement device [boat ride] | 724757 |
| 728303 | 5/1903 | Roltair | Pleasure waterway | 728303 |
| 728894 | 5/1903 | Folks | Amusement apparatus [flume] | 728894 |
| 743968 | 11/1903 | Wilson | Recreation device [tracked submarine] | 743968 |
| 744880 | 11/1903 | Smith | Illusion boat [submarine ride] | 744880 |
| 753311 | 3/1904 | Pusterla | Pleasure waterway | 753311 |
| 753449 | 3/1904 | Thompson | Amusement apparatus [rapids for flume ride] | 753449 |
| 754698 | 3/1904 | Reed | Amusement apparatus [submarine splashdown ride] | 754698 |
| 757286 | 4/1904 | Du Clos | Amusement apparatus [canal ride] | 757286 |
| 760503 | 5/1904 | Welsh | Wonderland scenic waterway | 760503 |
| 762566 | 6/1904 | Webster & Hyde | Amusement device | 762566 |
| 764675 | 7/1904 | Pfeiffer | Amusement device [submarine railway] | 764675 |
| 774274 | 11/1904 | Pusterla | Pleasure waterway | 774274 |
| 774917 | 11/1904 | Maguire | Amusement apparatus [multi-part] | 774917 |
| 776936 | 12/1904 | Pusterla | Pleasure waterway | 776936 |
| 779464 | 1/1905 | Bruce | Whirlpool for public amusement | 779464 |
| 783425 | 2/1905 | Folks | Water chute | 783425 |
| 792422 | 6/1905 | Kelly | Pleasure railway [suspended boat ride] | 792422 |
| 801945 | 10/1905 | Welsh | Amusement apparatus [flume] | 801945 |
| 808487 | 12/1905 | Stahl | Pleasure railway [submarine] | 808487 |
| 824436 | 6/1906 | Pester | Exhibition and amusement apparatus [shoot-the-chutes] | 824436 |
| 828689 | 8/1906 | Thompson | Amusement apparatus [flume] | 828689 |
| 831149 | 9/1906 | Faller | Amusement device | 831149 |
| 849970 | 4/1907 | Boyton | Amusement device [shoot-the-chutes] | 849970 |
| 867432 | 10/1907 | Smith | Pleasure railway | 867432 |
| 868736 | 10/1907 | Washington | Submarine amusement device | 868736 |
| 879283 | 2/1908 | Mayberry & Mayberry | Pleasure railway [submarine] | 879283 |
| 883441 | 3/1908 | Andrews | Amusement device [submarine car] | 883441 |
| 891388 | 6/1908 | Visser & Grote | Amusement device [spiral watercourse] | 891388 |
| 896940 | 8/1908 | Rosen | Pleasure canal | 896940 |
| 904848 | 11/1907 | DeVore | Artificial whirlpool | 904848 |
| 929972 | 8/1909 | M'Giehan | Pleasure railway [submarine shoot-the-chutes] | 929972 |
| 931863 | 8/1909 | Haight | Amusement apparatus [submerged scenic railway] | 931863 |
| 952673 | 3/1910 | Karr/Aero Plunge | Amusement apparatus | 952673 |
| 995945 | 6/1911 | Berhold | Amusement device | 995945 |
| 1004174 | 9/1911 | Kavakos | Amusement device [lift for flume rides] | 1004174 |
| 1056929 | 3/1913 | Navarro | Amusement device [submarine cableway] | 1056929 |
| 1062838 | 5/1913 | Miller | Pleasure waterway | 1062838 |
| 1063949 | 6/1913 | Bedient | Amusement device [railway & boat combination] | 1063949 |
| 1095965 | 5/1914 | Glazier | Amusement apparatus | 1095965 |
| 1159519 | 11/1915 | Minier | Floating electric trolleyway and a floating passenger car | 1159519 |
| 1167993 | 1/1916 | Gunzendorfer | Amusement apparatus [submarine rail ride] | 1167993 |
| 1198749 | 9/1916 | Myers | Amusement device [submarine vehicle] | 1198749 |
| 1230559 | 6/1917 | Burke | Coaster diving apparatus | 1230559 |
| 1249455 | 12/1917 | Myers | Aquatic amusement apparatus [cable-driven boats] | 1249455 |
| 1320124 | 10/1919 | Chrul | Amusement device | 1320124 |
| 1378635 | 5/1921 | Unger | Amusement apparatus | 1378635 |
| 1399469 | 12/1921 | Cucullu | Water toboggan | 1399469 |
| 1440661 | 1/1923 | Dickinson | Amusement device [propelled boat ride] | 1440661 |
| 1441126 | 1/1923 | Sherman et al | Water toboggan | 1441126 |
| 1448306 | 3/1923 | Lezert | Amusement device [powered boat] | 1448306 |
| 1497754 | 6/1924 | Howard | Aquatic toboggan slide | 1497754 |
| 1520217 | 12/1924 | Auperl | Amusement slide | 1520217 |
| 1540635 | 6/1925 | Kohl | Toboggan [shoot-the-chutes] | 1540635 |
| 1551249 | 8/1925 | Held | Slide | 1551249 |
| 1563855 | 12/1925 | Held | Water coaster or toboggan | 1563855 |
| 1591566 | 7/1926 | Schmidt & Schmidt | Amusement device [powered boat] | 1591566 |
| 1601483 | 9/1926 | Vaszin/ Dayton Fun House | Amusement apparatus [shoot-the-chutes] | 1601483 |
| 1606024 | 11/1926 | Gorhum et al | Submarine amusement device | 1606024 |
| 1606854 | 11/1926 | Vaszin | Water toboggan | 1606854 |
| 1607771 | 11/1926 | Miller | Water chute structure | 1607771 |
| D77360 | 1/1929 | Jacobs | Amusement boat | D77360 |
| 1763976 | 6/1930 | Lippincott | Endless water course | 1763976 |
| 1849226 | 3/1932 | Erban | Submarine amusement device | 1849226 |
| 1859267 | 5/1932 | Kurz | Water amusement device | 1859267 |
| 1926780 | 9/1933 | Lippincott | Endless water course | 1926780 |
| 2064035 | 12/1936 | Rynearson | Amusement apparatus [railed submarine ride] | 2064035 |
| D190127 | 4/1961 | Fowler/ Disney | Amusement ride car [submarine ride] | D190127 |
| 2991726 | 7/1961 | Miller | Water-borne carrier and glider [water slide with vehicle] | 2991726 |
| 3003430 | 10/1961 | Hamel/ Disney | Boat guiding apparatus | 3003430 |
| 3030895 | 4/1962 | Hamel/ Disney | Boat guiding apparatus | 3030895 |
| 3113528 | 12/1963 | Morgan & Bacon/ Arrow | Boat ride apparatus | 3113528 |
| 3114333 | 12/1963 | Fowler et al/ Disney | Submarine amusement ride | 3114333 |
| D204282 | 5/1966 | Morgan/ Disney | Passenger-carrying amusement boat | D204282 |
| 3390640 | 7/1968 | Couttet et al | Submarine cable transporter system | 3390640 |
| 3404635 | 10/1968 | Bacon & Morgan/ Disney | Boat amusement ride | 3404635 |
| 3508405 | 4/1970 | Koch | Sectional flume and means to support the same | 3508405 |
| 3690265 | 9/1972 | Horibata | Aquatic sled and shooting apparatus thereof | 3690265 |
| D229354 | 11/1973 | Morgan/ Arrow | Amusement park boat [circular] | D229354 |
| 3827387 | 8/1974 | Morgan/ Arrow | Boat construction for amusement park use | 3827387 |
| 3830161 | 8/1974 | Bacon/ Arrow | Flume boat ride with a double downchute | 3830161 |
| 3853067 | 12/1974 | Bacon/ Arrow | Boat amusement ride with a spillway | 3853067 |
| 3865041 | 2/1975 | Bacon | Rotary platform vehicle passenger loading system | 3865041 |
| 3923301 | 12/1975 | Myers/ Water-Boggan | Amusement water slide and method | 3923301 |
| 3930450 | 1/1976 | Symons/ Krofft | Boat ride for amusement park | 3930450 |
| 4149469 | 4/1979 | Bigler/ Six Flags | Log braking and stabilizing system for log flume ride | 4149469 |
| 4149710 | 4/1979 | Rouchard | Waterslide amusement device | 4149710 |
| 4194733 | 3/1980 | Whitehouse | Water slide system | 4194733 |
| 4198043 | 4/1980 | Timbes & Price/ Plexa | Water slide with modular, sectional flume construction | 4198043 |
| D256827 | 9/1980 | Allen/ Ramagosa | Water slide or similar article | D256827 |
| D256828 | 9/1980 | Allen/ Ramagosa | Water slide or similar article | D256828 |
| D256940 | 9/1980 | Allen/ Ramagosa | Water slide or similar article | D256940 |
| D257591 | 12/1980 | Brown | Exit pool for an amusement water slide | D257591 |
| D257618 | 12/1980 | Brown | Entry pool for an amusement water slide | D257618 |
| 4278247 | 7/1981 | Joppe et al | Water slide | 4278247 |
| 4299171 | 11/1981 | Larson/ Arrow Huss | Demountable flume amusement ride | 4299171 |
| 4337704 | 7/1982 | Becker et al/ Mannesmann | Turbulent-water way | 4337704 |
| D266346 | 9/1982 | Millay & Harper/ Wet 'N Wild | Water slide | D266346 |
| 4391201 | 5/1983 | Bailey | Aquatic toboggan slide | 4391201 |
| D269082 | 5/1983 | Spieldiener/ Intamin | Circular boat [for raft ride] | D269082 |
| D269104 | 5/1983 | Brown | Amusement waterslide | D269104 |
| D269105 | 5/1983 | Brown | Amusement waterslide | D269105 |
| D269106 | 5/1983 | Brown | Amusement waterslide | D269106 |
| D269107 | 5/1983 | Brown | Amusement waterslide | D269107 |
| 4392434 | 7/1983 | Durwald & Kaufmann/ Mannesmann | Turbulent waterway | 4392434 |
| 4429867 | 2/1984 | Barber | Flotation amusement device [portable modular flume channel; Venture River] | 4429867 |
| 4484739 | 11/1984 | Kreinbihl et al | Plastic slide for sleds | 4484739 |
| 4516943 | 5/1985 | Spieldiener et al | Amusement ride raft | 4516943 |
| 4543886 | 10/1985 | Spieldiener et al/ Intamin | Amusement ride including a rotating loading terminal | 4543886 |
| 4696251 | 9/1987 | Spieldiener et al | Rapid river ride boat [with outward facing seats] | 4696251 |
| 4805896 | 2/1989 | Moody | Low rise water ride | 4805896 |
| 4805897 | 2/1989 | Dubeta | Water slide systems | 4805897 |
| 4836521 | 6/1989 | Barber | Whirlpool amusement ride | 4836521 |
| 4984783 | 1/1991 | Fujimaki/ Shiratori | Water sliders with turning toboggans | 4984783 |
| 5011134 | 4/1991 | Langford | Waterslide with uphill run and flotation device therefor | 5011134 |
| 5033392 | 7/1991 | Schemitsch/ Waagner-Biro | Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft | 5033392 |
| 5069443 | 12/1991 | Shiratori | Water slider lane [method for spinning raft] | 5069443 |
| 5137497 | 8/1992 | Dubeta | Slide apparatus | 5137497 |
| 5167321 | 12/1992 | Brodrick | Hook and loop conveyer system [lift for water rides] | 5167321 |
| 5183437 | 2/1993 | Millay & Powell/ Wet 'N Wild | Method and apparatus for initiating a water ride | 5183437 |
| 5213547 | 5/1993 | Lochtefeld/ Light Wave | Method and apparatus for improved water rides by water injection and flume design | 5213547 |
| 5230662 | 7/1993 | Langford | Waterslide with uphill run and flotation device therefor | 5230662 |
| 5253864 | 10/1993 | Heege et al/ Weber Karussell | Water jump course [for wheeled boat ride] | 5253864 |
| 5299964 | 3/1994 | Hopkins/ Hopkins | Amusement raft ride | 5299964 |
| 5433671 | 7/1995 | Davis | Water amusement ride [lift for lazy river] | 5433671 |
| 5453054 | 9/1995 | Langford/ Waterworld | Controllable waterslide weir | 5453054 |
| 5536210 | 7/1996 | Barber | Amusement apparatus [flume] | 5536210 |
| 5540622 | 7/1996 | Gold & Sumner/ Disney | Water slide | 5540622 |
| 5564984 | 10/1996 | Mirabella et al/ Disney | Double hull amusement ride vehicle | 5564984 |
| 5613443 | 3/1997 | Ariga et al/ Disney | Amusement ride for traveling down a water chute with reduced splash | 5613443 |
| 5704294 | 1/1998 | Van Winkle et al/ Universal | Waterfall ride attraction [raft flume] | 5704294 |
| 5716282 | 2/1998 | Ring & Heke/ Bay Boats & White Water West | Spinning water ride apparatus and method [raft ride] | 5716282 |
| 5732635 | 3/1998 | McKoy | Amusement power-cable-propelled and channel-guided boat ride structure | 5732635 |
| 5779553 | 7/1998 | Langford | Waterslide with uphill runs and progressive gravity feed | 5779553 |
| 5860364 | 1/1999 | McKoy | Amusement boat ride featuring linear induction motor drive integrated with guide channel structure | 5860364 |
| 5989126 | 11/1999 | Kilbert & Sumner/ Disney | Water raft amusement ride including a device for spinning a circular water raft | 5989126 |
| 6006672 | 12/1999 | Newfarmer et al/ Hopkins | Boat reversing waterway | 6006672 |
| 6045449 | 4/2000 | Aragona et al | Water pinball ride with spectator interaction | 6045449 |
| 6146282 | 11/2000 | McReady & McReady | Water slide system | 6146282 |
| 6237499 | 5/2001 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride [LIM boats] | 6237499 |
| 6261186 | 7/2001 | Henry/ NBGS | Water amusement system and method [multiple rides] | 6261186 |
| 6280342 | 8/2001 | Tod | Slide apparatus and method [cabled tarp water slide] | 6280342 |
| 6354223 | 3/2002 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride [LIM boats] | 6354223 |
| 6354955 | 3/2002 | Stuart & Cuttell/ Whitewater West | Waterslide bowl [Super Bowl] | 6354955 |
| 6450891 | 9/2002 | Dubeta | Slide apparatus [water slide with switchbacks] | 6450891 |
| 6475095 | 11/2002 | Henry/ NBGS | Amusement park water lock system and method of use | 6475095 |
| 6485372 | 11/2002 | Stuart & Cuttell/ Whitewater West | Waterslide and waterslide bowl | 6485372 |
| 6527646 | 3/2003 | Briggs | Competition water slide | 6527646 |
| 6561914 | 5/2003 | Henry/ NBGS | Water amusement system and method | 6561914 |
| 6629501 | 10/2003 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride | 6629501 |
| 6729963 | 5/2004 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West | Undulating amusement slide | 6729963 |
| 6743107 | 6/2004 | Dubeta/ Water Fun | Slide apparatus [waterslide with switchbacks] | 6743107 |
| 6743108 | 6/2004 | Hunter/ Proslide | Random path flume ride | 6743108 |
| 6758231 | 7/2004 | Lochtefeld & Henry/ Light Wave | Redundant array control system for water rides | 6758231 |
| 6857964 | 2/2005 | Hunter/ Proslide | Reducing radius slide feature | 6857964 |
| 6860209 | 3/2005 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride | 6860209 |
| 6945873 | 7/2004 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West | Undulating amusement slide | 6945873 |
| 6957662 | 7/2004 | Lochtefeld & Henry/ Light Wave | Redundant array control system for water rides | 6957662 |
| 6971317 | 12/2004 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride | 6971317 |
| 7004847 | 2/2006 | Henry/ NBGS | Water amusement system and method [interactive water play modules including water-propelled rides; 449 claims of published application reduced to 81 claims] | 7004847 |
| 7008329 | 3/2006 | Hunter/ Proslide | Random path flume ride | 7008329 |
| 7040994 | 5/2006 | Lochtefeld & Henry/ Light Wave | Redundant array water delivery system for water rides | 7040994 |
| 7066821 | 6/2006 | Langford | Waterslide with level equalization conduits coupling between run-out lanes | 7066821 |
| 7229359 | 6/2007 | Henry & Schooley | Continuous water ride | 7229359 |
| D548810 | 8/2007 | Hunter | Water ride corkscrew feature | D548810 |
| 7285053 | 10/2007 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS International | Water amusement system and method | |
| 7367894 | 5/2008 | Lochtefeld/ Lightwavel | Contoured variably tensionable soft membrane ride surface for ride attraction | |
| 7371182 | 5/2008 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS International | Conveyor control system and method for water amusement parks | |
| 7371183 | 5/2008 | Henry & Schooley | Water amusement park conveyors |
| application number | publication date | inventor/ assignee | patent title [comment] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001/0015148 | 8/2001 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride [patent 6354223] |
| 2001/0029206 | 10/2001 | Henry/ NBGS | Water amusement system and method [patent 6561914] |
| 2002/0077187 | 6/2002 | Stuart & Cuttell | Waterslide bowl [patent 6485372] |
| 2002/0082097 | 6/2002 | Henry & Schooley | Water amusement system and method [patent 7285053] |
| 2002/0129731 | 9/2002 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride [patent 6629501] |
| 2002/0142851 | 10/2002 | Hunter | Random path flume ride [patent 6743108] |
| 2002/0193169 | 12/2002 | Dubeta | Slide apparatus [patent 6743107] |
| 2003/0027648 | 2/2003 | Hunter | Multiple-reversing water slide |
| 2003/0139218 | 7/2003 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West | Undulating amusement slide [patent 6729963] |
| 2003/0190967 | 10/2003 | Henry/ NBGS | Water amusement system and method [patent 7004847] |
| 2004/0065223 | 4/2004 | McKoy | Watercraft amusement ride [patent 6860209] |
| 2004/0077426 | 4/2004 | Hunter | Reducing radius slide feature [patent 6857964] |
| 2004/0198520 | 10/2004 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West | Undulating amusement slide [patent 6945873] |
| 2005/0075180 | 4/2005 | Dubeta/ Water Fun | Slide apparatus |
| 2005/0085306 | 4/2005 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS | Conveyor system and method for water amusement parks |
| 2005/0090318 | 4/2005 | Henry & Schooley | Continuous water ride [patent 7229359] |
| 2005/0090319 | 4/2005 | Henry & Schooley | Method and system of positionable screens for water amusement parks |