Water Rides
| 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 |
| 448072 | 3/1891 | Pickard | Construction of canals | 448072 |
| 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 |
| 1438800 | 12/1922 | Wheeler | Bathing pool [rotating water] | 1438800 |
| 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 |
| 4583479 | 4/1986 | Lehmann/ APEC Freizeitanlagen | Linked vehicle | 4583479 |
| 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 |
| 5197923 | 3/1993 | Barber | Floating and disembarking platform | 5197923 |
| 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] [application 2001/0015148] | 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 [application 2002/0077187] | 6485372 |
| 6527646 | 3/2003 | Briggs | Competition water slide | 6527646 |
| 6561914 | 5/2003 | Henry/ NBGS |
Water amusement system and method [application 2001/0029206] | 6561914 |
| 6629501 | 10/2003 | McKoy |
Watercraft amusement ride [application 2002/0129731] | 6629501 |
| 6729963 | 5/2004 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West |
Undulating amusement slide [application 2003/0139218] | 6729963 |
| 6743107 | 6/2004 | Dubeta/ Water Fun |
Slide apparatus [waterslide with switchbacks] [application 2002/0193169] | 6743107 |
| 6743108 | 6/2004 | Hunter/ Proslide |
Random path flume ride [application 2002/0142851] | 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 [application 2004/0077426] | 6857964 |
| 6860209 | 3/2005 | McKoy |
Watercraft amusement ride [application 2004/0065223] | 6860209 |
| 6945873 | 9/2005 | Hlynka/ Whitewater West |
Undulating amusement slide [application 2004/0198520] | 6945873 |
| 6957662 | 10/2005 | Lochtefeld & Henry/ Light Wave |
Redundant array control system for water rides [application 2005/0034768] | 6957662 |
| 6971317 | 12/2005 | McKoy |
Watercraft amusement ride [application 2005/0098057] | 6971317 |
| 7004847 | 2/2006 | Henry/ NBGS |
Water amusement system and method [interactive water play modules including water-propelled rides] [449 claims of published application 2003/0190967 reduced to 81 claims] | 7004847 |
| 7008329 | 3/2006 | Hunter/ Proslide |
Random path flume ride [application 2005/0288112] | 7008329 |
| 7040994 | 5/2006 | Lochtefeld & Henry/ Light Wave |
Redundant array water delivery system for water rides [application 2005/0274420] | 7040994 |
| 7056220 | 6/2006 | Hunter/ ProSlide |
Reducing radius slide feature [application 2005/0192108] | 7056220 |
| 7066821 | 6/2006 | Langford |
Waterslide with level equalization conduits coupling between run-out lanes [application 2005/0288113] | 7066821 |
| 7229359 | 6/2007 | Henry & Schooley |
Continuous water ride [application 2005/0090318] | 7229359 |
| D548810 | 8/2007 | Hunter | Water ride corkscrew feature | D548810 |
| 7285053 | 10/2007 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS International |
Water amusement system and method [application 2002/0082097] | 7285053 |
| 7367894 | 5/2008 | Lochtefeld/ Lightwave | Contoured variably tensionable soft membrane ride surface for ride attraction [withdrawn, see patent 7547255] | |
| 7371182 | 5/2008 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS International |
Conveyor control system and method for water amusement parks [application 2005/0090321] | 7371182 |
| 7371183 | 5/2008 | Henry & Schooley |
Water amusement park conveyors [application 2007/0060403] | 7371183 |
| 7437998 | 10/2008 | Burger et al/ Mack |
Water-ride facility [constrained boat ride] [application 2006/0130698] | 7437998 |
| 7491128 | 2/2009 | Henry & Schooley/ NBGS International |
Conveyor system and method for water amusement parks [application 2005/0085306] | 7491128 |
| 7497784 | 2/2009 | Henry/ Water Ride Concepts |
Rollable carrier ride [application 2006/0111196] | |
| 7547255 | 6/2009 | Lochtefeld/ Light Wave |
Contoured variably tensionable soft membrane ride surface for ride attraction [application 2005/0148398] | |
| 7597630 | 10/2009 | Henry/ Water Ride Concepts |
Water amusement park conveyors [application 2006/0111195] |