Oscillating Waterslide Feature for Compact Thrill Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Waterslides often require large areas to create thrilling experiences, limiting installation locations and increasing costs due to significant features that deviate from a linear path.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an oscillating feature between the entrance and exit of a waterslide that applies oscillatory motion to riders, allowing for compact design and enhanced thrill without expanding the overall size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional waterslide features are used to create thrilling experiences, then rider excitement is improved, but space requirements and installation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies oscillating walls that move back and forth to create thrilling rider experiences. The oscillation generates lateral forces and dynamic motion patterns that excite riders without requiring large spatial deviations from a linear path, thus resolving the contradiction between rider excitement and space requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The oscillating walls perform periodic motion at controlled frequencies and amplitudes. This periodic action creates repeated thrilling sensations for riders while maintaining a compact overall slide structure, allowing the slide to fit in smaller spaces while delivering continuous excitement
2Ease of operation
If significant features are added to deviate from linear path, then rider thrill is improved, but materials and construction costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of building large physical structures to create thrill, the patent uses mechanical vibration through oscillating walls. This approach generates thrilling lateral forces and dynamic effects using minimal material, as the thrill comes from the motion of the walls rather than the size of the slide features
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of the slide by introducing oscillating motion to the walls. This parameter change (from static to dynamic walls) creates new thrill experiences without requiring additional materials or construction of large physical features
Data Source
AI summary
A waterslide attraction includes an entrance; an exit; and an oscillating feature disposed between the entrance and the exit, the oscillating feature operable to receive a rider through the entrance travelling in a first direction, oscillate the rider within the oscillating feature along an oscillating path substantially aligned with the first direction, and discharge the rider through the exit in a second direction offset from the first direction.