Abstract: A ride vehicle that is configured to support a rider down a non-wet lubricated recreational slide is provided. The ride vehicle includes an elongate body with a flexible central core positioned between a top surface of the ride vehicle and at least one layer that includes one or more projections. The top surface may include at least on handle for gripping by a rider. The at least one layer forms a bottom surface of the ride vehicle that is configured to contact the non-wet lubricated recreational slide. A coefficient of friction between the at least one layer of the ride vehicle and the non-wet lubricated slide surface is within a range of between about 0.03 to about 0.2.

Abstract: A recreational slide system is disclosed. The recreational slide system includes a support structure and a slide operatively supported by the support structure and rotatable relative to the support structure and about a rotational axis of the slide. The slide includes a tubular slide body that extends between an entrance opening and an opposite exit opening. In particular, the slide body defines a slide surface that is non-wet lubricated over which a rider is configured to travel as the slide is rotated. The recreational slide system includes at least one drive that is operatively coupled to the slide. The at least one drive is configured to rotate the slide about the rotational axis.

Abstract: An airbag landing device for absorbing an impact of a falling object is disclosed. The airbag landing device includes an inflatable base structure with at least one inflatable closed-cell chamber configured to hold a first fill volume of gas and an inflatable top structure disposed vertically on top of the inflatable base structure. The inflatable top structure includes a central, external chamber, and at least one inflatable open-cell chamber that is configured to sustain a second fill volume of gas. The airbag landing device includes a top cover over the inflatable top structure. The top cover overlays the central chamber to form an air pocket therebetween. At impact, the inflatable top structure exhausts a volume of gas from the air pocket and from the open-cell chamber of the inflatable top structure while the first fill volume of the at least one inflatable closed-cell chamber is maintained.

Abstract: A dry lubricant composition for a slide surface of a recreational slide is disclosed. The dry lubricant composition includes a resin, a lubricant, a thermal conductor, and a hardener. The resin may comprise a silicon or PTFE based Epoxy. The dry lubricant composition is configured to be applied to the slide surface to form a dry lubricant coating thereon. The resultant coefficient of friction between the dry lubricant coating and a ride vehicle for use with the slide is within a range of between about 0.03 to about 0.2.

Abstract: A recreational slide system is provided. The recreational slide system includes a slide and a ride vehicle configured to support a rider down the slide. The slide includes a slide body with a non-wet lubricated slide surface that extends between a top entrance of the slide and a bottom exit of the slide. The ride vehicle includes a fabric layer that forms a top surface configured to contact the rider and a mesh layer that forms a bottom surface configured to contact the slide surface. The coefficient of friction between the mesh layer of the ride vehicle and the non-wet lubricated slide surface is within a range of between about 0.03 to about 0.2.