Patents by Inventor Marvin R. Hlynka
Marvin R. Hlynka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8360894Abstract: An annular-shaped waterslide bowl for use as an element of a waterslide apparatus serves to slow a rider down and bring him or her to a stop at the end of the waterslide ride. The bowl has a bowl wall with a rider entry port through which a rider slides from a flume into the bowl. The bottom wall of the bowl has an opening at its center and a low circumferential wall around the opening extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The rider comes to a stop in the bowl and can step over the circumferential wall into the opening. A staircase or slide located within the opening provides means for the rider to exit the bowl. The waterslide bowl provides a compact structure for slowing and stopping the rider and is particularly suitable for waterslide installations having limited space.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Inventor: Marvin R. Hlynka
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Patent number: 8192291Abstract: A waterslide bowl has a fixed rider path from entrance to exit. The bowl comprises a trough which is made of a plurality of sets of trough sections, attached together, in which the trough sections of a given set are the same and nest together side-by-side, permitting the rider surface of the bowl to be made from trough sections having a small number of different shapes. This reduces the number of molds that would otherwise be required to make the trough sections. The waterslide bowl may also have two or more separate troughs, nested together, whereby the bowl may be ridden in by multiple riders at the same time, each in his or her own trough.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Whitewater West Industries Ltd.Inventors: Daniel P. Brassard, Marvin R. Hlynka
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Patent number: 7887426Abstract: A waterslide bowl has a fixed rider path from entrance to exit. The bowl comprises a trough which is made of a plurality of sets of trough sections, attached together, in which the trough sections of a given set are the same, permitting the rider surface of the bowl to be made from trough sections having a small number of different shapes. This reduces the number of molds that would otherwise be required to make the trough sections. The waterslide bowl may also have two or more separate troughs, nested together.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Whitewater West Industries Ltd.Inventor: Marvin R. Hlynka
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Publication number: 20100285894Abstract: An annular-shaped waterslide bowl for use as an element of a waterslide apparatus serves to slow a rider down and bring him or her to a stop at the end of the waterslide ride. The bowl has a bowl wall with a rider entry port through which a rider slides from a flume into the bowl. The bottom wall of the bowl has an opening at its center and a low circumferential wall around the opening extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The rider comes to a stop in the bowl and can step over the circumferential wall into the opening. A staircase or slide located within the opening provides means for the rider to exit the bowl. The waterslide bowl provides a compact structure for slowing and stopping the rider and is particularly suitable for waterslide installations having limited space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventor: Marvin R. Hlynka
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Patent number: 7780537Abstract: An annular-shaped waterslide bowl for use as an element of a waterslide apparatus serves to slow a rider down and bring him or her to a stop at the end of the waterslide ride. The bowl has a bowl wall with a rider entry port through which a rider slides from a flume into the bowl. The bottom wall of the bowl has an opening at its center and a low circumferential wall around the opening extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The rider comes to a stop in the bowl and can step over the circumferential wall into the opening. A staircase located within the opening provides means for the rider to exit the bowl. The waterslide bowl provides a compact structure for slowing and stopping the rider and is particularly suitable for waterslide installations having limited space.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Whitewater West Industries Ltd.Inventor: Marvin R. Hlynka
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Patent number: 7731595Abstract: A slide (104) supports and directs a user along a predetermined path. A conveyor system (102) is coupled to the slide to accelerate the user along the predetermined path.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: White Water West Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Marvin R Hlynka
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Publication number: 20090239671Abstract: A waterslide bowl has a fixed rider path from entrance to exit. The bowl comprises a trough which is made of a plurality of sets of trough sections, attached together, in which the trough sections of a given set are the same and nest together side-by-side, permitting the rider surface of the bowl to be made from trough sections having a small number of different shapes. This reduces the number of molds that would otherwise be required to make the trough sections. The waterslide bowl may also have two or more separate troughs, nested together, whereby the bowl may be ridden in by multiple riders at the same time, each in his or her own trough.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Daniel P. Brassard, Marvin R. Hlynka
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Publication number: 20090221377Abstract: A waterslide bowl has a fixed rider path from entrance to exit. The bowl comprises a trough which is made of a plurality of sets of trough sections, attached together, in which the trough sections of a given set are the same, permitting the rider surface of the bowl to be made from trough sections having a small number of different shapes. This reduces the number of molds that would otherwise be required to make the trough sections. The waterslide bowl may also have two or more separate troughs, nested together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: MARVIN R. HLYNKA
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Publication number: 20090062025Abstract: An annular-shaped waterslide bowl for use as an element of a waterslide apparatus serves to slow a rider down and bring him or her to a stop at the end of the waterslide ride. The bowl has a bowl wall with a rider entry port through which a rider slides from a flume into the bowl. The bottom wall of the bowl has an opening at its center and a low circumferential wall around the opening extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The rider comes to a stop in the bowl and can step over the circumferential wall into the opening. A staircase located within the opening provides means for the rider to exit the bowl. The waterslide bowl provides a compact structure for slowing and stopping the rider and is particularly suitable for waterslide installations having limited space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: MARVIN R. HLYNKA
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Patent number: D583895Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Whitewater West Industries Ltd.Inventor: Marvin R. Hlynka