Larry Ceil Timbes

US Patent:

41980433, Apr 15, 1980

Filed:

Jun 6, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/913185

Inventors:

Larry C. Timbes - Myrtle Beach SC
Julian H. Price - Florence SC

Assignee:

Plexa Incorporated - Florence SC

International Classification:

A63G 2118

US Classification:

272 565R

Abstract:

A multiple flume water slide includes individual starting pools for each flume and a common landing pool mounted at different elevations on an earth foundation and connected by way of modular sectional flumes. Each flume consists of a minimal number of end reversible, end abutting, end-to-end sealed acrylic module flume sections which are generally concave upwardly away from the earth formation and are of generally semi-circular transverse cross-section, with each terminating along respective edges in integral upwardly convex hand rails. Straight sections have hand rails of the same height. Curved sections have lower radially inner and higher radially outer walls with the outer walls terminating in hand rails higher than those of the inner walls. Transition sections between a straight section and a curved section or between abutting curved sections of opposite throw have longitudinally inclined hand rails along one side from one end to the other to meet the radially outer wall hand rail of the abutting curved section. Specially constructed acrylic starting and concrete landing pools are connected to the flume by way of specially configured starting flume and landing flume sections.