ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,482, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Splinter Works Ltd. (Bath, Great Britain).
"Slide" was invented by Matthew James Withington (Gloucestershire, Great Britain) and Miles Hartwell (Bath, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide 10 comprising a chute 12 and an entryway 14. The entryway 14 has a multi-part body. A handrail 28 mechanically attaches the body parts 16, 18 together. The handrail 28 defines a liquid-flow conduit."
The patent was filed on May 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/672,861.
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