ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,407, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD. (Richmond, Canada).
"Rotating amusement water related feature" was invented by Hyuma Frankowski (Vancouver, Canada), Kelly Williams (Delta, Canada), Ross Flavell (Coquitlam, Canada), Geoff Chutter (Vancouver, Canada), Ryan Sinitsin (Osaka, Japan), Bruce Bradley (Vancouver, Canada), Ben Cornwell-Mott (Comox, Canada) and Claudio Barrera (White Rock, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ride structure is disclosed using rotating tunnel sections as part of a static water ride with or without variations in the tunnel cross-section and/or embedded three-dimensional ...