Venue trays and method for moving venue trays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10335705-B2
Application number	US-201616063140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2016
Priority date	Dec 18, 2015
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for positioning audience members at locations for viewing an event occurring at an event portion at which a live actor makes a presentation and/or a display is shown. Additionally, the present invention relates to an arrangement having a first venue tray, the first venue tray having a close range event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown and a home row seating section, a second venue tray, the second venue tray having a downrange seating section, a first periphery event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown, and a second periphery event portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for positioning audience members at locations for viewing an event occurring at an event portion at which a live actor makes a presentation and/or a display is shown, the method comprising:
providing a first venue tray, the first venue tray having a close range event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown and a home row seating section, a second venue tray, the second venue tray having a downrange seating section, a first periphery event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown, and a second periphery event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown, the first venue tray and the second venue tray being displaceable relative to one another to a position in which audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the close range event portion of the first venue tray along a different sight line than audience members located on the second venue tray, the first venue tray and the second venue tray being positionable relative to one another such that audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the first periphery portion along the same sight line as audience members located on the second venue tray, and the first venue tray and the second venue tray being displaceable as a single unit to a location at which audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the second periphery event portion along the same sight line as audience members located on the second venue tray; and
selectively moving the first venue tray and/or the second venue tray.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first venue tray and second venue tray can be separately rotated with respect to each other.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing one or more balcony venue trays positioned about an outer periphery of the event portion, each one or more balcony venue trays separately movable about the outer periphery of the event portion.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a partition wall assembly about the first venue tray, the partition wall assembly sliding between a first position and a second position.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a platform mounted to the first venue tray, the platform rotating with respect to the first venue tray.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the platform can be raised/lowered with respect to the first venue tray.

7. The method of claim 1 , further providing the first venue tray with a rotatable stage, the rotatable stage rotating with respect to the first venue tray.

8. The method of claim 7 , further providing the first venue tray with a rotatable platform mounted to the rotatable stage, the platform rotating with respect to the stage.

9. An arrangement comprising:
a first venue tray, the first venue tray having a close range event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown and a home row seating section;
a second venue tray, the second venue tray having a downrange seating section;
a first periphery event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown; and
a second periphery event portion at which a live actor can make a presentation and/or a display can be shown, the first venue tray and the second venue tray being displaceable relative to one another to a position in which audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the close range event portion of the first venue tray along a different sight line than audience members located on the second venue tray, the first venue tray and the second venue tray being positionable relative to one another such that audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the first periphery portion along the same sight line as audience members located on the second venue tray, and the first venue tray and the second venue tray being displaceable as a single unit to a location at which audience members located on the first venue tray view a presentation or a display at the second periphery event portion along the same sight line as audience members located on the second venue tray.

10. The arrangement of claim 9 , wherein the first venue tray and second venue tray can be separately rotated with respect to each other.

11. The arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising one or more balcony venue trays positioned about an outer periphery of the event portion, each one or more balcony venue trays separately movable about the outer periphery of the event portion.

12. The arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising a partition wall assembly positioned about the first venue tray, the partition wall assembly sliding between a first position and a second position.

13. The arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising a platform mounted to the first venue tray, the platform rotating with respect to the first venue tray.

14. The arrangement of claim 13 , wherein the platform can be raised/lowered with respect to the first venue tray.

15. The arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising a rotatable stage mounted to the first venue tray, the rotatable stage rotating with respect to the first venue tray.

16. The arrangement of claim 15 , further comprising a rotatable platform mounted to the rotatable stage, the platform rotating with respect to the stage.

Assignees

• Tait Towers Mfg Llc

Inventors

• Byrne Owen
• Davis Adam
• Kicera Tyler
• MAST Ryan
• Samberg Benjamin Asher

Classifications

• A63J1/00 Primary

  Stage arrangements · CPC title

• E04H3/26

  Revolving stages; Stages able to be lowered · CPC title

• E04H3/30

  Constructional features of auditoriums · CPC title