Goods & Services

Seats, seating furniture, and furniture, all for gymnasiums, home, churches, and theatres

Abstract

A tablet assembly for a chair includes a mounting portion configured to mount at an arm rest of the chair, a tablet pivotally mounted at the mounting portion about a pivot axis, and a pivot limiting mechanism that selectively limits pivotal movement of the tablet about the pivot axis. The pivot limiting mechanism, when in a first state, limits pivotal movement of the tablet between a use position and a non-use position. Pivotal movement of the tablet is stopped at the non-use position by the pivot limiting mechanism when the pivot limiting mechanism is in the first state. The pivot limiting mechanism, when in a second state, allows for pivotal movement of the tablet further from the use position and beyond the non- use position to move the tablet further toward a side of the chair. The pivot limiting mechanism is selectively adjusted from the first state to the second state.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 7/68 - Arm-rest tables
• A47C 1/12 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs

Abstract

A cup holder for a seat of an auditorium or theater includes a cup receiving body and a mounting arm. The cup receiving body is configured to receive and support a cup therein. The mounting arm extends from the cup receiving body and includes a receiving portion and an attachment portion. With the mounting arm extending across a side portion of a seat back frame of a single seat, and with the receiving portion receiving a front portion of the seat back frame and the mounting arm extending from the front portion of the seat back frame to a rear portion of the seat back frame, the attachment portion of the mounting arm abuts the rear portion of the seat back frame, and the attachment portion is attached at the seat back frame to secure the cup holder relative to the seat back frame.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 7/62 - Accessories for chairs
• A47C 1/12 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs

Abstract

A bleacher seating system provides a seatback locking and release mechanism to allow for rapid simultaneous repositioning of the seat backs in each row of seating. The system includes a plurality of seats arranged in a row and coupled to a forward edge portion of a deck via seat mounting brackets in the form of parallel plates each defining a gap therebetween. Each of the seats includes a seat portion and a back portion that is pivotable between an upright use position and a collapsed storage position. An elongate actuator bar is rotatably supported in respective bores formed in the plates, and seatback brackets are positioned in the gaps for pivotably coupling the back portions to respective seat mounting brackets. Release members extend from the elongate actuator bar and are disposed in the gaps for selective engagement with pivot-lock elements of the seatback brackets.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 7/40 - Supports for the head or the back for the back
• A47C 1/12 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs
• E04H 3/12 - Tribunes, grandstands or terraces for spectators
• A47C 1/124 - Separate chairs, connectible together into a row
• A47C 7/44 - Supports for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted frame
• E04H 3/30 - Constructional features of auditoriums
• A47C 1/126 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs stowable in floor or wall

Abstract

A bleacher seating system provides a seatback locking and release mechanism that allows for rapid simultaneous repositioning of the seat back portions in each row of seating to aid in setting up and collapsing sets of seating rows. The locking and release mechanism may be actuated to substantially simultaneously unlock all seat back portions in a row from a single location. The bleacher seating system may be readily set up or collapsed by a single operator, such as by manually or remotely unlocking and locking the seat back portions in rows so that the seat backs may be pivoted between raised and lowered positions. Optionally, deck nosemount clamps allow for increased walking space behind the seats and a particularly compact seating storage configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04H 3/12 - Tribunes, grandstands or terraces for spectators
• A47C 1/126 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs stowable in floor or wall
• A47C 1/12 - Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs
• E04H 3/30 - Constructional features of auditoriums

Abstract

A bleacher seating system provides a seatback locking and release mechanism that allows for rapid simultaneous repositioning of the seat back portions in each row of seating to aid in setting up and collapsing sets of seating rows. The locking and release mechanism may be actuated to substantially simultaneously unlock all seat back portions in a row from a single location. The bleacher seating system may be readily set up or collapsed by a single operator, such as by manually or remotely unlocking and locking the seat back portions in rows so that the seat backs may be pivoted between raised and lowered positions. In addition, deck nosemount clamps allow for increased walking space behind the seats and a particularly compact seating storage configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 1/16 - Seats detachably mounted on stadium benches
• A47C 7/56 - Parts or details of tipping-up chairs, e.g. of theatre chairs
• A47C 7/54 - Supports for the arms
• A47C 7/48 - Supports for the head or the back for the back of freely-rotatable type

Abstract

A tablet adjustment mechanism is provided to control the movement of a tablet of a seat assembly between a lowered non-use or stowed position under the armrest and a raised or use position, and further control the tablet's movement between an inward use position and an outward use position. The adjustment mechanism includes a plunger inside of a pivot element, the plunger's longitudinal and rotational or pivotal movements being controlled by a pin engaging a slot in the plunger, and also by a guide pin traversing an arcuate slot in a tablet support arm. The adjustment mechanism may limit lateral or sideward movement of the tablet when the tablet is in its fully lowered or stowed position and during at least some of the pivotal movement toward its raised position.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47B 83/02 - Tables combined with seats

Abstract

A modular seating system and installation method includes a plurality of seat assemblies (10) fixedly arranged in rows (11) in a seating facility. The seat assemblies have common support assemblies (24) that support a respective seat portion (14) and back rest (16) of the seat assembly. An arm (20) is adjustably mounted to each of the support assemblies, and is adjusted relative to the respective support assembly to provide a desired effective width of each of the seat assemblies. The arm is adjusted to a different position relative to the support assembly for at least some of the seat assemblies to provide the desired effective width and spacing of seat assemblies along the rows of seat assemblies. The fold angle of the seats and/or the tilt angle of the back rests may also or otherwise be adjustable depending on the particular application of the seat assemblies.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 15/00 - Other seating furniture

Goods & Services

Seating with Both Permanent and Movable Mounting, for Theatres, Auditoriums, Stadiums, Arenas, Classrooms, Lecture Rooms, Court Rooms, Waiting Rooms, and Churches

Goods & Services

Various Types of Chairs, Seating and Other Furniture with Both Permanent and Movable Mounting, Specifically: Seating for Theatres, Auditoriums, Stadiums, Arenas, Classrooms, Lecture Rooms, Court Rooms, Waiting Rooms, Churches