IP Library Granted Patent US 10,335,705
Granted Patent B2
US 10,335,705 · App. 16/063,140 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Venue trays and method for moving venue trays

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,335,705
App. No.
16/063,140
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (22)

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.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS AGENT
To: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING LLC
Reel/Frame 069175/0282 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2019
From: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING LLC
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048747/0250 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: BYRNE, OWEN; DAVIS, ADAM; KICERA, TYLER; MAST, RYAN; SAMBERG, BENJAMIN ASHER
To: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING LLC
Reel/Frame 046222/0958 →