Theater entrance
The present disclosure is directed to an entrance to a theater of the type normally used to show motion pictures. The motion picture theater entrance has distinctive outer walls separating a vestibule from a lobby. The vestibule has a curved image projection wall located inside said vestibule and is connected to a viewing area by a curved walkway. The entrance also may include border lighting along the upper and or lower edges of its walls.
1. An entrance for a theater, comprising:
a lobby;
a doorway;
a vestibule extending between said lobby and said doorway, said vestibule having a convexly curved image projection wall and an inner wall opposite to said image projection wall;
said image projection wall positioned so as to be visible from said lobby;
a viewing area having a curved walkway that is connected by said doorway to said vestibule;
wherein said curved walkway has a left side and a right side that are substantially mirror images of each other and that are curved so that they extend across a rear side of a viewing area;
wherein said curved walkway terminates at two entry points at opposite sides of adjacent said viewing area; and
wherein the curvature of said image projection wall substantially obscures said doorway from said lobby.
2. The entrance as in claim 1 , wherein said curved walkway is defined by first and second curved walls that are substantially parallel to each other.
3. The entrance as in claim 1 , wherein said vestibule includes a floor and a ceiling, said image projection wall extending substantially between said floor and ceiling.
4. The entrance as in claim 1 , wherein said image projection wall and said curved walkway are approximately parallel to each other.
5. An entrance for a theater, comprising:
a lobby;
a doorway;
a vestibule extending between said lobby and said doorway, said vestibule having a convexly curved image projection wall;
said image projection wall positioned so as to be visible from said lobby;
a viewing area having a curved walkway that is connected by said doorway to said vestibule; and
wherein said curved walkway is defined by first and second curved walls that are substantially parallel to each other.
6. The entrance of claim 5 , wherein said curved walkway has a left side and a right side that are substantially mirror images of each other and that are curved so that they extend across a rear side of said viewing area.
7. The entrance of claim 5 , wherein said image projection wall and said curved walkway are approximately parallel to each other.
8. The entrance as in claim 5 , wherein said curved walkway terminates at two entry points at opposite sides adjacent said viewing area.
9. An entrance for a theater, comprising:
a lobby;
a doorway;
a vestibule extending between said lobby and said doorway, said vestibule having a convexly curved image projection wall;
said image projection wall positioned so as to be visible from said lobby and having a curvature that substantially obscures said doorway from said lobby;
a viewing area having a curved walkway that is connected by said doorway to said vestibule; and
wherein said curved walkway is defined by first and second curved walls that are substantially parallel to each other.
10. The entrance of claim 9 , wherein said curved walkway has a left side and a right side that are substantially mirror images of each other and that are curved so that they extend across a rear side of said viewing area.
11. The entrance of claim 9 , wherein said image projection wall and said curved walkway are approximately parallel to each other.
12. The entrance as in claim 9 , wherein said curved walkway terminates at two entry points at opposite sides adjacent said viewing area.
13. The entrance as in claim 9 , wherein said vestibule includes a floor and a ceiling, said image projection wall extending substantially between said floor and ceiling.
14. The entrance as in claim 9 , wherein said vestibule further comprises an inner wall opposite said image projection wall to define a path leading to said doorway.