Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – With stadium or auditorium feature – Seating arrangement
Patent
1984-02-08
1986-02-25
Perham, Alfred C.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
With stadium or auditorium feature
Seating arrangement
52183, 108 93, 182106, 256 59, 297236, E04H 316
Patent
active
045718954
ABSTRACT:
A telescoping seating system with a plurality of elongated rows movable between a forward extended use position in which the rows are in stepped relation and a rearward retracted storage position in which the rows are in superposed relation. Each of the rows includes a front riser, a rear riser spaced rearwardly of the front riser, a cantilevered seat fixedly attached to the front riser and extending rearwardly toward the rear riser, and a platform fixedly attached to the front riser and extending between the front riser and the rear riser, forming a self-supporting seat assembly. The seat assembly is mounted to a frame having a pair of laterally spaced, floor-engaging carriages, a pair of columns, each fixedly attached to one of the carriages and extending upwardly therefrom, and a pair of substantially horizontal, forwardly extending, cantilevered support arms each fixedly attached to one of the columns and having the seat assembly mounted thereon by the platform. The columns extend above the support arms and have the rear riser fixedly attached thereto. Positioned along at least one end portion of the rows is a guard structure including a plurality of substantially coplanar, forwardly inclined posts, each fixedly attached to one of the rows for movement therewith. Each of the posts has a plurality of vertically spaced, fixed length rails fixedly attached thereto and extending rearwardly therefrom beyond a next rearward post. The rails are in slidable relation with the rails of the next rearward post and are positioned to vertically interleave in coplanar relation with the rails of successively rearward posts. The posts are laterally upright and forwardly inclined sufficiently to permit nesting of one forward of another. The interleaving of the rails and the nesting of the posts occur in noninterfering relation when the rows are moved from the extended position to the retracted position.
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