Chairs and seats – With table – desk – or easel – Chair-secured standard supports table
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-22
2001-05-08
Brown, Peter R. (Department: 3624)
Chairs and seats
With table, desk, or easel
Chair-secured standard supports table
C297S143000, C297S344100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06227614
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a chair, and in particular, to a chair for use in a casino environment.
Numerous stools and chairs are known in the prior art. In addition many of these chairs and stools are designed to be used in a casino environment. Examples of such stools and chairs can be found in U.S. Pat. Nos. Des. 384,213, Des. 372,132 and Des. 384,212.
Casino chairs of the type described above generally fall in to one of two categories, chairs that are fixed to either the casino floor or gaming table/apparatus to which they are associated and chairs that are free to be positioned by the user. Both types of chairs have inherent problems when used in the casino environment.
Chairs that fall into the first category (i.e. fixed position chairs) can not be positioned or moved to suit the comfort needs of the user. This is particularly troublesome for large and/or obese individuals. Further, as the chairs can not be moved, it is difficult to enter or exit the gaming table without disturbing the other players.
Chairs that fall in the second category (i.e. free standing chairs) are also troublesome. First, although they may be freely moved to suit the comfort needs of the player, the chairs are often moved too far from the table during use thereby blocking or interfering with the aisles of the casino. Further, one player may position his chair in such a manner that it interferes with an adjacent player. Finally, when players leave the table they often leave the chairs in a scattered manner. This creates a unseemly look in the gaming room where appearance is always of the utmost importance for the casino. In addition, the chairs in this scattered state consume usable space around and adjacent the gaming table. This translates into a direct loss of profits for the casino as they must allot more space for non-gaming areas (e.g. aisles) thereby diminishing the number of tables they can fit into a given amount of space.
In addition to the chairs discussed above, some other adjustable casino chairs are found in the prior art. These chairs are high-end electromechanical units. However, these chairs are ill-suited for general purpose use in a casino for a number of reasons. First, these chairs are large units that would be impractical for use at gaming tables where space is at a premium. In addition, these electromechanical chairs are both expensive and complex in construction.
In my prior application, U.S. application Ser. No. 08/898,298 and my prior U.S. patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,255, I disclose a smoke removal apparatus for use in a casino environment. In order for a smoke removal apparatus to effectively clean a casino it must be able to be installed and used at each of the gaming tables, including the poker table, blackjack table and others. Chairs found in the prior art are not designed nor adapted to accommodate a smoke removal apparatus of the type disclosed in my prior application and patent. As such, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to utilize the smoke removal apparatus as disclosed in my prior application and patent at each of the gaming tables found in the casino.
It is therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that is very comfortable for the player and allows the player to position the chair as close to the game as the player's physical dimensions allow, thereby allowing the player to become intimately involved with the game that is being challenged.
It is also an object of the present invention to enable greater use of the backrest of the chair than is permitted by conventional chairs.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that enables easy entry and exit from the gaming table or apparatus.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that enables a player to seat himself at a gaming table and remove himself therefrom without interfering with adjacent players.
It is a yet another object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that allots equal space for all players at a gaming table.
It is yet further object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that maximizes usable gaming space area for the casino.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a casino chair that is adapted to accommodate a smoke removal apparatus.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A casino chair selectively movable from a first position adjacent a casino gaming table or apparatus to a second position spaced from the casino gaming table or apparatus.
The casino chair includes a seat, a backrest, a plurality of legs extending from the seat and a mounting assembly for operably mounting the chair to the casino gaming table or apparatus. The mounting assembly includes means for selectively moving the chair from a position adjacent the gaming table or apparatus to a position spaced therefrom. The chair is further provided with means for automatically returning the chair to a position adjacent the gaming table or apparatus when the chair is not occupied.
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Bauer & Schaffer, LLP
Brown Peter R.
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