Stand for a stadium, and a method for determining the stand configuration
AssigneePattern Design Limited
InventorsDipesh Jagdish Patel, Jon-Scott Kohli, Nicholas Robert Tyrer
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a stand for a stadium. The stand comprises, a plurality or rows, each row containing a plurality of seats, and a structure having a width and a depth, wherein the plurality of rows of seats are mounted to the structure. The cross-sectional profile of the structure along the direction of the depth of the structure varies along the direction of the width of the structure such that a C-value for each of the plurality of seats is configurable. In a preferred embodiment, the C-value is configured to be substantially constant. A method of configuring the arrangement of such a stand is also disclosed.
Claims11
A stand for a stadium, comprising:
- a plurality of rows, each row containing a plurality of seats;
- and a structure having a width and a depth, wherein the plurality of rows are mounted to said structure;
- wherein, a cross-sectional profile of the structure along a direction of the depth of the structure varies along a direction of the width of the structure in the form of a parabola such that a C-value for each of the plurality of seats is configurable within 5% of an average C-value, wherein the C-value for each seat is defined as the vertical distance between a sight-line of a first spectator in one of said plurality of seats, and an eye level of a second spectator sitting in another one of said plurality of seats, directly in front of the first spectator;
- wherein said average C-value is calculated from all seats from said plurality of rows.
A method of configuring a stand for a stadium, the stand comprising a plurality of rows, each row containing a plurality of seats, and a structure having a width and a depth, wherein the plurality of rows of seats are mounted to said structure, the method comprising:
- determining a required C-value for each seat in the stand, wherein the C-value for each seat is defined as the vertical distance between a sight-line of a first spectator in one of said plurality of seats, and an eye level of a second spectator sitting in another one of said plurality of seats, directly in front of the first spectator;
- determining a cross-sectional profile of the structure along a direction of the depth of the structure at a centre of the stand, such that each seat in the cross-section has a substantially constant C-value within 5% of an average C-value;
- determining a cross-sectional profile of the structure along the direction of the depth of the structure at a first end of the stand, such that each seat in the cross-section has a C-value substantially equal to the constant C-value within 5% of said average C-value;
- determining a cross-sectional profile of the structure along the direction of the depth of the structure at a second end of the stand, such that each seat in the cross-section has a C-value substantially equal to the constant C-value within 5% of said average C-value;
- and varying the cross-sectional profile of the structure between the first end of the stand and the centre of the stand using a parabolic cross-section, and between the second end of the stand and the centre of the stand, such that the C-value for each seat in the stand is substantially constant within 5% of said average C-value;
- wherein said average C-value is calculated from all seats from said plurality of rows.
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