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US 11,028,605 B2Granted
Theatre construction
AssigneeImagine Nation B.V.
InventorEvert Lykle Hemminga
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Abstract
A theatre construction comprises a seating area (120) for an audience, a circular support structure (134) surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area and a plurality of arcuate screens (135) suspended from the circular support structure. The screens (135) are mounted to the circular support structure (134) on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area.
Claims14
A theatre construction comprising:
- a seating area for an audience;
- a circular support structure surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area;
- a plurality of arcuate screens suspended from the circular support structure, the screens being mounted to the circular support structure on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area, and
- counterweights suspended from the rails for movement about the seating area, the counterweights being arranged to preload the circular support structure, whereby to prevent perceptible sagging of the circular support structure when a screen is moved into a position on the circular support structure previously occupied by the counterweights.
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A theatre construction comprising:
- a seating area for an audience;
- a circular support structure surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area;
- a plurality of arcuate screens suspended from the circular support structure, the screens being mounted to the circular support structure on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area,
- wherein said rails are mutually spaced in a radial direction of the circular support structure, each rail of said rails suspending at least one respective screen, whereby the respective screens can pass each other, and
- wherein a first screen is suspended from a first rail of said rails by a hanger having a substantially C-shaped cross section, whereby the hanger accommodates a second rail of said rails suspending a second screen below the first rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.