Slidable gaming chair including return-to-home feature

A chair comprising:

• an upper assembly including a seat and at least one sensor;
• and
• a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly by a support structure, wherein the lower assembly includes a centering system and a movable plate that is coupled to the centering system and slidably coupled to a floorplate, and wherein the centering system is configured to return the seat to a predefined home position in response to the at least one sensor of the upper assembly sensing that the chair is unoccupied.

A method of returning a chair to a predefined home position, the method comprising:

• determining, by a processor, based upon a signal transmitted from at least one sensor of an upper assembly of the chair, that a weight in the chair is below a predefined threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the weight in the chair is below the predefined threshold, controlling, by the processor, a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly to return the chair to the predefined home position, wherein the lower assembly comprises a centering system and a movable plate that is coupled to the centering system and slidably coupled to a floorplate.