Variable sight-line grandstand seating arrangement

A grandstand seating arrangement comprising, in combination:

• a plurality of seating level members each having first and second ends and arranged in sequentially elevated relation to one another by a first predetermined height, wherein each such seating level member is disposed below an immediately superior seating level member;
• a rigid frame coupled to, and arranged along, the first and second ends of said plurality of seating level members;
• a plurality of lifting arrangements coupled to said rigid frame for displacing said rigid frame vertically;
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• a plurality of couplers for coupling said rigid frame to said plurality of said lifting arrangements, whereby actuation of said plurality of lifting arrangements causes vertical displacement of said rigid frame and said plurality of seating level members coupled thereto;
• wherein there is further provided a further rigid frame coupled to said rigid frame and arranged forward of said rigid frame for supporting at least a lower one of said seating level members.

A method of deploying a grandstand seating arrangement of the type having a plurality of seating level members, the method comprising, in combination, the steps of:

• upward driving a rigid frame vertically in an upward direction;
• engaging sequentially a plurality of seating level member supports, each such seating level member support being associated with a respective one of the seating level members;
• urging upwardly and sequentially, in response to said step of upward driving the rigid frame, the plurality of seating level member supports and the seating level members;
• and
• downward driving the rigid frame vertically in a downward direction;
• wherein during performance of said step of downward driving there is provided the step of sequentially releasing the plurality of seating level member supports to be supported on a lower stop of an associated stanchion support.

A grandstand seating arrangement comprising:

• a plurality of seating level members each having first and second ends and arranged in sequentially elevated relation to one another by a first predetermined height, wherein each such seating level member is disposed below an immediately superior seating level member;
• a rigid frame coupled to, and arranged along, the first and second ends of said plurality of seating level members, said rigid frame having;
• a lower frame portion coupled to said plurality of lifting arrangements;
• and
• an upper frame portion coupled rigidly to said lower frame portion;
• a plurality of lifting arrangements coupled to said lower frame portion of said rigid frame for displacing said rigid frame and said plurality of seating level member coupled thereto vertically;
• a plurality of stanchion supports, each stanchion support being associated with a respective one of said plurality of seating level members;
• a lower stop disposed on each stanchion support and associated with a seating level member, said lower stop being arranged at a height that is responsive to the height of the associated seating level member relative to others of said seating level members;
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• a plurality of seating level member supports each for supporting a respectively associated one of said plurality of seating level members, each seating level member support being coupled to, and displaceable along, said stanchion support that is associated with the respectively associated one of said plurality of seating level members.