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US 8,555,554 B2Granted
Seating system
AssigneeStageright Corporation
InventorsJoshua Koch, Brian Staten
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Abstract
An example of the disclosed seating system includes a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another, and at least one of the seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the seating risers. Further included is a control pendant. The powered seating riser is drivable in response to said control pendant.
Claims10
A seating system comprising:
- a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another, wherein at least one of said seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract said seating risers;
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- a control pendant, said powered seating riser drivable in response to said control pendant, wherein said control pendant communicates with a controller in communication with said powered seating riser via a removable receiver, wherein said controller is operable to deploy said seating risers in a first direction in response to a deployment signal, retract said seating risers in a second direction in response to a retraction signal, and stop movement of said seating risers in response to a stop signal, and wherein said controller is operable to steer said seating riser laterally, in addition to said first and second directions, and at least partially independently of an initiating signal from said control pendant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.