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US 9,790,698 B2Granted
Seating system
AssigneeRogers Athletic Company
InventorsJoshua William Koch, Timothy John Hockemeyer, Brian Staten
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Abstract
A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another. Further, at least one of the plurality of seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the plurality of seating risers. The powered seating riser includes a belt drive system. Additionally, the plurality of seating risers are adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- moving a plurality of seating risers to one of a deployed position and a retracted position;
- adjusting a height of at least one of the plurality of seating risers between a lowered position and a raised position using a scissor lift, the scissor lift including a roller configured to slide in a direction parallel to the direction of deployment and retraction of the seating risers;
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- receiving a node projecting from a higher level seating riser within an opening in a lower level seating riser.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a plurality of seating risers to one of a deployed position and a retracted position;
- adjusting a height of at least one of the plurality of seating risers between a lowered position and a raised position using a scissor lift, the scissor lift including a roller configured to slide in a direction parallel to the direction of deployment and retraction of the seating risers;
- and
- wherein the scissor lift includes first and second arms pivotably connected to one another, the first and second arms connected to at least one of the plurality of seating risers.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a plurality of seating risers to one of a deployed position and a retracted position;
- and
- adjusting a height of at least one of the plurality of seating risers between a lowered position and a raised position using a scissor lift, the scissor lift including a roller configured to slide in a direction parallel to the direction of deployment and retraction of the seating risers, wherein the scissor lift is configured to raise an entirety of the at least one of the plurality of seating risers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.