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US 9,809,987 B2Granted
Seating system with tiltable deck and belt drive
AssigneeRogers Athletic Company
InventorsJoshua William Koch, Brian Staten, Todd Alan Swarts, Timothy John Hockemeyer
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Abstract
A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a riser including a tiltable deck. Another seating system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a drive system for moving a riser. The drive system includes a sprocket configured to engage a belt.
Claims15
A seating system, comprising:
- a riser including a tiltable deck, wherein the deck is tiltable between a stored position and a use position, wherein the deck is substantially perpendicular to a gravity plane when in a stored position, and wherein, when in the use position, the deck is inclined at an acute angle relative to the position of the deck in the stored position, wherein the riser is one of a plurality of risers configured to telescope relative to one another.
A seating system, comprising:
- a riser including a tillable deck, wherein the deck is tillable between a stored position and a use position, wherein the deck is substantially perpendicular to a gravity plane when in a stored position, and wherein, when in the use position, the deck is inclined at an acute angle relative to the position of the deck in the stored position;
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- an actuator operable to selectively tilt the deck, wherein the actuator is mounted to a stringer supporting the deck, and wherein a support arm extends between the stringer and a riser support.
A seating system, comprising:
- a riser including a tiltable deck, wherein the deck is tiltable between a stored position and a use position, wherein the deck is substantially perpendicular to a gravity plane when in a stored position, and wherein, when in the use position, the deck is inclined at an acute angle relative to the position of the deck in the stored position;
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- an actuator operable to selectively tilt the deck, wherein the deck tilts about a pivot adjacent a forward end of the riser, and wherein the actuator includes a motor operable to rotate a ball nut relative to a ball screw.
A seating system, comprising:
- a drive system for moving a riser, the drive system including a sprocket configured to engage a belt;
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- a first clamping block and a second clamping block, the first and second clamping blocks provided adjacent respective ends of the belt;
- wherein at least one of the first and second clamping blocks is configured to adjust a tension in the belt;
- wherein the at least one of the first and second clamping blocks includes an upper plate and a lower plate, each of the upper and lower plates supported on a slotted plate having a plurality of slots therein, the slots allowing for movement of the slotted plate relative to a plurality of fasteners to adjust the tension in the belt.
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