FUNCTIONAL ERGONOMIC CINEMAS

• US 20160305142A1
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Warehouse Cinemas LLC
• Original Assignee: Warehouse Cinemas LLC
• Inventors: Daughtridge, Richard E., Mills, Gregory L.
• Application Number:
  US15/096,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20160305142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/02 Reclining or easy chairs supports for parts of body A47C7/36, A47C7/50, A47C7/54
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/12 Theatre, auditorium, or similar chairs seats detachably mounted on stadium benches A47C1/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/005 Modulation co-ordination
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 2001/1283 Small buildings of the ISO containers type
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/126 Foldable, retractable or tiltable tribunes E04H3/123 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/22 Theatres; Concert halls; Studios for broadcasting, cinematography, television or similar purposes
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/30 Constructional features of auditoriums
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/56 Projection screens

Abstract

A movie theater auditorium is disclosed with reclining or reclined seats, whereby patrons are viewing a screen that is elevated and tilted toward the viewing audience. Comparative to traditional movie theaters with vertical screens with fixed or reclining chairs, exemplary embodiments provide a more natural viewing angle and line of sight for the viewing audience. Some embodiments are disclosed which employ repurposed shipping containers as structural elements of a cinema.

Claims

1. A cinema auditorium, comprising:

(a) a main seating area with a flat floor;

(b) a plurality of reclining or reclined seats positioned within said main seating area, wherein the reclining or reclined seats have a recline angle from 15 degrees to 70 degrees;

(c) a tilted motion picture projection screen positioned at a first end of said main seating area, said tilted motion picture projection screen being tilted toward said main seating area with a screen angle of 10 degrees to 35 degrees; and

(d) a projector positioned at a second end of said main seating area opposite the first end for projecting images onto the screen.

2. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, wherein the screen is inclined toward the main seating area at a screen angle of 25 degrees.

3. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, wherein the tilted motion picture projection screen is elevated at least 4 feet above the main seating area.

4. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, wherein the tilted motion picture projection screen is elevated at least 12 feet above the main seating area.

5. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, wherein the tilted motion picture projection screen is curved from a left side to a right side of said screen.

6. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, further comprising a ceiling positioned above said main seating area, wherein at least a portion of said ceiling is sloped or stepped upward towards said first end.

7. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, wherein said projector is angled upwardly with respect to the main seating area for projecting images onto the screen.

8. The cinema auditorium of claim 1, further comprising at least one VIP seating area.

9. A cinema auditorium, comprising:

(a) a main seating area with a floor;

(b) a plurality of reclining or reclined seats positioned within said main seating area, wherein the reclining or reclined seats have a recline angle from 15 degrees to 70 degrees;

(c) a tilted motion picture projection screen positioned at a first end of said main seating area, said tilted motion picture projection screen being tilted toward said main seating area with a screen angle of 10 degrees to 35 degrees;

(d) a projector positioned at a second end of said main seating area opposite the first end for projecting images onto the screen; and

(e) a ceiling positioned above said main seating area, wherein at least a portion of said ceiling is sloped or stepped upward towards said first end.

10. The cinema auditorium of claim 9, wherein the floor of the main seating area is a flat floor.

11. The cinema auditorium of claim 9, wherein the floor of the main seating area is a sloped floor.

12. The cinema auditorium of claim 9, wherein the floor of the main seating area is a tiered floor.

13. The cinema auditorium of claim 9, wherein said projector is angled upwardly with respect to the main seating area for projecting images onto the tilted motion picture projection screen.

14. The cinema auditorium of claim 9, wherein the cinema auditorium further comprises at least one VIP seating area.

15. A method of providing a cinema auditorium in warehouse space, the method comprising the steps of

arranging a plurality of reclining or reclined seats on a flat floor area in said warehouse space to create a main seating area;

tilting a motion picture projection screen arranged at a first end of said main seating area, said motion picture projection screen being tilted toward said main seating area with a screen angle of 10 to 35 degrees; and

placing a projector at a second end of said main seating area opposite the first end for projecting images onto the screen.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of sloping or stepping at least a portion of ceiling above said main seating area upwards toward said first end.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said projector is angled upwardly with respect to the main seating area for projecting images onto the tilted motion picture projection screen.

18. A cinema auditorium, comprising

one or more walls comprising or consisting of a plurality of stacked repurposed shipping containers;

a motion picture projection screen associated with the one or more walls; and

a projector for projecting images onto the motion picture projector screen,

wherein the plurality of stacked repurposed shipping containers themselves contain within or have arranged thereon one or more of purpose-built acoustic and thermal insulation.

19. The cinema auditorium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of stacked repurposed shipping containers are intact.

20. The cinema auditorium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of stacked repurposed shipping containers collectively enclose an indoor space for the cinema auditorium.

21. A cinema auditorium, comprising:

(a) a main seating area with a floor;

(b) a plurality of reclining or reclined seats positioned within said main seating area;

(c) a tilted motion picture projection screen;

(d) a mechanism for adjusting a tilt of the motion picture projector screen toward said main seating area to any of multiple screen angles between 10 degrees and 35 degrees; and

(e) a projector for projecting images onto the screen.