Auditorium with a ring of seats and a plurality of screens

• US 3,313,068 A
• Filed: 04/23/1965
• Issued: 04/11/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Guedes Pinto Emilio
• Original Assignee: Guedes Pinto Emilio
• Inventors: GUEDES PINTO EMILIO
• Application Number:
  US04/450,464
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• US Class Current: 52/8
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/10 for meetings, entertainments, or sports

Claims

1. AN AUDITORIUM COMPRISING A RING OF SEATS FACING INWARDLY, A PLURALITY OF SPACED SCREENS ANNULARLY ARRANGED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING, THE RING BEING DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF SECTORS, ONE FOR EACH SCREEN, EACH OF THE SEATS IN EACH SECTOR BEING INDIVIDUALLY ANGULARLY ORIENTED ALONG A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO AN ARC DRAWN FROM THE CENTER OF THE ASSOCIATED SCREN THROUGH SUCH SEAT, SAID SCREENS BEING POSITIONED AT A LEVEL ABOVE THE SEATS, A CIRCULAR BAFFLE ABOVE SAID SEATS AND EXTENDING PARALLEL THERETO AT A LEVEL BETWEEN THE SCREENS AND THE SEATS, SAID BAFFLE HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING, SAID OPENING HAVING A DIAMETER IN RELATION TO THE SIZE OF THE SCREN AND THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE RING OF SEATS SUCH THAT THE BAFFLE CONSTITUTES A MASK WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY OBSCURES FOR ALL SPECTATORS IN SEATS IN ANY SECTOR ALL SCREENS OTHER THAN THE ONE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH SECTOR, SAID OPENING WHEN VIEWED FROM SAID SEATS DEFINING AN ELLIPSE WITH A MINOR AXIS CORRESPONDING TO THE VIEWED HEIGHT OF THE SCREEN AND A MAJOR AXIS CORRESPONDING TO THE VIEWED WIDTH RESPECT TO SAID SCREENS AND MEANS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SCREENS TO PROJECT IMAGES ON SAID SCREENS WHICH WILL BE VISIBLE TO SPECTATORS IN THE SEATS IN THE RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED SECTORS.