Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically orientable seating device
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Application No.: US16013933Application Date: 2018-06-20
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Publication No.: US10342356B1Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Arthur A. Roberts
- Applicant: Arthur A. Roberts
- Agent Alexander Franco
- Main IPC: A47C15/00
- IPC: A47C15/00 ; G07F17/32 ; G09B9/02 ; A47C1/032

Abstract:
An orientable seating device includes a seat, the orientation of which can be controlled to dynamically affect a desired of yaw, pitch and roll. The seating device can be used to reorient and/or to simulate motion for a seated person for use with video games, virtual reality headsets or goggles, land, water, air or space vehicle simulation, or wireless airborne drones, for example. The device includes a seat mounted on a carriage, which is received in a carriage pedestal. Within the pedestal, a drive wheel positioned under the carriage supports and rotates the carriage by driving an outer sphere-shaped surface of the carriage. The drive wheel can be reoriented around a vertical axis such that any combination of pitch and roll can be achieved by rotating the wheel against the sphere-shaped surface. Yaw can be controlled by a rotatable platform upon which the carriage pedestal can be mounted.
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