Patents by Inventor Brian J. Bonnick

Brian J. Bonnick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transportable immersive motion picture display structures
    Patent number: 8955258
    Abstract: A transportable large capacity theatre includes a primary theatre body with laterally spaced apart first and second long sides, opposing first and second ends attached to the long sides, and a roof over the long sides and ends, the body defining an enclosed interior chamber. The roof, the long sides and the ends may be defined by a plurality of laterally extending inflated tubes, and the long sides of the primary theatre body may have a substantially vertical orientation relative to a surface on which theatre may be supported for at least a major portion of the height of the respective long sides. The theatre further includes a seating section, a display screen positioned in the interior of the primary theatre body and viewable by a viewer seated in the seating section, and a projection system in the interior of the primary theatre body and in communication with the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Imax Corporation
    Inventors: G. Eric Jacques, Denis G. Tremblay, Paul Kucera, Brian J. Bonnick
  • Transportable Immersive Motion Picture Display Structures
    Publication number: 20130167452
    Abstract: A transportable large capacity theatre includes a primary theatre body with laterally spaced apart first and second long sides, opposing first and second ends attached to the long sides, and a roof over the long sides and ends, the body defining an enclosed interior chamber. The roof, the long sides and the ends may be defined by a plurality of laterally extending inflated tubes, and the long sides of the primary theatre body may have a substantially vertical orientation relative to a surface on which theatre may be supported for at least a major portion of the height of the respective long sides. The theatre further includes a seating section, a display screen positioned in the interior of the primary theatre body and viewable by a viewer seated in the seating section, and a projection system in the interior of the primary theatre body and in communication with the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: G. Eric Jacques, Denis G. Tremblay, Paul Kucera, Brian J. Bonnick