Patents by Inventor G. Eric Jacques

G. Eric Jacques 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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 5822928
    Abstract: A theatre designed to provide an intimate environment for an audience, particularly for watching 3-D motion pictures. The theatre has an auditorium with a sloped seating deck and audience entry/exit points on opposite sides, generally at an intermediate level of the deck. The entry/exit points are generally at ground level with the portion of the deck below those points in an excavated pit. A ground level lobby connects to the access points by aisles outwardly of opposite sides of the auditorium and a projection room is provided above the lobby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Imax Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Maxwell, G. Eric Jacques, Ilidio Paulo Coito
  • Patent number: D653352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: G. Eric Jacques, David Kelsall
  • Patent number: D656239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: G. Eric Jacques, David Kelsall
  • Patent number: D657887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventors: G. Eric Jacques, David Kelsall
  • Patent number: D673203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: G. Eric Jacques