Patents by Inventor Mark AGER

Mark AGER 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: 11846116
    Abstract: A method for assembling a theater and a theater. The method includes assembling a modular auditorium on a surface within a building structure by providing a plurality of nominal inventory portions. Each nominal inventory portions includes a prefabricated base portion, and a prefabricated tier section for assembly to the base portion. The prefabricated base portion is positioned on a ground surface of a public performance space. The prefabricated tier section is fastened to the prefabricated base portion to form a self supporting structure that does not require lateral support from a building structure other than the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ager, Ewart Richardson
  • Publication number: 20230003041
    Abstract: A method for assembling a theater and a theater. The method includes assembling a modular auditorium on a surface within a building structure by providing a plurality of nominal inventory portions. Each nominal inventory portions includes a prefabricated base portion, and a prefabricated tier section for assembly to the base portion. The prefabricated base portion is positioned on a ground surface of a public performance space. The prefabricated tier section is fastened to the prefabricated base portion to form a self supporting structure that does not require lateral support from a building structure other than the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark AGER, Ewart RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 11466468
    Abstract: A method for assembling a modular auditorium and modular auditorium. The method includes providing a plurality of nominal inventory portions. Each nominal inventory portions includes a prefabricated base portion, and a prefabricated tier section for assembly to the base portion. The prefabricated base portion is positioned on a ground surface of a public performance space. The prefabricated tier section is fastened to the prefabricated base portion to form a self supporting modular auditorium structure that does not require lateral support from a building structure other than the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ager, Ewart Richardson
  • Patent number: 11066840
    Abstract: There is provided a lifting fixture securable to a lifting machine adapted for lifting/manipulating corresponding tier sections for assembly/disassembly of a modular auditorium including a plurality of tubes connected to a first fixture portion and a second fixture portion, the plurality of tubes adapted to be selectively secured to the lifting machine, the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion including a plurality of lifting interfaces adapted to interface with corresponding lifting interfaces of the corresponding tier sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ager, Ewart Richardson
  • Publication number: 20210207391
    Abstract: A method for assembling a modular auditorium and modular auditorium. The method includes providing a plurality of nominal inventory portions. Each nominal inventory portions includes a prefabricated base portion, and a prefabricated tier section for assembly to the base portion. The prefabricated base portion is positioned on a ground surface of a public performance space. The prefabricated tier section is fastened to the prefabricated base portion to form a self supporting modular auditorium structure that does not require lateral support from a building structure other than the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Mark AGER, Ewart RICHARDSON
  • Publication number: 20200080329
    Abstract: There is provided a lifting fixture securable to a lifting machine adapted for lifting/manipulating corresponding tier sections for assembly/disassembly of a modular auditorium including a plurality of tubes connected to a first fixture portion and a second fixture portion, the plurality of tubes adapted to be selectively secured to the lifting machine, the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion including a plurality of lifting interfaces adapted to interface with corresponding lifting interfaces of the corresponding tier sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mark AGER, Ewart RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 10513861
    Abstract: There is provided a modular auditorium including a base portion and a plurality of tier sections assembled to the base portion. Each tier section includes a longitudinal beam, and a first floor portion and a second floor portion cantilevered from opposed regions of the longitudinal beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ager, Ewart Richardson
  • Publication number: 20180209158
    Abstract: There is provided a modular auditorium including a base portion and a plurality of tier sections assembled to the base portion. Each tier section includes a longitudinal beam, and a first floor portion and a second floor portion cantilevered from opposed regions of the longitudinal beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Mark AGER, Ewart RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 9474418
    Abstract: A disclosure discloses a barbecue clamp. The barbecue clamp includes two connected clamping handles, each of the two clamping handles being provided with a clamping portion and a handle portion, wherein the two clamping handles are intersected; an accommodation space is formed at the intersection of the two clamping handles, a pivoting shaft is arranged on each of two opposite sides of the accommodation space, and the two clamping handles are arranged in a manner of rotating around the pivoting shafts; an illumination portion is arranged in the accommodation space, and an illuminating direction of the illumination portion faces a clamping area between the clamping portions of the two clamping handles. According to the technical solution of the invention, force can be conveniently applied to clamp an object, the handles are farer away from a fire source, and meanwhile, the barbecue clamp is convenient to operate with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NEXTORCH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanpeng Liu, Bing Liang, Andrew Mark Ager
  • Publication number: 20160184731
    Abstract: A haptic system for enhancing the operator interface of winches and other automated stage systems, in particular in a theater, using an input control device which is provided with resistance based on the load on the winch and on other factors. The system detects the condition or state of the load and generates a response that is imparted to the input control device to provide the user with a tactile feedback of that condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: James D. LOVE, Robert HOMAN, Mark AGER