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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imax Corporation, Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52-8 ; 52-6 ;
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.