Patent ID: 7934773

Claim:
An actuated chair for providing seating and inducing motion to a single user with respect to the ground as a function of motion signals synchronized with a video output of a feature length movie, the chair comprising: a seat base for providing seating to the single user, the seat base having a rear edge; and an actuating base for receiving the motion signals, the actuating base located substantially between the seat base and the ground and comprising: a frame for interfacing with the ground; three link members, namely a first link member, a second link member and a third link member, each link member having one translational degree of freedom and two rotational degrees of freedom, the first link member and the second link member being attached to the seat base closer to the rear edge than the third link member; and three linear actuators for inducing motion to the seat base, the actuators being fixed to the frame and each actuator respectively connected to the seat base using a respective one of the three link members.