Chariot^™ Mobile and Fixed Booths

Palmer Hamilton designed Chariot^™ to answer a need that conventional cafeteria booth furniture has never addressed: the ability to make a dining space genuinely flexible without sacrificing the comfortable. The Chariot^™ features a seat that folds up and built in locking casters that allow the entire bench to be wheeled away for easy reconfiguration or storage, so the same furniture that serves as a traditional booth at noon can become open floor space for an afternoon event by the time the last tray is cleared. When you choose Chariot^™, you are choosing a mobile booth system built by Palmer Hamilton with the durability, design quality, and operational flexibility that modern dining environments demand.

The Chariot^™ is available in Fixed Booth, Fixed Settee, Fixed Back To Back Settee, and Single Unit . A gas spring assist mechanism controls the rate at which the seat folds, providing a smooth, consistent open rate that protects the seat, the back panel, and the user from the abrupt contact that spring loaded folding mechanisms in lesser products produce. When the seat is folded, 3 inch diameter locking casters allow the entire bench to be wheeled away cleanly, with no rubbing between the bench and the back panel during folding or storage. The result is a mobile cafeteria booth that staff members can reconfigure independently without tools, additional equipment, or significant physical effort, making a cafeteria to event space transition a practical daily reality rather than an occasional exercise.

Chariot^™ is available in a range of seat and back materials that give facilities teams and designers the flexibility to match the product to the environment. The standard configuration uses a thermoformed, highly engineered, with fiberglass inner surface reinforcement for the seat and back, providing the durability and cleanability that high use institutional dining requires. Full upholstery is available for the seat, the back, or both, for environments where a more refined aesthetic and greater seating comfort are priorities. A combination configuration with a fiberglass seat and upholstered back, or an upholstered seat and fiberglass back, provides a balance of durability and finished appearance. Seat back panels are available in heights of 37, 42, 54, 60, and 66 inches off the ground, and a window kit option is available for fixed installations that benefit from an architectural panel feature. The frame is constructed from 16 gauge 2 inch square tubing in Black, Metallic Silver, and Chameleon powder coat finishes that coordinate with Palmer Hamilton’s full cafeteria table lineup.

The Chariot^™ Fixed Booth offers the same seat and back material choices and design flexibility as the Go Booth in a permanent installation configuration, built with a heavy duty frame and a clean gap between the seat and back panel for easy cleaning and maintenance. Both the Go Booth and the Fixed Booth are available in a variety of sizes EdgeGuard^™ is standard on the booth’s laminated back panel, and SmartEdge is standard on Aero tables specified with a Chariot^™ set. Palmer Hamilton backs every Chariot^™ product with its standard warranty, and the Chariot^™ system pairs directly with the Aero Go Table for facilities that want a fully integrated, fully mobile dining solution.

Schools and campuses with multipurpose cafeteria spaces that need to transition between traditional lunch service, event seating, training setups, and open floor configurations within the same facility and sometimes the same school day.

Foodservice directors and facility planners designing or renovating school dining environments who want a booth system that increases student engagement, improves traffic flow, and creates an environment students associate with comfort rather than obligation.

Administrators and architects specifying dining environments for secondary schools, community colleges, or campus dining halls where the visual character and social feeling of booth seating are priorities alongside operational flexibility and durability.

Facilities teams responsible for high use dining spaces that need a product built for 500 pound weight capacity per bench, with seat and back materials that can be specified for the right balance of durability and aesthetic finish for their specific institutional context.

Palmer Hamilton builds Chariot^™ for the administrators, designers, and facilities teams who believe that a great dining environment is one of the most powerful investments a school or campus can make in its students. Contact your Palmer Hamilton representative to design your Chariot^™ configuration and Do More with Your Space^™.