Servicing and mounting features for gaming machine display screens and toppers
AssigneeAgs LLC
InventorsRyan Patrick Rye, Joel George Friedrick, Mark Robert Brandau
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Abstract
Various gaming machine design features and functionalities are described herein relating to gaming machine display screens, access doors and toppers. In some embodiments, the gaming machine may include a main door support assembly which includes a stabilizing strut between flat components arranged into parallel planes forming a four-member linkage, and facilitates an upward and outward movement of the main door assembly from a closed position. In some embodiments, the gaming machine may include a topper assembly which is configurable in a hands-free intermediate service position and a final installed position.
Claims20
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a cabinet having an entry that provides access to an interior of the cabinet;
- a main door assembly movably coupled to the cabinet, wherein the main door assembly moves from a closed position that prevents access to the interior of the cabinet through the entry to an open position that allows access to the interior of the cabinet through the entry;
- a display screen located on the main door assembly;
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- a main door support assembly coupled to the main door assembly and the cabinet, the main door support assembly defining a four-member linkage that facilitates an opening movement of the main door assembly, wherein the opening movement includes the main door assembly moving both upward and outward from the closed position to arrive at the open position.
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a cabinet having an entry that provides access to an interior of the cabinet;
- a main door assembly movably coupled to the cabinet, wherein the main door assembly moves from a closed position that prevents access to the interior of the cabinet through the entry to an open position that allows access to the interior of the cabinet through the entry;
- a main door support assembly coupled to the main door assembly and the cabinet, the main door support assembly including a first mounting interface for mounting a display screen to the main door support assembly;
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- the main door support assembly defining a four-member linkage that facilitates an opening movement of the main door assembly, wherein the opening movement includes the main door assembly moving both upward and outward from the closed position to arrive at the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.