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US 12,702,916 B2Granted
Playing card security device
AssigneeLas Vegas Sands Corp.
InventorsAndrew Costello, Steven Campbell, Ryan Yee
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Abstract
A card security device including: a front end; a back end; a lid two lateral sides; an inner space defined by the front end, the back end, the two lateral sides, and the lid; and a card shoe connector at the front end configured to connect to a card shoe wherein the card shoe connector includes an outer portion, an inner portion, and a security seal on the inner portion.
Claims20
A card security device comprising:
- a front end;
- a back end;
- a lid;
- two lateral sides;
- an inner space defined by the front end, the back end, the two lateral sides, and the lid;
- and
- a card shoe connector at the front end, wherein the inner space is configured to accommodate playing cards,
- wherein the card shoe connector is configured to connect to a card shoe,
- wherein the card shoe connector comprises an outer portion outside of the inner space, an inner portion inside the inner space, and a security seal on the inner portion, and
- wherein the security seal is configured to break in response to the card shoe connector being connected to the card shoe.
7 more elements
A card security device comprising:
- an inner space configured to accommodate playing cards;
- and
- a card shoe connector comprising:
- an outer portion outside of the inner space;
- an inner portion inside the inner space;
- a latch on the inner portion, the latch configured to move in a direction parallel to a front end of the card security device from an unconnected position to a connected position;
- and
- a security seal on the inner portion,
- wherein the latch is configured to move from the unconnected position to the connected position and break the security seal in response to the card shoe connector being connected to a card shoe.
6 more elements
A method for breaking a security seal on a card security device, the method comprising:
- inserting, by a user, a card shoe connector on the card security device into a card security device connector on a card shoe, wherein playing cards are accommodated in an inner space of the card security device, wherein the card shoe connector comprises an outer portion outside the inner space, an inner portion inside the inner space, and a latch on the inner portion, and wherein the security seal is on the inner portion;
- and
- breaking the security seal via the latch on the card shoe connector, the latch moving in a direction parallel to a front end of the card security device from an unconnected position to a connected position in response to the card shoe connector being connected to the card shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.