Gaming machine cabinet and method for assembling gaming machine cabinet
AssigneeAgs LLC
InventorsRyan Patrick Rye, Matt Rodgers, Ely Tillery
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Abstract
A gaming machine cabinet for a gaming machine has a shipping configuration and an assembled configuration and includes a base cabinet, a tower assembly, a monitor assembly, a biasing mechanism, and a removable brace device. The tower assembly is coupled to an upper end of the base cabinet and extends upward therefrom. The monitor assembly is moveable between a shipping position and an intermediate position and between the intermediate position and a closed position. A first end of the removable brace device is connected to the upper tower and a second end of the removable brace device is connected to the monitor assembly when the removable brace device is in the shipping state.
Claims29
A gaming machine cabinet having a shipping configuration and an assembled configuration, comprising:
- a base cabinet having an upper end, a bottom end, and a front side;
- a tower assembly being coupled to the upper end of the base cabinet and extending upward therefrom;
- a monitor assembly moveably coupled to the tower assembly, the monitor assembly being moveable between a shipping position and a closed position;
- a biasing mechanism rotatably coupled between the tower assembly and the monitor assembly, wherein the biasing mechanism includes a pair of gas springs;
- and,
- a removable brace device being connected to the tower assembly and the monitor assembly when the removable brace is in a shipping state and the monitor assembly is in the shipping position, wherein the gaming machine cabinet is in the shipping configuration when the monitor assembly is in the shipping position and the removable brace device is in the shipping state, wherein the gaming machine cabinet is in the assembled configuration when the removable brace device is removed and the monitor assembly is in the closed position, wherein the monitor assembly is moveable from the shipping position when the removable brace device is removed.
A gaming machine cabinet having a shipping configuration and an assembled configuration, comprising:
- a base cabinet having an upper end, a bottom end, and a front side;
- a tower assembly being coupled to the upper end of the base cabinet and extending upward therefrom;
- a monitor assembly moveably coupled to the tower assembly, the monitor assembly being moveable between a shipping position and a closed position;
- a biasing mechanism rotatably coupled between the tower assembly and the monitor assembly;
- and,
- a removable brace device being connected to the tower assembly and the monitor assembly when the removable brace is in a shipping state and the monitor assembly is in the shipping position, wherein the gaming machine cabinet is in the shipping configuration when the monitor assembly is in the shipping position and the removable brace device is in the shipping state, wherein the gaming machine cabinet is in the assembled configuration when the removable brace device is removed and the monitor assembly is in the closed position, wherein the monitor assembly is moveable from the shipping position when the removable brace device is removed, wherein the monitor assembly includes a coupling mechanism configured to rotatably couple the monitor assembly to the tower assembly when the monitor assembly is in an intermediate position, wherein the monitor assembly is configured to rotate about the coupling mechanism from the intermediate position to the closed position, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a hook-shaped flange coupled to the monitor assembly and a top edge associated with the tower assembly, the hook-shaped flange configured to slide up and over the top edge of the tower assembly as the monitor assembly is moved from the shipping position to the intermediate position.
An assembly process for a gaming machine cabinet having a shipping configuration and an assembled configuration and including a base cabinet, a tower assembly, a monitor assembly, a biasing mechanism and a removable brace device, the base cabinet having an upper end, a bottom end, and a front side, the tower assembly being coupled to the upper end of the base cabinet and extending upward therefrom, the monitor assembly moveably coupled to the tower assembly, the monitor assembly being moveable between a shipping position and a closed position, the biasing mechanism rotatably coupled between the tower assembly and the monitor assembly, the removable brace device having a shipping state and a removed state and being connected to the tower assembly and configured to support the monitor assembly when the removable brace is in the shipping state and the monitor assembly is in the shipping position, the gaming machine being in the assembled configuration when the monitor assembly is in the closed position, the monitor assembly being moveable from the shipping position when the removable brace device is in the removed state, comprising the steps of:
- with the gaming machine cabinet in the shipping configuration and the monitor assembly in the shipping position, removing the removable brace device from the shipping position;
- moving the monitor assembly from the shipping position;
- rotating the monitor assembly relative to the tower assembly position to the closed position, wherein the biasing mechanism includes a pair of gas springs configured to provide assistance as the monitor assembly is moved between an intermediate position and the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.