Universal electronic video game cabinet
AssigneeSega Electronics, Inc.
InventorsH. Frank Fogelman, Arnum Ambrose
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Abstract
An electronic video game cabinet includes an upstanding box-like structure defining a cabinet having an electronics compartment and a coin compartment with separate access doors through the front panel of the cabinet for separate and independent access to the electronics and coin compartments, with a removable video monitor mounting panel in the upper portion of the front panel and a removable control panel below and forward of the video monitor panel with removable display panel surrounding the video monitor and on an upper front panel above the video monitor all arranged to provide for rapid conversion of games within the cabinet.
Claims14
A universal convertible electronic video game cabinet, said cabinet comprising:
- front panel means, side panel means, and back panel means arranged and interconnected to define an upstanding box-like enclosure,
- partition means separating the interior of said cabinet into an exclusive electronics compartment and an exclusive coin compartment,
- said front panel means including an opening defined by a video mounting frame for mounting a video monitor with the video screen at a level for viewing from a standing position,
- a control panel for mounting manually manipulable control means detachably mounted by releasable latch means below and forward of said video mounting opening,
- a first access opening for providing restricted access solely to electronics components in said electronics compartment, and
- a second access opening in said front panel secured by second lockable closure means for providing restricted access solely to said coin compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.