Pinball playfield roller assembly

A pinball machine, comprising:

• a game cabinet;
• a playfield disposed with said cabinet and movable between open, intermediate, and closed positions;
• and
• a support assembly for maintaining said playfield within said cabinet, said support assembly comprising:
• a pair of cabinet brackets mounted to said cabinet, each of said brackets having a riding surface;
• a pair of wheels mounted to said playfield, each of said wheels being engageable with said riding surface of a corresponding one of said cabinet brackets;
• a pair of support brackets connected to said playfield;
• and
• a pair of support arms each having one end thereof pivotally attached to said cabinet and the other end thereof pivotally attached to a corresponding one of said support brackets for guiding and supporting said playfield during movement between said positions;
• wherein at least one of said support arms has pivotally attached thereto a prop arm which is engageable with said playfield when said playfield is disposed in said intermediate position.

A support assembly for use in movably maintaining a playfield within a pinball cabinet, comprising:

• a pair of cabinet brackets, each having a riding surface, adapted to be mounted to said cabinet;
• a pair of contacts adapted to be linked to said playfield and engageable with said riding surface of a corresponding one of said cabinet brackets;
• and
• a pair of support arms each having one end thereof adapted to be pivotally linked to said cabinet and the other end thereof adapted to be pivotally linked to said playfield for use in guiding and supporting movement of said playfield.