Arcade game and method of making, transporting and assembling same
AssigneeSmart Industries Corporation
InventorJeffrey T. Smart
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Abstract
An arcade game cabinet is manufactured in separate front and back sections which are shipped separately and assembled at the point of use with each of the cabinet sections including preinstalled components thereby minimizing assembly steps during final assembly. The assembled cabinet displays oversized prizes on the back wall from the bottom wall to the top wall and prizes are stacked on the bottom wall visible through floor to top wall windows in each of the cabinet sections. A door in the front cabinet section allows for passage of a person into and out of the interior of the cabinet.
Claims16
Method of assembly of an arcade game comprising the steps of:
- providing front and back cabinet sections open on their facing sides and closed on their opposite sides, and a laterally extending rod in each of said front and back cabinet sections adjacent said closed sides;
- providing a boom assembly having a pair of parallel rails with wheels at their opposite front and rear ends, and a moveable trolley on said rails;
- positioning said front and back cabinet sections with their open sides facing each other;
- locking said front and back sections together to provide an arcade game cabinet;
- placing the wheels of either the front or rear ends of said parallel rails on one of said laterally extending rods;
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- placing the wheels of the other front or rear end of said rails on the other of said laterally extending rods whereby said boom assembly may be moved laterally on said rods and said trolley may be moved forwardly and rearwardly on said rails.
An arcade game, comprising:
- a cabinet having front and back sections open on their facing sides and closed on their opposite sides, and a laterally extending rod in each of said front and back cabinet sections adjacent said closed sides;
- a boom assembly having a pair of parallel rails with wheels at their opposite front and rear ends, and a moveable trolley on said rails;
- the wheels at opposite ends of said parallel rails being positioned on said laterally extending rods in each of said front and rear cabinet sections whereby said boom assembly may be moved laterally on said rods and said trolley may be moved forwardly and rearwardly on said rails;
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- a locking assembly having a male member on said front or back cabinet sections and a female member on the other of said front and back cabinet sections, said male and female members being engaged to lock said front and back cabinet sections together to provide a unitary arcade game cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.