Gaming terminal with improved latching for a cabinet

A method of performing maintenance on a gaming terminal, the gaming terminal including a main body and a top box, the main body including a cabinet door, the top box including a crown, the method comprising:

• opening the cabinet door, the cabinet door having a closed position, an open position, and an intermediate position between the closed position and the open position;
• in response to opening the cabinet door, releasing the crown from a latching assembly that interacts with the cabinet door and removing the crown from the top box;
• closing the cabinet door;
• and
• after closing the cabinet door, moving the crown on the top box to secure the crown to the top box via the latching assembly,
• wherein the opening the cabinet door includes:
• moving the cabinet door from the closed position to the intermediate position, the crown being secured to the top box by the latching assembly as the cabinet door is moved from the closed position to the intermediate position;
• and
• moving the cabinet door from the intermediate position to the open position, the crown being released by the latching assembly as the cabinet door is moved from the intermediate position to the open position.

A gaming terminal, comprising:

• a main body having a cabinet door, the cabinet door having a closed position and an open position;
• a top box positioned above the main body and including a crown, the crown being moveable from a first position prohibiting access to the top box to a second position providing access to the top box;
• a latching assembly for securing and releasing the crown, the latching assembly including:
• a hinge arm coupled to the cabinet door,
• a driving member extending from the hinge arm, and
• a latch configured to engage the driving member, the latch having a closed latch position for engaging a feature of the crown to secure the crown to the top box and an open latch position for disengaging from the feature of the crown to release the crown from the top box,
• wherein the hinge arm is actuated in response to the cabinet door being moved between the closed position and the open position, the driving member is actuated in response to the hinge arm being actuated, and the latch is actuated between the closed latch position and the open latch position in response to the driving member being actuated, and
• wherein the latch is actuated in a direction from the closed latch position towards the open latch position in response to the crown being moved from the second position to the first position.

A gaming terminal, comprising:

• a main body having a cabinet door, the cabinet door having a closed position and an open position;
• a top box positioned above the main body and including a crown, the crown being moveable from a first position prohibiting access to the top box to a second position providing access to the top box;
• a latching assembly for securing and releasing the crown, the latching assembly being configured to release the crown in response to the cabinet door being moved from the closed position to the open position so as to permit movement of the crown from the first position to the second position, the latching assembly being further configured to secure the crown in response to the crown being moved from the second position to the first position when the cabinet door is in the closed position, the latching assembly including a latch having a closed latch position for securing the crown and an open latch position for releasing the crown, the latch being biased towards the closed latch position, the latch engaging a feature of the crown when the latch is in the closed latch position, the latch being configured to be moved from the closed latch position to the open latch position in response to the cabinet door being moved from the closed position to the open position,
• wherein the latch assembly further includes:
• a hinge arm coupled to the cabinet door, the hinge arm further being pivotally coupled to a cabinet frame of the gaming terminal at a first pivot point;
• and
• a driving member coupled to the hinge arm at a first end and the latch at a second end, the latch being coupled to the cabinet frame at a second pivot point, the hinge arm rotating about the first pivot point so that the driving member causes the latch to rotate about the second pivot point from the closed latch position to the open latch position in response to the cabinet door being moved from the closed position to the open position.