Mounting configuration and method for a topper display of a gaming machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10417860-B2
Application number	US-201715718250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A gaming machine has a cabinet, one or more first displays, and a topper mount which supports a topper display above the cabinet and the first display(s). The topper mount may comprise a tower which extends upwardly from the cabinet and arms which extend upwardly from the tower to support the topper display. The topper mount extends behind the topper display while supporting the topper display outwardly in alignment with the first display(s) and directly adjacent to the first display(s). The topper mount may define an internal cable routing path from the topper display into the cabinet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gaming machine comprising:
a cabinet defining at least one interior space
a first video display located at a front of said cabinet;
at least one player input device;
a memory device;
a controller;
machine-readable code stored in said memory device and executable by said controller to present one or more wagering games comprising a display of game information via said first video display;
a topper display mount, said topper display mount comprising a tower and a first arm and a second arm, said tower having a bottom and a top, said bottom connected to said cabinet, and a bottom of said first and second arms connected to a top of said tower and extending upwardly therefrom; and
a topper video display, said topper video display connected to said first and second arms, whereby said topper video display is located above said first video display;
wherein at least one of said first and second arms defines a generally enclosed first cable routing channel having an opening at a top of said arm and an opening at a bottom of said arm, said opening at said bottom of said arm positioned adjacent to a second cable routing channel defined by said tower from a top to a bottom thereof, said second cable routing channel positioned between two mounting bracket portions of said tower.

2. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a mounting plate supported by said arm at a top of said first and second arms, said topper video display connected to said mounting plate.

3. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 2 wherein a cover is positioned over said mounting plate and a top end of said first arm extends through a first cut-out in said cover and a top end of said second arm extends through a second cut-out in said cover.

4. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 3 wherein said first arm comprises an outwardly extending tab which covers a portion of said first cut-out not occupied by said first arm and second arm comprises an outwardly extending tab which covers a portion of said second cut-out not occupied by said second arm.

5. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first cable routing channel is defined by a first arm portion having a cover mounted thereto.

6. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 5 wherein at least one cable routing aperture is provided in said cover.

7. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 further comprising at least one cable extending from said topper video display through said first cable routing channel, said second cable routing channel and through an opening in said cabinet into said interior space.

8. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said tower is located inside a removable facia.

9. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein a bottom of said topper video display is positioned against a top of said first video display.

10. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a second video display positioned above said first video display, wherein said topper video display is positioned above said second video display and in a same vertical plane as said second video display.

11. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein a bottom of said topper video display is positioned against a top of said second video display.

12. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said topper video display faces a front of said gaming machine and said topper display mounted is located behind said topper video display.

13. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein a top end of said first and second arms extends at an angle of 90 degrees relative to said bottom end of said first and second arms.

Assignees

• Ags Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Rachel Calhoun
• Tillery James Ely

Classifications

• G07F17/3244

  Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes · CPC title

• G07F17/3209

  Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen · CPC title

• G07F17/3216 Primary

  Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects · CPC title

• G07F17/3211

  Display means · CPC title