US 12,169,996 B2
Gaming machine and display lifting system for use with gaming machines
Samuel Ocampo, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Norio Tone, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Konami Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/224,226, filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024888 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3211 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3216 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a display unit;
a control panel; and
a cabinet system including:
a control unit housing supporting the control panel;
a display unit housing mounted to the control unit housing and including an inner surface defining an interior equipment cavity; and
a display lifting system including:
a scissor-type extension assembly mounted to the control unit housing and positioned within the interior equipment cavity;
a display unit lift assembly including:
a lift assembly support frame coupled to the scissor-type extension assembly; and
an actuator assembly coupled to the lift assembly support frame; and
a display unit support assembly including:
a support frame assembly slideably coupled to the display unit lift assembly, wherein the support frame assembly includes a central frame member including a top portion orientated substantially vertically and a bottom portion extending at an oblique angle from the top portion; and
a support bracket arm coupled to the display unit and removably mounted to the support frame assembly;
wherein the scissor-type extension assembly is configured to position the display unit between a first position having the display unit adjacent the display unit housing and a second position having the display unit spaced a distance from the display unit housing; and
wherein the linear actuator assembly is configured to position the display unit between the second position and a third position nearer to a ground surface to facilitate removing the display unit from the support frame assembly.