IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,369
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,369 · App. 16/867,290 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Electronic gaming machine with access door

Inventors: Timothy Barbour (Nolensville, TN); Lori Weaver (Nashville, TN); Ryan Priddy (Franklin, TN); Kiran Dundaraddi (Las Vegas, NV); William Lamb (Eagleville, TN)
Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,195,369
App. No.
16/867,290
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pedestal system including a pedestal is described. The pedestal includes a base, an access door, and a button deck. The access door is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal. The button deck includes one or more of a display and a button panel including one or more buttons. The button deck is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.

Claims (28)

1. A pedestal system including a pedestal, the pedestal comprising:

a base;

an access door rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position, wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal;

a logic cage located in the interior portion of the pedestal; and

a button deck comprising one or more of a display and a button panel comprising one or more buttons, the button deck being rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position, wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.

2. The pedestal system of claim 1 , wherein at least one security screw coupled to the button deck is accessible when the access door is in an open position.

3. The pedestal system of claim 1 , wherein the access door is positioned proximate to a top of the pedestal, is in a horizontal orientation when in the first closed position, and is in a vertical orientation when in the first open position.

4. The pedestal system of claim 1 , further comprising a display device spaced apart from the pedestal.

5. The pedestal system of claim 4 wherein the display device is spaced a distance away from the pedestal such that the display device does not interfere with vertical access to the interior portion of the pedestal.

6. The pedestal system of claim 4 wherein the display device is spaced a distance away from the pedestal so as to allow full rotation of the access door and the button deck.

7. A pedestal system including a pedestal, the pedestal comprising:

a base;

an access door rotatably coupled to the pedestal between an open position and a closed position, wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal when the access door is in the open position;

a button deck comprising one or more of a display and a button panel comprising one or more buttons;

a logic cage located in the interior portion of the pedestal; and

a bill validator located in the interior portion of the pedestal.

8. The pedestal system of claim 7 , wherein the bill validator is configured to be removably coupled to a housing.

9. The pedestal system of claim 8 , wherein the housing is configured to be removably coupled to a spring loaded mechanism.

10. The pedestal system of claim 9 , wherein when the access door is in the open position, the spring loaded mechanism is actuated such that the bill validator extends upward out of the interior portion of the pedestal.

11. The pedestal system of claim 10 , wherein when the bill validator extends upward out of the interior portion of the pedestal, a cash box located underneath the bill validator is accessible.

12. The pedestal system of claim 7 , wherein the bill validator is located underneath a second access door located in the interior portion of the pedestal.

13. The pedestal system of claim 12 , wherein the bill validator is accessible when the second access door is unlocked.

14. The pedestal system of claim 7 , further comprising a printer located in the interior portion of the pedestal.

15. The pedestal system of claim 14 , wherein the printer is configured to be removably coupled to a housing.

16. The pedestal system of claim 15 , wherein the housing is configured to be removably coupled to a spring loaded mechanism.

17. The pedestal system of claim 16 , wherein when the access door is in an open position, the spring loaded mechanism is actuated such that the printer extends upward out of the interior portion of the pedestal.

18. The pedestal system of claim 7 , wherein the logic cage is configured to be removably coupled to a spring loaded mechanism.

19. The pedestal system of claim 18 , wherein when the access door is in an open position, the spring loaded mechanism is actuated such that the logic cage extends upward out of the interior portion of the pedestal.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE (REEL 060204 / FRAME 0378) Recorded Mar 2, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 074990/0458 →
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 060204/0378 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
To: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059358/0903 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2021
From: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS SECURITY TRUSTEE
Reel/Frame 055586/0759 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2021
From: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS SECURITY TRUSTEE
Reel/Frame 055587/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2020
From: BARBOUR, TIMOTHY; WEAVER, LORI; PRIDDY, RYAN; DUNDARADDI, KIRAN; LAMB, WILLIAM
To: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052576/0316 →
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