IP Library Granted Patent US 8,567,784
Granted Patent B2
US 8,567,784 · App. 13/452,255 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Integrated blackjack hole card readers and chip racks, and improved covers for chip racks

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Patent No.
US 8,567,784
App. No.
13/452,255
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Integrated blackjack hole card readers and chip racks, and novel locking cover assemblies, are disclosed. In one embodiment of the hole card reader and chip rack, a chip rack of standard configuration is provided, and defines a cutout into which the reader can be placed. In another embodiment, the chip rack and reader are molded as a single unit. A removable locking cover is also disclosed which can be used to cover chip racks any time they are not in use.

Claims (4)

1. An integrated casino chip rack and hole card reader for use in the play of blackjack, comprising:

a chip rack housing defining one or more slots adapted to support one or more casino chips;

an aperture defined by the housing; and

a blackjack hole card reader attached to the chip rack in registry with the aperture.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 23, 2025
From: LNW GAMING, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071340/0404 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 9076307 AND THE OTHER 19 PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ATTACHMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051643 FRAME: 0044. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: BALLY GAMING, INC.
To: SG GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 063122/0655 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: SG GAMING, INC.
To: LNW GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 062669/0341 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: SG GAMING INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 059793/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 19, 2020
From: BALLY GAMING, INC.
To: SG GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 051643/0044 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: TECH ART, INC.
To: BALLY GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 045555/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2012
From: MILLER, ARTHUR C.; ISAACS, RUSSELL D.; ISAACS, DEAN A.
To: TECH ART, INC.
Reel/Frame 028746/0644 →