US 11,941,939 B2
Electronic gaming machine including monitor and podium counterweight
Timothy Barbour, Nolensville, TN (US); Dominic Biondo, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Donald Rodd, Palm Beach Garden, FL (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,323.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,862, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,858, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,854, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0092922 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3211 (2013.01) [F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 11/046 (2013.01); G06F 1/1601 (2013.01); G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
a pedestal including a monitor configured to display an electronic game;
a podium configured to receive user input during play of the electronic game; and
a drive mechanism operable to selectively move the monitor relative to the pedestal between an open position and a closed position, the drive mechanism including at least one biasing element, a wire harness coupled to the monitor, at least one cable coupled to the podium, and a tensioner, wherein the podium and the tensioner provide a force to control movement of the monitor between the open position and the closed position.