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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2000
Joseph R. Hedrick, Reno, NV (US);
Jean Pierre Legras, Reno, NV (US);
International Game Technology, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
As gaming machine housing configured for improved player comfort, relative to upright machines, formed with a reduced footprint relative to slant-top machines. The gaming machine may include a housing configured to carry a video display at an acute angle relative to a vertical datum, selected to optimize player comfort while carrying a video display so as to be visible as players enter a casino floor. In order to increase the number of gaming machines that can be placed in a given area of a casino floor, the gaming machine housing may be configured such that at least a portion of the side housing portions are non-parallel and converge toward each other, thus reducing the footprint of the machine.