Amusement devices: games – Fencing
Patent
1995-04-27
1998-09-15
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Fencing
463 36, 273148B, 2972173, A63F 702, A63F 922
Patent
active
058071776
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a gaming machine chair placed in front of a gaming machine and in particular to a gaming machine chair in which a player can sit facing the gaming machine in order to play a game.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
In a gaming house containing a large number of gaming machines such as Japanese pinball machines (pachinko machines), slot machines, and video game machines, a chair is placed in front of each of the gaming machines. These chairs can turn, but are fixed so that they cannot move from the respective gaming machines. The chairs do not have any special function involved in the process of playing a game.
On the other hand, a gaming machine is provided with an operation section for advancing a game play. The operation section is normally placed on the front of the gaming machine. To play a game, the player must reach with his or her hand to perform any necessary operation on the operation section.
By the way, such a conventional gaming machine chair is placed in front of a gaming machine only for a purpose of enabling a player to sit in the chair. That is, no special consideration is given to easy operation, reduced tiredness, etc., from the player's point of view. Thus, the player sitting in the conventional gaming machine chair must lean forward and reach with his or her hand to operate the gaming machine; in these circumstances, operation is not easy to perform, the player becomes tired, and erroneous operation is prone to occur. Since the spacing between the chair and gaming machine is fixed, some players may feel more tired depending on their physiques.
Further, in a gaming house containing pinball machines, slot machines, etc., a number of gaming machines are placed in a row, thus chairs are placed in a row in front of the gaming machines; players have difficulty concentrating on playing the game. The chair, which is independent of the operation of the gaming machine, has a structure which has difficulty in providing a sense of unity between the player and the playing of the game.
A gaming machine chair as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5-31254 is available. However, the chair disclosed here is one in which a device for actively removing noise is built in, and is not intended for facilitating game play operation.
Thus, the conventional chairs do not enable players to play games comfortably.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is therefore a first object of the invention to provide a gaming machine chair which enables a player to easily operate a gaming machine close at hand without leaning forward in a difficult condition which causes tiredness when playing a game.
It is a second object of the invention to provide a gaming machine chair which has a structure enabling a player to easily concentrate on playing a game and to have a sense of unity with the game being played.
To these ends, according to one form of the invention, there is provided a gaming machine chair comprising a seat, a back, and a support member for supporting them and being installed facing a gaming machine in a gaming house, the gaming machine chair characterized by:
at least one armrest;
an operation section for a player to perform operating instructions for the gaming machine;
a card read/write section for taking in and discharging a card and reading and writing information from and into a recording area of the card; and
a control section for transferring information to and from the card read/write section and accepting instruction operation from the operation section and sending it to the gaming machine, wherein
the operation section and the card read/write section are placed on the armrest.
A support coupled to the bottom of the seat can be provided as the support member. The gaming machine chair of the invention can further include a frame member for coupling to the gaming machine, in which case the support forms a part of the frame member.
The operation section can comprise, for example, at least one of an operation lever and an operation switch for operating the gaming machine and a
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patent: 5299810 (1994-04-01), Pierce
patent: 5326104 (1994-07-01), Pease et al.
Supplementary European Search Report dated Apr. 7, 1997.
Takemoto Takatoshi
Tsurumi Masayuki
Chiu Raleigh W.
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
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