Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Housing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-20
2005-12-20
O'Neill, Michael (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Housing
C292S216000, C194S206000, C070S063000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06976919
ABSTRACT:
A gaming unit includes a currency container. The currency container includes a locking mechanism for selectively locking the container to a housing of the gaming unit. In one embodiment, a secondary locking mechanism is associated with the housing, the secondary locking mechanism preventing, at one or more times, de-activation of the currency container locking mechanism.
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Cole Industries, Inc.
O'Neill Michael
Weide & Miller Ltd.
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