Patent ID: 9679435
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A system for mounting an electronic display device above a plurality of gaming machines arrangeable in a plurality of different geometric configurations, comprising: an electronic display device having a display screen for electronically presenting visual imagery thereon; a mounting apparatus securable to the electronic display device, the mounting apparatus having a plurality of spaced apart elongated support members, the plurality of support members being removably securable to mounting points on a cabinet of at least one of the plurality of gaming machines, when secured to the electronic display device and cabinet, the support members extending downward from the display device to the mounting points such that the display device is supported in an overhead position above at least some of the plurality of gaming machines, and the electronic display and mounting apparatus having a plurality of different mounting arrangements for accommodating different geometric arrangements of the plurality of gaming machines, the plurality of mounting arrangements comprising a first arrangement where the spaced apart elongated support members are securable to mounting points on a cabinet of a single gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines and a second arrangement where the spaced apart elongated support members are securable to mounting points on cabinets of multiple different gaming machines of the plurality of gaming machines, conversion between the plurality of mounting arrangements being achievable without removal of the mounting apparatus from the display device or adjustment of spacing between the elongated support members.