Patent ID: 7479066

Claim:
A gaming machine supported on a horizontal support surface and extending vertically upwardly therefrom, the gaming machine comprising: a cabinet; a display device provided in the cabinet and configured to display an image pertinent to the game; a part provided in the gaming machine; and an attachment device configured to attach the part on the cabinet, wherein the attachment device includes: a hook provided on one of the part and the cabinet, the hook configured to attach the part on the cabinet, the hook having a horizontal hook portion and a vertical hook portion, the horizontal hook portion extending horizontally from the one of the part and the cabinet and terminating in a horizontal hook portion end, the vertical hook portion attached to the horizontal hook portion end and extending generally vertically upwardly therefrom; and a projection defining a hook hole extending vertically and formed on a remaining one of the part and the cabinet, the hook hole sized and adapted to receive the vertical hook portion in a manner that the projection thereafter rests on the horizontal hook portion in a contacting relationship and is operative to slidably move horizontally on and along the horizontal hook portion between the vertical hook portion and the one of the part and the cabinet while maintaining the contacting relationship with the horizontal hook portion, wherein the part is hooked at an upper end of the cabinet with the hook and the hook hole to be displaceable in an upward direction, and wherein the part is fixed onto the cabinet at a pre-determined portion.