Patent ID: 7627969

Claim:
A visual display mounting assembly for positioning between gaming machines having a back and a top and arranged in back-to-back configuration, comprising: a first light transmitting display panel and a second light transmitting display panel, said first and second display panels each having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a peripheral edge; a visual display support having a border frame, said border frame comprising an upper frame member, a lower frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member, said border frame further comprising an integrally formed rectangular cavity, said peripheral edges of said first and second display panels located in said cavity so that said first and second display panels are retained in said border frame in a position that their interior surfaces are positioned adjacent one another, and including at least one light source positioned in said cavity of said border frame against a portion of said peripheral edge of said first and second display panels, whereby said panels are edge illuminated; a first and a second supporting leg, said first supporting leg having a top and a bottom, a portion of said first supporting leg located adjacent said first end of said border frame and said second supporting leg having a top and a bottom, a portion of said second supporting leg located adjacent said second end of said border frame, said border frame mounted to said first and second legs for support, said bottom end of said first supporting leg extending downwardly beyond said lower frame member and configured to be positioned between opposing back portions of back-to-back gaming machines and said bottom end of said second supporting leg extending downwardly beyond said lower frame member and configured to be positioned between opposing portions of back-to-back gaming machines; and first and second transverse stop plates extending in generally opposing directions from each of said first and second supporting legs between said lower frame member and said bottoms of said legs, said first and second transverse stop plates configured to rest upon a top of back-to-back gaming machines to support said visual display mounting assembly in a display position above said machines.