Patent ID: 7985139

Claim:
A gaming machine including: (a) a cabinet having a cabinet back, a first cabinet side, a second cabinet side, a cabinet bottom, and a cabinet top which together define an enclosure volume with a cabinet front opening; (b) a main door pivotally connected at its upper end to the cabinet so as to be pivotable with respect to the cabinet between a closed position and an open position, the main door in the closed position covering the cabinet front opening in a main portion of the cabinet to define a front side of the main portion of the cabinet, the main door in the open position having its lower end pivoted upwardly and away from the cabinet to expose the enclosure volume in the main portion of the cabinet; (c) a button panel structure mounted on the main door and forming a part thereof at the lower end of the main door, the button panel structure (i) extending in a plane lying at an angle to the remainder of the main door so as to project outwardly from the cabinet front opening when the main door is in the closed position, and (ii) having an inner edge that meets a plane defined by the remainder of the main door, the angle of the button panel structure to the remainder of the main door positioning a portion of the button panel structure forward of a front-most extent of the cabinet front opening; and (d) a lower door pivotally connected at its lower end to the cabinet so as to be pivotable with respect to the cabinet between a closed position and an open position, the lower door in the closed position covering the cabinet front opening in a lower portion of the cabinet to define a front side of the lower portion of the cabinet, the lower door in the open position having its upper end pivoted downwardly and away from the cabinet and the main door to expose the enclosure volume in the lower portion of the cabinet, (e) wherein the upper end of the lower door in the closed position and the lower end of the main door in the closed position meet along a closure line which extends across the width of the cabinet between the first cabinet side and the second cabinet side, the closure line being located immediately below the outwardly projecting button panel structure when the gaming machine is in an operating position.