Tower light display for gaming machine
First Claim
1. A tower light for a gaming console, the tower light including a base mount and illumination means, the illumination means being arranged within said base mount to be aligned with at least two indicators of a mountable upper tower light portion so that a specific indicator of said upper tower light portion is illuminated when the illumination means of the base mount is operative,a mountable upper tower light portion situated above said base mount, constructed of at least partially transparent material, said mountable upper tower light portion comprising:
- at least two indicators made from one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material with said indicators being at least partially segregated by one or more enclosed cavity housing being formed within said partially transparent material of said mountable upper tower light portion and penetrating at least partially through said partially transparent material to at least partially separate each said indicator from adjacent indicators and having an opening coincident with at least one face of tower light,one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material insertable into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housings forming a pocket within said cavity housings, said one or more pieces for separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators,wherein the insertion or removal of said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material do not change the physical dimension of the tower light,wherein said at least two indicators and said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material form a replaceable single unit with the one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material being inserted in said one or more enclosed cavity housings,wherein said replaceable single unit is interchangeably mounted to said base unit indicators with said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material being inserted in said one or more enclosed cavity housings are interchangeably mountable as a unit to said base mountwherein at least one indicator of the at least two indicators is a game indicator with illumination means associated therewith at least partially controlled by controller means, andwherein at least one other indicator of the at least two indicators is a machine event indicator, with illumination means associated therewith, at least partially controlled by said gaming console.
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Abstract
An innovative approach to displaying gaming machine events and advertising for a gaming console is provided by replacing the commonly-used tower light with an integrated set of game and machine event indicators. The tower light may be used to display the actual game being played or, for example, the price of the game, and can be made of transparent material with separate indicator sections conveying game machine events and related information. The tower light is preferably controlled by a controller unit, with LED lights to light up the indicators.
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30 Claims
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1. A tower light for a gaming console, the tower light including a base mount and illumination means, the illumination means being arranged within said base mount to be aligned with at least two indicators of a mountable upper tower light portion so that a specific indicator of said upper tower light portion is illuminated when the illumination means of the base mount is operative,
a mountable upper tower light portion situated above said base mount, constructed of at least partially transparent material, said mountable upper tower light portion comprising: -
at least two indicators made from one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material with said indicators being at least partially segregated by one or more enclosed cavity housing being formed within said partially transparent material of said mountable upper tower light portion and penetrating at least partially through said partially transparent material to at least partially separate each said indicator from adjacent indicators and having an opening coincident with at least one face of tower light, one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material insertable into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housings forming a pocket within said cavity housings, said one or more pieces for separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators, wherein the insertion or removal of said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material do not change the physical dimension of the tower light, wherein said at least two indicators and said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material form a replaceable single unit with the one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material being inserted in said one or more enclosed cavity housings, wherein said replaceable single unit is interchangeably mounted to said base unit indicators with said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material being inserted in said one or more enclosed cavity housings are interchangeably mountable as a unit to said base mount wherein at least one indicator of the at least two indicators is a game indicator with illumination means associated therewith at least partially controlled by controller means, and wherein at least one other indicator of the at least two indicators is a machine event indicator, with illumination means associated therewith, at least partially controlled by said gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A tower light for a gaming console including
at least two indicators made from one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material with said indicators being at least partially segregated prevent light spillage from one indicator to another, said at least two indicators being at least partially segregated by one or more enclosed cavity housings and penetrating at least partially through non-opaque material comprising an upper portion of said tower light to at least partially separate each indicator from an adjacent indicator, said enclosed cavity housing having an opening coincident with at least one face of tower light, one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material insertable into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housing forming a pocket within said cavity housing, said one or more pieces of said at least partially opaque material for separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators, wherein at least one indicator of said at least two indicators is a game indicator with illumination means at least partially controlled by controller means, wherein at least one indicator of said at least two indicators is a machine event indicator with illumination means at least partially controlled by said gaming console, wherein said at least one machine event indicator operatively signals a service attendant to attend the gaming console in response to receiving control signals from said gaming console, wherein said at least one game indicator operatively informs players of game features of the gaming console, wherein when said at least one machine event indicator is illuminated for purposes of servicing the game console, said at least one game indicator is reduced in amplitude when in an on state wherein the insertion or removal of said one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material do not change the physical dimension of the tower light.
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29. A gaming console including
a tower light extending from one of a top or side surface of said gaming console, said tower light including at least two indicators made from one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material with said at least two indicators being at least partially segregated by one or more enclosed cavity housings being formed within an upper portion of said tower light and penetrating at least partially through said at least partially transparent material to at least partially separate each said at least two indicators to prevent light spillage there-between, said enclosed cavity housings having an opening coincident with at least one face of said tower light, one o“ - more pieces of at least partially opaque material insertable into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housing forming a pocket within said cavity housings, said one or more pieces for separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators, wherein at least one indicator of said at least two indicators is a game indicator with associated illumination means at least partially controlled by controller means,
wherein at least one indicator of said at least two indicators is a machine event indicator with associated illumination means at least partially controlled by said gaming console, wherein said at least one machine event indicator issues operative signals in response to receiving control signals from said gaming console with regard to machine events, wherein said at least one game indicator operatively informs players of at least one game feature of the gaming console unrelated to machine events wherein the insertion or removal of said one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material do not change the physical dimension of the tower light.
- more pieces of at least partially opaque material insertable into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housing forming a pocket within said cavity housings, said one or more pieces for separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators, wherein at least one indicator of said at least two indicators is a game indicator with associated illumination means at least partially controlled by controller means,
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30. A tower light for a gaming console, the tower light comprising:
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a base mount and illumination means, the illumination means being arranged with the base mount; and an upper tower light portion comprising at least two indicators made from one or more pieces of at least partially transparent material with said indicators being at least partially segregated by one or more enclosed cavity housings being formed within an upper portion of said tower light and penetrating at least partially through said at least partially transparent material to cavities in the transparent material of the upper tower light portion, there-between, said enclosed cavity housings having an opening coincident with at least one face of said tower light, one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material being inserted into said opening of said one or more enclosed cavity housings thereby adding in the partially separating said at least two indicators and preventing light spillage between said at least two indicators, said one or more pieces of at least partially opaque material forming part of the upper tower light portion and being held by the transparent material of said upper tower light portion, the upper tower light portion being affixed with the base mount such that each of said two indicators of the upper tower light portion is aligned with at least one illumination means so that only a specific indicator of said upper tower light portion is illuminated when the respective one of the illumination means of the base mount is operative, wherein at least one indicator of the at least two indicators is a game indicator with the illumination means associated therewith at least partially controlled by controller means, and wherein at least one other indicator of the at least two indicators is a machine event indicator, with illumination means associated therewith at least partially controlled by said gaming console.
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