USPatent applicationPatented

Universal button module

Granted 22 Jan 2008 · 1 office action

Current assignee: SG Gaming, Inc. · originally Light & Wonder

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Inventors: Michael J. Mitchell, Robert A. Luciano, Jr. · Examiner: Sandra L. Morris · AU 2912 · TC 2900

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29/276,748
filed 2 Feb 2007
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Patent
US D560255
granted 22 Jan 2008

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Description

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›This application is also related to co-pending Design…

This application is also related to co-pending Design patent application Ser. Nos.: 29/276,739, 29/276,740, 29/276,741, 29/276,742, 29/276,743, 29/276,745, 29/276,746, 29/276,747, 29/276,749, 29/276,750, 29/276,751, concurrently filed on Feb. 2, 2007, and also entitled Universal Button Module.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a universal button module showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top planar view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of a universal button module showing our new design;

FIG. 7 is a top planar view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of the universal button module shown in FIG. 6 .

FIGS. 1–9 were originally numbered FIGS. 12A–12E and 23A–23D in parent application No. 29/227,661.

The broken lines showing button display variables in FIGS. 1 , 2 , and 5 , and the broken lines showing a partial gaming device in FIG. 5 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D21/385D13/171D21/370

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Examiner
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