ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,718, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AGS LLC (Las Vegas).
"Sled for use with mechanical reel, reel assembly with sled" was invented by Matthew T. Rodgers (Las Vegas) and Edwin Sauceda (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine cabinet for a mechanical reel based gaming machine is provided. A plurality of reel devices, each including a mechanical reel and a basket, provides fast and easy installation of the mechanical reels in the gaming machine cabinet. The reel devices are mounted to a self-adjusting sled. The gaming machine cabinet includes a belly door that is coupled to the gaming machine cabinet and provides c...