ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,763, issued on June 30, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Systems and methods for assembling gaming machines with multiple displays" was invented by Michael Fritz (Reno, Nev.), Neil Sholes (Manchester, Great Britain) and Jerad Deitrick (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine assembly comprises a cabinet, an upper display, a winch, and a lower display. The cabinet includes a lower support and an upper support that is hinged to the lower support and rotatable relative to the lower support between a lower position and an upper position. The upper support overlaps the lower support when in the lower positio...