ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,105, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AGS LLC (Las Vegas).

"Linkage mechanism for a door in a gaming cabinet and gaming cabinet having a door with a linkage mechanism" was invented by Matthew T. Rodgers (Las Vegas) and Kevin Green (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 ...