ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,652, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Integrated stand for supporting electronic gaming machine and housing electronic gaming components thereof" was invented by Noel Voloh (Sydney), Martin Mirakhour (Castle Hill, Australia) and Calvin Kim (Baulkham Hills, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic gaming system includes an electronic gaming machine (EGM) and a stand coupled to the EGM. The EGM includes a cabinet that includes a cabinet base defining a notch therein. The stand includes a housing that defines an interior cavity and includes a housing cove...