ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,719, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PLAYRTECH LLC (Las Vegas).

"Bartop gaming unit" was invented by Pierre Keylian (Henderson, Nev.), Ara Tcholakian (Las Vegas), Ryan Banks (Las Vegas), Ryan Baxter (Henderson, Nev.), Gonzalo Arteaga (Las Vegas) and Alberto Favela (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bar top gaming unit is configured to be mounted to or in a support surface such as a bar top. The unit has a housing and a top door which is movable between open and closed positions for accessing the interior of the housing. A biasing element such as a strut generates a biasing force to aid in opening of the top door, wherein ...