Patents by Inventor Bill Leach

Bill Leach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8177637
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Patent number: 8096884
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Patent number: 7833102
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices are consolidated in a first region of the gaming machine, behind a first door of the machine. The peripheral devices include a printer having a ticket stack and a bill acceptor having a cashbox. The printer is configured to print and dispense tickets from the ticket stack. The bill acceptor is configured to receive cash and store the cash in the cashbox. The ticket stack and the bill acceptor each have an access portion situated in the first region for access when the first door is open. A second door is mounted to the cabinet in a second region of the cabinet. The second door encloses a processor coupled to output game data to a display and control play of the game of chance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113716
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113708
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113821
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113709
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113741
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Publication number: 20080113796
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
  • Patent number: D608301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Donald B. Clark, Roger S. Neitzel, Robert Jenkins, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Bill Leach