Patents by Inventor Guillaume Pouliot

Guillaume Pouliot 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).

  • Card dealing shoe
    Patent number: 9833691
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Card dealing shoe
    Patent number: 9480905
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Card dealing shoe
    Patent number: 9452348
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe including a sloped base with an opening, a roller mounted for rotational motion on an axle connected at each of the opposing side walls, and a pivoting lever having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base, the pivoting lever being configured to pivot from a first position wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base and the second end restricts rotational motion of the roller to a second position in which the second end permits rotational motion of the roller, wherein the lever is biased towards the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Real Berube, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • CARD DEALING SHOE
    Publication number: 20160059112
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • CARD DEALING SHOE
    Publication number: 20140291930
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe including a sloped base with an opening, a roller mounted for rotational motion on an axle connected at each of the opposing side walls, and a pivoting lever having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base, the pivoting lever being configured to pivot from a first position wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base and the second end restricts rotational motion of the roller to a second position in which the second end permits rotational motion of the roller, wherein the lever is biased towards the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Real Berube, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • CARD DEALING SHOE
    Publication number: 20140042697
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau