Patents by Inventor Victor McClearen

Victor McClearen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240087400
    Abstract: A bartop gaming device includes a housing base; a button deck assembly having one or more buttons for receiving player inputs during game play on the gaming device; and a lift assembly for raising or lowering the button deck assembly relative to the housing to service the button deck or an area of the gaming device covered by the button deck. The lift assembly includes a lift frame supporting the button deck assembly, an arm leg pivotally connected to the lift frame and extending to a track, and an actuator that includes a piston coupled to the lift frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kiran Dundaraddi, Timothy Barbour, Victor McClearen
  • Publication number: 20230334937
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a housing defining an internal cavity. The housing includes an exterior surface at least partially defining an opening extending through the housing and connecting with the cavity. The gaming machine also includes a main display coupled to the housing and configured to display a wagering game. A button deck assembly is removably coupled to the housing and includes a frame sized to extend at least partially through the opening and into the cavity when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing. A connection assembly extends between the frame and the housing and includes a latch fixably mounted to one of the frame and the housing. The latch is configured to removably engage the other of the frame and the housing when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing to secure the button deck assembly to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Victor McClearen
  • Patent number: 11721162
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a housing defining an internal cavity. The housing includes an exterior surface at least partially defining an opening extending through the housing and connecting with the cavity. The gaming machine also includes a main display coupled to the housing and configured to display a wagering game. A button deck assembly is removably coupled to the housing and includes a frame sized to extend at least partially through the opening and into the cavity when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing. A connection assembly extends between the frame and the housing and includes a latch fixably mounted to one of the frame and the housing. The latch is configured to removably engage the other of the frame and the housing when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing to secure the button deck assembly to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor McClearen
  • Publication number: 20220092921
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a monitor configured to display an electronic game, a cabinet, and a mounting assembly removably coupling the monitor to the cabinet. The mounting assembly includes a carriage moveably coupled to the cabinet, a frame coupled to the monitor for supporting the monitor on the carriage, and a bearing assembly rotatably coupling the frame to the carriage. The bearing assembly includes an arcuately extending guide track and a sliding connector moveably engaged with the guide track, wherein movement of the sliding connector along the guide track causes the monitor to rotate relative to the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Barbour, Victor McClearen, Donald Rodd
  • Publication number: 20210110637
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a housing defining an internal cavity. The housing includes an exterior surface at least partially defining an opening extending through the housing and connecting with the cavity. The gaming machine also includes a main display coupled to the housing and configured to display a wagering game. A button deck assembly is removably coupled to the housing and includes a frame sized to extend at least partially through the opening and into the cavity when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing. A connection assembly extends between the frame and the housing and includes a latch fixably mounted to one of the frame and the housing. The latch is configured to removably engage the other of the frame and the housing when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing to secure the button deck assembly to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Victor McClearen
  • Patent number: 8470083
    Abstract: A portable handheld canister vacuum including an upper, central, and lower housing is disclosed. First and second grills can separate the housing sections. An air intake opening can direct air and dirt in a first axial direction to a dirt capturing device in the lower housing. An air propulsion device directs air in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction into the central housing and from there into the upper housing. An exhaust opening disposed through the upper housing and leading to the interior region of the upper housing allows air to exit the interior region of the upper housing. The exhaust can exit the upper housing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second axial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Oreck Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Victor McClearen, Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110214567
    Abstract: A portable handheld canister vacuum comprising an upper, central, and lower housing is disclosed. First and second grills can separate the housing sections. An air intake opening can direct air and dirt in a first axial direction to a dirt capturing device in the lower housing. An air propulsion device directs air in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction into the central housing and from there into the upper housing. An exhaust opening disposed through the upper housing and leading to the interior region of the upper housing allows air to exit the interior region of the upper housing. The exhaust can exit the upper housing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Victor McClearen, Ernest Matthew Chavana, JR.