| US 7,476,151 B2 | ||
| Award display for gaming machine having extendable and retractable elements | ||
| Joel R. Jaffe, Evanston, Ill. (US); and William R. Wadleigh, Naperville, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 02, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/612,419. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0003879 A1, Jan. 06, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—16 | 20 Claims |
| 15. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine, the gaming machine including an electro-mechanical award display
including a plurality of physical elements, the method comprising:
receiving a wager to play the wagering game including a basic game and a bonus game; and
in response to a bonus game triggering outcome of the basic game, moving the physical elements between a viewable extended
position toward a player and a viewable retracted position away from the player to indicate a bonus game outcome, the physical
elements being moved between the extended and retracted positions along a path approximately perpendicular to a front panel
of the gaming machine; and
wherein each of the plurality of physical elements bear indicia indicating an associated bonus game outcome and the indicia
are viewable in both the extended and retracted positions regardless of whether the physical element is moved.
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