Casino chip organizer/pusher

Abstract

A casino chip organizer/pusher for transferring chips across a gaining table, from a croupier to a player has a handle configured to be manually engaged by the croupier and a Y-shaped chip-receiving portion secured to one end of the handle member and extending upwardly therefrom. The height of the Y-shaped portion can be selected to be equal to a height of a stack of standard chips, for instance twenty chips. The croupier can easily identify stacks with uneven number of chips before delivering the stack to a player.

1 . A casino chip organizer/pusher device for transferring chips across a gaming table, comprising:
 a handle member configured to be manually engaged by a user; and   a Y-shaped chip-receiving portion secured to one end of the handle member and extending upwardly therefrom.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said chip-receiving portion has predetermined vertical dimensions selected to be substantially equal to a height of a stack of pre-selected number of chips. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said chip-receiving portion comprises a pair of vertically-oriented wall sections oriented at an acute angle in relation to each other, said vertically-oriented wall sections defining a chip receiving channel. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein each of said pair of wall sections is secured to a middle wall section, and wherein said middle wall section is affixed to the one end of the handle member. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising a vertical support member secured to the middle wall section and the one end of the handle member. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein said vertical support member is configured to extend transversely to a normal axis of the handle member. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein a finger rest member is mounted on top of the vertical support member. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising a pair of horizontal reinforcement plates, each horizontal reinforcement plate being configured to extend along a lower part of a corresponding vertically oriented wall section. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said handle member has a bottom surface, said reinforcement plates each have a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surfaces of the handle member and the reinforcement plates extend in a substantially coplanar relationship. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said handle member is provided with an opening in a second end of the handle member. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said handle member comprises an upper surface, and wherein a peripheral lip extends upwardly from the upper surface. 
     
     
         12 . A casino chip organizer/pusher device for transferring chips across a gaming table, comprising:
 a handle member configured to be manually engaged by a user; and   a Y-shaped chip-receiving portion secured to one end of the handle member and extending upwardly therefrom, said chip-receiving portion comprising a pair of vertically-oriented wall sections oriented at an acute angle in relation to each other, said vertically-oriented wall sections defining a chip receiving channel.   
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein said chip-receiving portion has a discrete vertical dimension selected to be substantially equal to a height of a stack of pre-selected number of chips. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein each of said pair of vertically-oriented wall sections is secured to a middle wall section, and wherein said middle wall section is affixed to the one end of the handle member. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein a vertical support member is secured to the middle wall section and the one end of the handle member, said vertical support member buttressing the vertically-oriented wall sections. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein said vertical support member is configured to extend transversely to a normal axis of the handle member. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein a finger rest member is mounted on top of the vertical support member. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein a horizontal reinforcement plate is secured along a lower part of each of the vertically oriented wall sections. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein said handle member has a bottom surface, said reinforcement plates each have a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surfaces of the handle member and the reinforcement plates extend in a substantially coplanar relationship. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein said handle member is provided with an opening in a second end of the handle member. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein said handle member comprises an upper surface, and wherein a peripheral lip extends upwardly from the upper surface.