Blackjack Card Shoe

Addressing dealers wrist tendonitis & inablity to extract cards

Typical Dealing Action

Using Typical Card Shoe, With Downward Force and Thumb/Small Finger Opposition During Card Extraction

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

Radical Card Shoe Design

Eliminates At-risk Conditions of Downward Motion for Card Extraction - Dealers Demonstrated Effective Dealing Minimizing At-risk Postures - Improved Speed at Dealing

Problem

Significant tendinitis & RMI from circumduction and opposition thumb / finger postures

Affecting dealers ability to extract cards from card shoe

Extraction determined to be causal relationship

3 oz. impact on index / middle finger on each card "push down"

Issue

Full hand / wrist movement in all planes

All dealers have differing techniques

Solution

New rotating blackjack shoe embedded into existing blackjack table allows extraction without severe thumb opposition with fifth digit (small finger)

Result

Final design completely eliminates adverse at-risk biomechanical issues

Allows cards to be dealt by sliding motion without exerting pressure on index / thumb during extraction rather than push down from top and flipping