LOUDSPEAKER BOX WALL HOLDER

• US 20080203254A1
• Filed: 02/20/2008
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: König & Meyer GmbH & Co. KG.
• Original Assignee: Koenig & Meyer GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: LIPPERT, Helmut, REICHERT, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,042,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/226.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/026 Supports for loudspeaker casings

Abstract

Loudspeaker wall holder and method of mounting a loudspeaker box. The loudspeaker wall holder includes a base mountable on a wall surface, an arm coupled to the base, and a holder comprising a clamping device. The holder is mounted on the arm and is structured and arranged to receive a portion of a loudspeaker box. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Claims

1. A loudspeaker wall holder comprising:

a base mountable on a wall surface;

an arm coupled to the base;

a holder mounted on the arm comprising a clamping device and being structured and arranged to receive a portion of a loudspeaker box.

2. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the holder is structured and arranged to slip into the portion of the loudspeaker box.

3. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the clamping device comprises at least one clamping element perpendicularly displaceable to a placement direction of the loudspeaker box onto the holder.

4. The wall holder in accordance with claim 3, wherein the clamping device further comprises an expanding mandrel with at least one wedge surface structured and arranged to interact with a counterwedge surface of the at least one clamping element.

5. The wall holder in accordance with claim 4, wherein the at least one wedge surface and the counterwedge surface are formed as flat surfaces.

6. The wall holder in accordance with claim 4, wherein the expanding mandrel is pressable into the holder against a spring force.

7. The wall holder in accordance with claim 4, wherein at least one of the at least one clamping element and the expanding mandrel comprise a plastic material.

8. The wall holder in accordance with claim 7, wherein the holder further comprises a tube, and the at least one clamping element and the expanding mandrel are arranged in the tube.

9. The wall holder in accordance with claim 8, wherein the clamping element is movable radially outwardly through an opening of the tube.

10. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein an outside of the at least one clamping element has a decoupling layer.

11. The wall holder in accordance with claim 10, wherein the decoupling layer is formed as a flocking.

12. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a hinge coupling the arm to the base, whereby the arm swivels with respect to the base.

13. The wall holder in accordance with claim 12, further comprising a support fixable on at least one of the base and the arm at one of several mounting positions to support the arm with respect.

14. The wall holder in accordance with claim 13, further comprising a stud arranged to detachably attach the support to at least one of the base and the arm.

15. The wall holder in accordance with claim 13, wherein at least one of the base and the arm has a through hole for each mounting position.

16. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base includes several tabs having a damping layer at least on a side facing away from the arm.

17. The wall holder in accordance with claim 1, wherein the damping layer is formed as part of a cap placeable on the tabs.

18. A method for attaching a loudspeaker box to a holder, comprising:

slipping a holder receiving portion of the loudspeaker box over the holder; and

expanding at least a portion of the holder to fix the holder within the holder receiving portion.

19. The method in accordance with claim 18, wherein the expanding comprises drawing an expandable mandrel located within the holder in a first direction, whereby at least one clamping element is forced out of the holder to contact the holder receiving portion.

20. The method in accordance with claim 18, wherein the expandable mandrel is drawn against a spring force by rotating a nut located on an end of the holder.