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Mount for loudspeaker on vehicle panel

  • US 4,550,796 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1984
  • Issued: 11/05/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mount for mounting a loudspeaker on a panel of a vehicle or the like, comprising:

  • a spacer having an aperture formed therein shaped to receive said loudspeaker;

    a plurality of fitting inserting members provided around an inside periphery of said aperture in said spacer, each of said fitting inserting members comprising an arm protruding inwardly from an underside of said spacer, and a sack-shaped fitting inserting member extending from an inward end of said arm said arm having a mounting hole formed therein aligned with a hole in said spacer inwards of said fitting inserting member, and a hinge connecting said arm to said spacer; and

    a fitting shaped to be received in one of said fitting inserting members, said fittings each having a screw hole for supporting a mounting screw on an underside of a respective one of said holes in said spacer,wherein said loudspeaker is mounted in said panel by placing said spacer over a corresponding aperture in said panel, bending said fitting inserting members so as to hold said spacer to said aperture in said panel and align said screw holes in said fittings with the corresponding holes in said spacer, inserting said loudspeaker into said aperture in said spacer, and screwing screws through screw holes formed in said loudspeaker and into said screw holes in said fittings through said holes in said spacer.

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