Speaker support bracket for a monitor

• US 7,140,584 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2004
• Issued: 11/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Ziegler, Raymond Bourque
• Original Assignee: John Ziegler, Raymond Bourque
• Inventors: Ziegler, John, Bourque, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterling, Amy J.
• Application Number:
  US10/931,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20060043247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 248/274.1, 248/918, 248/311.2, 248/442.2, 248/231.11, 248/225.11, 312/9.47, 312/9.48
• US Class Current: 248/274.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/026 Supports for loudspeaker casings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen

Abstract

A speaker support bracket for a monitor that includes an adjustable mounting bracket that can be positioned about the top of a monitor, with speaker platforms that allow the speakers to be seated adjacent the side of the monitor. The adjustable mounting bracket has a pair of interconnected vertical legs that are spaced apart. Each of the legs is parallel at least on side of the monitor. Each of the vertical legs has a speaker support platform with an adjustment arm.

Claims

1. A bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor comprising, in combination:

an adjustable mounting bracket, the adjustable mounting bracket has a first bracket arm and a second bracket arm, the first bracket arm being integral to the vertical leg of the left speaker platform, and the second bracket arm being integral to the vertical leg of the right speaker platform;

a right speaker platform and a left speaker platform, the right and left speaker platforms each being integral a vertical leg that is integral to the adjustable mounting bracket, the right speaker platform and the left speaker platform each having an inside plate integral a lower portion of the respective vertical leg, the right speaker platform and the left speaker platform each having a back plate integral one side of the inside plate, the right speaker platform and the left speaker platform each having a support surface integral the inside plate and the back plate to form common edges, each of the vertical legs are spaced apart and parallel a respective side of a monitor;

a right adjustment arm capable of fastening onto the support surface of the right speaker platform and a left adjustment arm capable of fastening onto the support surface of the left speaker platform;

the first bracket arm has a first horizontal upright that is perpendicular thereto and extends from an end of the first bracket arm to the vertical leg of the left speaker platform, and the second bracket arm has a second horizontal upright that is perpendicular thereto and extends from a end of the second bracket arm to the vertical leg of the right speaker platform the length of the second bracket arm, and

wherein when the adjustable mounting bracket is positioned juxtapose the top of the monitor, the right and left speaker platforms will each support a speaker next to a right side and left side of the monitor and above a support surface of the monitor.

2. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first horizontal upright has a horizontal slot that extends the length of the first horizontal upright, and the second horizontal upright has a horizontal slot that extends the length of the second horizontal upright.

3. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 2, wherein a screw is passed through the first horizontal slot and the second horizontal slot to fasten the first bracket arm and the second bracket arm in an adjustable relationship when the mounting bracket is positioned on the top of the monitor.

4. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the back plate for the right speaker platform and the left speaker platform has a vertical slit spaced from the common edge of the support surface.

5. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 4, including a right platform adjuster and a left platform adjuster, the right platform adjuster is formed by the right adjustment arm integral a right exterior plate, and the left platform adjuster is formed by the left adjustment arm integral a left exterior plate, the right and left exterior plate extends away from the respective adjustment arm.

6. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 5, wherein the right adjustment arm is sized to be seated in a horizontal passage imbedded within the support surface of the right speaker platform, and the left adjustment arm is sized to be seated a horizontal passage imbedded within the support surface of the left speaker platform, the right and left adjustment arms each are capable of extensible movement within the respective horizontal passage to decrease or increase a width of the respective support surface.

7. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket has an underside.

8. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 7, including a plurality of wedges, with the plurality of wedges are capable of being fastened to the underside of the mounting bracket and a top surface of the monitor for securing the mounting bracket onto the monitor.

9. The bracket for supporting speakers about a monitor as set forth in claim 8, wherein the monitor is a computer monitor.