Loudspeaker wall bracket
First Claim
1. A wall bracket for supporting a loudspeaker and comprising:
- a wall plate arranged for attachment to a home wall, the wall plate having a pair of raised flanges, one at each side thereof, projecting laterally outwards therefrom;
upper and lower bracket base members defining grooves arranged to slide onto said flanges and defining substantially hemispherical sockets and being constructed to embrace said wall plate;
a bracket mount comprising a mounting ball and a bracket arranged for attachment to the loudspeaker, the mounting ball having similar radius to the hemispherical sockets and being arranged for being captured and gripped therebetween and being pierced by a slot therethrough; and
a bolt deployable through the sockets and the slot in the mounting ball to clamp the upper and lower base members together around both the wall plate and the mounting ball, the slot being arranged to permit the bracket mount to be held in a variety of inclinations with respect to the wall plate.
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Abstract
A wall bracket for a loudspeaker or the like, particularly for use in the home theatre context, and comprising a wall plate (20) arranged for attachment to a wall, the plate having at least a pair of raised, laterally outward projecting flanges (21a, 21b); a bracket base arranged for engaging with the flanges and being thereby held to the wall plate, the bracket base having two substantially similar opposing parts (30, 40) each incorporating a substantially hemispherical socket (34); and a bracket mount (50) arranged for attachment to the loudspeaker etc, the bracket mount incorporating a ball member (51) adapted to be gripped between the bracket base sockets in a variety of configurations.
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11 Claims
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1. A wall bracket for supporting a loudspeaker and comprising:
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a wall plate arranged for attachment to a home wall, the wall plate having a pair of raised flanges, one at each side thereof, projecting laterally outwards therefrom; upper and lower bracket base members defining grooves arranged to slide onto said flanges and defining substantially hemispherical sockets and being constructed to embrace said wall plate; a bracket mount comprising a mounting ball and a bracket arranged for attachment to the loudspeaker, the mounting ball having similar radius to the hemispherical sockets and being arranged for being captured and gripped therebetween and being pierced by a slot therethrough; and a bolt deployable through the sockets and the slot in the mounting ball to clamp the upper and lower base members together around both the wall plate and the mounting ball, the slot being arranged to permit the bracket mount to be held in a variety of inclinations with respect to the wall plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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