Method and Apparatus for Adjustably Mounting a Speaker

• US 20070040085A1
• Filed: 08/17/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RGB Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: RGB Incorporated
• Inventors: Lu, Xiaozheng, Pincek, David, Stewart, William, Edwards, Andrew, Coe, Stanley
• Granted Patent: US 7,455,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/288.310
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/022 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/026 Supports for loudspeaker casings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32196 Articulate joint is ball and socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32631 Universal ball and socket

Abstract

A speaker mount includes a support structure attachment, an adjustable mount connected to the structure attachment and including a first connector, and a speaker attachment including a second connector. The first and second connectors may selectively be connected or disconnected, permitting a speaker to be connected to and disconnected from the remainder of the mount. The first connector is mounted to a ball. A lock plate is mounted at an opposing side of the ball from the first connector. A fastener controls the distance between the first connector and the lock plate. In one position, the fastener draws the lock plate and first connector towards one another, fixing the lock plate in a position on the ball, and in another position allows the first connector to be moved relative to the ball. The mount permits orientation of a speaker in a variety of positions relative to a support structure.

Claims

1. A mount configured to support a body from a structure in a plurality of possible orientations comprising:

a structural mount, said structural mount configured to be connected to a support structure;

an adjustable support, said adjustable support including a ball mounted outwardly of and supported by said structural mount, and a first connector supported by said ball;

a body support, said body support including a second connector configured to be mounted external to a body, said second connector configured to engage said first connector to connect said body to said adjustable support and support said body from said support structure.

2. The mount in accordance with claim 1 wherein said second connector is configured to be located exterior to a housing of said body.

3. The mount in accordance with claim 2 wherein said body is a speaker.

4. The mount in accordance with claim 2 wherein said body support includes an interior support located in said housing, said second connector connected to said interior support.

5. The mount in accordance with claim 4 wherein said body is a speaker and said interior support comprises a secondary support for one or more components of said speaker located within said housing.

6. The mount in accordance with claim 1, further comprising means for selectively locking said first support in a plurality of positions relative to said ball.

7. The mount in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first support comprises a stage located at a first side of said ball and said adjustable support includes a locking plate located at an opposing side of said ball.

8. The mount in accordance with claim 7, further comprising at least one element configured to cause said stage and locking plate to move towards one another to lock them to said ball.

9. The mount in accordance with claim 8 wherein said at least one element comprises a threaded fastener extending between said stage and said locking plate.

10. A speaker mount configured to adjustably support a speaker from a support structure in a plurality of possible orientations comprising:

a structural mount configured to be connected to a support structure;

an adjustable speaker support, said adjustable speaker support including a stem having a first end connected to said structural mount and a ball mounted at a second end of said stem, said ball positioned outwardly of said structural mount, a first connector mounted at a first side of said ball and a locking member mounted at a second side of said ball, said first connector and said locking member connected to one another; and

a speaker attachment, said speaker attachment including a first member configured for mounting to a speaker and a second connector fastened to said first member, said second connector configured to be located external to said speaker, said second connector configured to be mated to said first connector to mount said speaker to said adjustable speaker support.

11. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 10, further comprising at least one member configured to selectively draw said first connector and said locking member towards one another on said ball.

12. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 10, further comprising a speaker having a housing, wherein said first member comprises a chassis plate located inside said housing of said speaker, said chassis plate configured to support one or more components of said speaker assembly.

13. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 12 wherein said second connector and chassis plate are configured to be located at opposing sides of a rear wall of said housing of said speaker.

14. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 13 wherein a plurality of stands extend between and connect said chassis plate and said second connector and space said chassis plate and second connector from one another.

15. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 14 wherein said stands pass through said rear wall of said housing.

16. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 10 wherein said locking member and said first connector are fixedly joined in at least one first location.

17. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 16 wherein said locking member and said first connector are adjustably joined in at least one second location.

18. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 17 wherein said at least one first location is in a first direction from said ball and said at least one second location is in a second, generally opposing direction from said ball.

19. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 10 wherein said locking plate and said first connector are adjustably joined by a threaded fastener having a head facing in a direction of said speaker.

20. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 19 wherein said first member and said second connector have a passage there through aligned with said head of said fastener, whereby a tool may be passed through said first member and second connector into engagement with said head.

21. The speaker mount in accordance with claim 20, further comprising a speaker, said speaker having a passage there through from a front of said housing through said rear of said housing, said passage aligned with said passages through said first member and second connector.