# US 10,479,504 B2 · Loudspeaker system

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- Number: US 10,479,504 B2
- Document ID: US10479504B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/922,142
- Filed: 2018-03-15
- Published: 2018-07-19
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2009-10-02
- Applicants: Dennis A. Tracy
- Inventors: Dennis A. Tracy
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479504B2

## CPC

- B64D 11/00154: {Loudspeakers mounted in the seat back}
- H04R 1/025: {Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture}
- H04R 5/023: {in a chair, pillow}
- H04R 1/26: Spatial arrangements of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges
- H04R 1/403: {loud-speakers}
- H04R 5/02: Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
- H04R 2205/024: Positioning of loudspeaker enclosures for spatial sound reproduction
- H04R 2499/13: Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
- Y02T 50/40: Weight reduction
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A seat integrating a loudspeaker system includes a seat having a seat body with a horizontally oriented seat bottom and a seat back secured thereto. The seat back includes an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is positioned adjacent the seat bottom. The loudspeaker system includes a sound assembly mounted within the seat for selective movement between a storage orientation in which the sound assembly is housed and hidden within a support housing mounted along the seat and a use orientation extending from the support housing in which the sound assembly is positioned for use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A seat integrating a loudspeaker system, comprising:
a seat including a seat body having a horizontally oriented seat bottom and a seat back secured thereto, the seat back includes an upper end and a lower end, the lower end is positioned adjacent the seat bottom;
a loudspeaker system including a sound assembly mounted within the seat, the sound assembly including a loudspeaker driver assembly, and the loudspeaker driver assembly includes a central housing from which a plurality of drivers selectively extend radially outwardly between a use orientation and a storage orientation.