Grille covered speaker assembly construction for compact automobiles and the like

A multirange thin speaker assembly for installation in automobile doors and like constricted space installations in compact automobiles and the like with the front of the assembly facing inwardly of the automobile to project sound toward the automobile interior, comprising a main speaker section including a speaker basket frame having an outer generally annular rim portion supporting an anchor ring member and mounting formations for receiving front mounting fasteners to fix the speaker basket frame against an interior wall portion of the automobile door by outwardly directed fasteners applied from the automobile interior, the main speaker section including a woofer speaker unit comprising a speaker magnet and pole structure supported rigidly from the basket frame and a deformable woofer cone peripherally supported from said rim portion having a voice coil carried thereby movable in a gap in the pole structure, bridge structure supported by said rim portion having a higher-frequency-range second speaker unit carried thereby forwardly of said voice coil in the direction of sound projection, a front grille panel of unitary plastic material to be assembled in a snap-on manner onto the main speaker section, the grille panel including a generally flat panel portion having a plurality of openings therethrough disposed in an array to form an interrupted sound transmitting opening forwardly aligned with the woofer cone and a pair of transversely spaced arcuate rear snap ring segments forming an interrupted annular ring projecting rearwardly from the panel portion of a diameter closely conforming to the inner diameter of said anchor ring member to interfit therein, said anchor ring member having a retaining lip formation about its inner edge defining a rearwardly facing retaining shoulder for the grille panel and said snap ring segments having radially outwardly projecting bead formations to snap behind said retaining shoulder to fasten the grille panel to the anchor ring.