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US 5,306,078 AGranted
Motor vehicle radio receiving cabinet
OwnerRussell E. Reedinventor
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Abstract
A cabinet structure includes an enclosure to complementarily receive a motor vehicle radio unit and effect cooperation with a battery and speaker organization within the cabinet. The battery structure is arranged for ease of maintenance by positioning the battery upon a sliding tray relative to the housing to permit ease of disconnect and connect relative to the radio unit in servicing the battery.
Claims2
A motor vehicle radio receiving cabinet, comprising,
- a housing, the housing having a top wall and a floor, with the floor arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship relative to the top wall, and
- a rear wall extending between the top wall and the floor, and
- a front wall extending between the top wall and the floor spaced from the rear wall, and
- a first side wall extending between the front wall and the rear wall and a second side wall extending between the front wall and the rear wall, and
- a first interior wall arranged within the cabinet spaced from the first side wall coextensive with the first side wall, and
- a second interior wall mounted within the cabinet spaced from the second side wall coextensive with the second side wall, and
- a first speaker cavity oriented between the first side wall and the first interior wall, and
- a second speaker cavity oriented between the second side wall and the second interior wall, and
- a first speaker mounted within the first speaker cavity, and
- a second speaker mounted within the second speaker cavity, and
- an intermediate floor orthogonally directed between the first interior wall and the second interior wall spaced from and parallel the floor, and
- an upper floor oriented parallel to and between the intermediate floor and the top wall coextensive with the intermediate floor, and
- a radio receiving cavity defined between the first interior wall and the second interior wall and the upper floor and the top wall to receive a radio therewithin, and
- a battery cavity is oriented between the first interior wall and the second interior wall below the upper floor, with a battery cavity interior wall extending between the first interior wall and the second interior wall at an interface of the battery cavity and the radio receiving cavity, and the battery cavity interior wall including a radio plug connector, the radio plug connector including first and second speaker wire members directed through the respective first and second speaker wires, and a plug connector for electrical communication to the radio, and a battery cavity door directed through the rear wall hingedly mounted to the floor, and
- the door having a pair of parallel door grooves, wherein the door is oriented from a first position coplanar with the rear wall to a second position orthogonally oriented relative to the rear wall, and the grooves are orthogonally oriented relative to the floor in the first position and are orthogonally oriented relative to the rear wall in the second position, and a battery tray reciprocatably mounted within the battery cavity, with the battery tray having plural pairs of wheels, with one pair of wheels of said plural pair of wheels mounted within each of said grooves, and the battery tray including a plurality of battery tray cavities, and the battery tray cavities each having acidic neutralizing powder therewithin.
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