Speaker system for a video monitor and a video monitor equipped with a speaker system

A speaker system for a video monitor supported on a base, said speaker system comprising:

• a laterally elongated case having a speaker, the top side of said case formed to match the bottom of a front panel of said video monitor;
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• a locking member formed on the top side of said case or on the bottom of the front panel and a locking hole formed in the bottom of said front panel or in the top side of said case, said locking member being engageable with said locking hole;
• said case being detachably suspended only from above from the bottom of the front panel of said video monitor when the video monitor is placed on the base and said locking member is engaged with said locking hole;
• wherein said locking hole has a slit extending in the mounting direction;
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• said locking member includes a platelike guide portion insertable into said slit, a stopper portion formed at the rear end of said platelike guide portion, and a clamping portion extending from said platelike guide portion for hooking onto an edge of said slit.

A speaker system for a video monitor supported on a base, said speaker system comprising:

• a laterally elongated case having a speaker, the top side of said case formed to match the bottom of a front panel of said video monitor;
• and a locking member formed on the top side of said case or on the bottom of the front panel and a locking hole formed in the bottom of said front panel or in the top side of said case, said locking member being engageable with said locking hole;
• said case being detachably suspended only from above from the bottom of the front panel of said video monitor when the video monitor is placed on the base and said locking member is engaged with said locking hole;
• wherein said locking member comprises a lever having a hook at the tip end and said locking hole is engageable with said hook.

A speaker system comprising:

• display means;
• support means for supporting said display means;
• audio means for processing audio signals, the top side of said audio means being formed to match the bottom of said display means, said audio means including a case detachably suspended only from above from a bottom surface of said display means;
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• locking means for detachably suspending said audio means only from above from the bottom surface of said display means.