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US 6,584,736 B2Granted
Stand-mountable foam-type acoustic panel
AssigneeAuralex Acoustics
InventorsJeffrey E. Szymanski, Eric T. Smith, David R. Harbison
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Abstract
A foam-type acoustic panel is designed to be mountable on a stand having a shaft. The acoustic panel includes a main body portion. The main body portion has a first end, a second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and first and second interlocking members. The first and second interlocking members define a multi-segment cut that extends between the top and bottom surface. The multi-segment cut includes a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces. The second end of the multi-segment cut defines an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving a shaft of a stand.
Claims21
A foam-type acoustic panel mountable to a stand having a shaft, the acoustic panel comprising:
- a main body portion having
- (a) a first end, a second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface, the first end, second end, front surface, rear surface, top surface and bottom surface all comprised of a sound absorbing foam material,
- (b) a first interlocking member and a second interlocking member, the first and second interlocking members defining a multi-segment cut extending between the top and bottom surface, the multi-segment cut including a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces, the second end of the multi-segment cut defining an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving a shaft of a stand.
A foam-type acoustic panel mountable to a stand having a shaft, the acoustic panel comprising:
- a main body portion having
- (a) a first end, a second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface
- (b) a first interlocking member and a second interlocking member, the first and second interlocking members defining a multi-segment cut extending between the top and bottom surface, the multi-segment cut including a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces, the second end of the cut defining an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving a shaft of a stand,
- wherein the elongated aperture includes a shaft receiving opening extending between the top and bottom surface, and wherein the first and second interlocking members are placeable in a disengaged position for receiving a shaft of a stand into the elongated aperture by passing the shaft laterally through shaft-receiving opening of the multi-segment cut.
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A foam-type acoustic panel mountable to a stand having a shaft, the acoustic panel comprising:
- a main body portion having:
- (a) a first end, a second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface;
- (b) a first interlocking member including a first portion extending in a first direction generally non-perpendicular to a plane defined by one of the front and rear surfaces, a second portion extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, and a third portion extending in a third direction defining an acute angle to the second direction, the third portion includes a bulbous male portion;
- (c) a second interlocking member including a first portion for receiving the first portion of the first interlocking member, a second portion for receiving the second portion of the first interlocking member, and a third partly-cylindrical portion for receiving the bulbous male portion of the third portion of the first interlocking member,
- wherein, the first and second interlocking members define a multi-segment cut extending between the top and bottom surface, the multi-segment cut including a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces, the second end of the multi-segment cut defining an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving a shaft of a stand, wherein the elongated aperture includes a longitudinally extending shaft receiving opening extending between the top and bottom surface and the first and second interlocking members being movable between a disengaged position for receiving a shaft of a stand into the elongated aperture by passing the shaft laterally through the shaft receiving opening of the multi-segment cut, and an engaged position wherein the shaft is engaged with sufficient frictional force to maintain the acoustic panel at a chosen vertical position on the shaft.
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A foam-type acoustic panel mountable to a stand having a shaft, the acoustic panel comprising:
- a main body portion having:
- (a) a first end, a second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface, the first end, second end, front surface, rear surface, top surface and bottom surface all comprised of a sound absorbing foam material;
- (b) a first interlocking member and a second interlocking member, the first and second interlocking members defining a multi-segment cut extending between the top and bottom surface, the multi-segment cut including a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces, the second end of the multi-segment cut defining an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving a shaft of a stand;
- (c) a first end interlocking member disposed at the first end of the main body portion;
- and
- (d) a second end interlocking member disposed at the second end of the main body portion,
- whereby the acoustic panel comprises a first acoustic panel capable of being joined to a second acoustic panel by matingly engaging the first end interlocking member of one of the first and second acoustic panels with the second end interlocking member of the other of the first and second acoustic panel to place the first and second acoustic panels in an end-to-end interlocked relation.
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A foam-type acoustic panel and stand assembly comprising:
- A. a stand having an elongated shaft,
- B. a foam type acoustic panel capable of receiving the shaft for being mounted on the stand, the foam-type acoustic panel comprising:
- (a) a first end, second end, a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface
- (b) a first interlocking member and a second interlocking member, the first and second interlocking members defining a multi-segment cut extending between the top and bottom surface, the multi-segment cut including a first end disposed at one of the front and rear surfaces, and a second end disposed interiorly of the other of the front and rear surfaces, the second end of the multi-segment cut defining an elongated aperture extending between the top and bottom surface for receiving the elongated shaft of shaft stand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.