# US 8,783,328 B2 · Acoustic panel assembly

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- Number: US 8,783,328 B2
- Document ID: US8783328B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/346,463
- Filed: 2012-01-09
- Published: 2012-06-21
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2006-01-25
- Assignees: Jim Melhart Paino and Organ Company
- Applicants: Jimmie Ray Melhart
- Inventors: Jimmie Ray Melhart
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783328B2

## CPC

- G10K 11/20: Reflecting arrangements (G10K11/28 takes precedence)
- A47G 5/00: Screens (shutters closing an opening E06B9/02; fly-screens E06B9/52); Draught-deflectors
- E04B 1/8236: {Stage shells}
- G10K: SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001})

## Abstract

An acoustic panel assembly may have one or more panels adaptable for reflecting sound waves and a support member to which the one or more panels may be attached. The support member may be extendable and retractable. The one or more panels and the support member may be collapsible into a housing. The one or more panels may be configured in one or more substantially planar portions, one or more substantially curved portions, or a combination thereof.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An acoustic panel assembly comprising:
an extendable and retractable scissor-like support member including a joint and an upper support member;
wherein said upper support member is pivotally connected to said joint;
a top panel;
an attachment configured for attaching said top panel to said upper support member;
a plurality of additional panels hingedly connected to said top panel;
wherein said top panel and said plurality of additional panels are configured to be held in a substantially curved position when said support member is placed in an extended position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The acoustic panel assembly of claim 1 further comprising one or more intermediate attachments configured to hold said plurality of additional panels in said substantially curved position;
wherein said substantially curved position comprises a substantially parabolic segmented curve.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The acoustic panel assembly of claim 1 further comprising a housing, wherein said support member, said top panel, and said plurality of additional panels are retractable into said housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The acoustic panel assembly of claim 1 wherein said top panel comprises a substantially rectangular shape.

### Claim 5

An acoustic panel assembly comprising:
an extendable and retractable support member including a joint and an upper support member;
wherein said upper support member is pivotally connected to said joint;
a top panel;
an attachment configured for attaching said top panel to said upper support member;
a plurality of additional panels hingedly connected to said top panel;
wherein said top panel and said plurality of additional panels are configured to be held in a substantially curved position when said support member is placed in an extended position;
one or more intermediate attachments configured to hold said plurality of additional panels in said substantially curved position;
a housing comprising a plurality of extendable and retractable legs, each of said plurality of legs including one or more wheels;
wherein said support member, said top panel, and said plurality of additional panels are retractable into said housing;
a cross support member configured for attachment to said upper support member and an additional upper support member;
wherein said cross support member is detachable from said upper support member and said additional upper support member;
wherein said substantially curved position comprises a substantially parabolic segmented curve.