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US 9,794,664 B2Granted
Configurable speaker
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorAndrew W. Clark
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Abstract
A deployable speaker includes a driver and an acoustic enclosure made up of a multiplicity of panels. The driver is secured to one of the panels. The acoustic enclosure is deployable from a closed state to a deployed state. All of the panels which make up the enclosure are unitary and formed from a single sheet of composite material. The composite material has an interior layer that includes a first type of material which is skinned in a second type of material.
Claims9
A deployable speaker, comprising:
- a driver;
- and
- an enclosure made up of a multiplicity of panels, the driver being secured to one of the panels, the enclosure being deployable from a closed state to a deployed state, wherein all of the panels which make up the enclosure are unitary and formed from a single sheet of composite material, the composite material having an interior layer that includes a first type of material which is skinned in a second type of material, and wherein when one of the panels is moved by a user from the closed to the deployed state, all but one of the remaining panels are simultaneously moved from the closed to the deployed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.