Loudspeaker mounting system
OwnerSilvio Porciattiinventor
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Abstract
In a dropped ceiling assembly system elements are provided which include an elongate planar shelf held below an elongate spine. The shelf has lateral edges which can support edges of a ceiling tile resting thereon. This spine is configured to be held in position either adjacent to spines of other elements within a dropped ceiling or from above, such as by suspension wires passing through suspension holes in the spine. A compartment is provided on an underside of the shelf which is sized and shaped to receive and hold at least a portion of a loudspeaker therein. The loudspeaker mounting system is thus integrated into the shelf which also acts to hold ceiling tiles within a dropped ceiling.
Claims19
A system for mounting a loudspeaker from a ceiling, comprising in combination:
- an elongate planar shelf extending between two opposing ends, said shelf having a top surface between lateral edges;
- an elongate spine extending between two opposite ends, said spine having a lower edge adjacent to said top surface of said shelf and holding said shelf to said spine, said lower edge holding said shelf at a point spaced from each of said lateral edges of said top surface of said shelf;
- a compartment beneath said shelf, said compartment containing at least a portion of a loudspeaker therein;
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- wherein said opposite ends of said spine include connectors thereon, and wherein said elongate spine includes slots formed therein, said slots sized to receive said connectors therein, such that multiple separate spines can have an end of one said spine fit within a slot in another said spine so that multiple said spines can be interconnected together to form a grid of said spines and associated said shelves, with spaces in said grid sized to receive ceiling tiles therein with edges of the ceiling tiles resting upon portions of said shelves of said grid.
A method for mounting a loudspeaker from a ceiling, including the steps of:
- orienting a plurality of T-bars into a substantially planar substantially horizontal ceiling grid, at least one of the T-bars including an elongate planar shelf extending between two opposing ends, the shelf having a top surface between lateral edges, the at least one T-bar also including an elongate spine extending between two opposite ends, the spine having a lower edge adjacent to the top surface of the shelf and holding the shelf to the spine, the lower edge holding the shelf at a point spaced from each of the lateral edges of the top surface of the shelf and a compartment beneath the shelf, the compartment containing at least a portion of a loudspeaker therein;
- placing ceiling tiles into spaces between the plurality of T-bars;
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- routing cabling to at least one speaker within the compartment of one of the T-bars to supply power and sound signal to the at least one speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.