Audio cabinet and control panel

An audio cabinet including

• an enclosure having opposed right and left sides and between said sides a wall, and
• a control panel seated in a recess in the wall,
• said control panel comprising a rigid plate bent at an end of the plate to form a platform inward a predetermined distance from the wall,
• said platform being nearby one of said sides and including a section displaced from said one side a predetermined distance and slanting away from said one side,
• said slanted section including a socket for a plug to be plugged into the socket,
• said predetermined distances forming a depression in which the plug is housed that provides clearance for the plug upon insertion into the socket so that the inserted plug is inward of an exterior face surface of the wall.

Audio equipment comprising

• an amplifier and speaker within a cabinet including
• an enclosure having opposed right and left sides and between said sides a wall,
• a recess in the wall in which is seated a control panel having a perimeter with a predetermined configuration,
• said control panel comprising a rigid plate bent at an end of the plate to form a first planar section and a second planar section connected together by a slanted planar section, said slanted planar section having an exposed face surface including at least one socket for a plug of a cable,
• said rigid plate having a configuration that is complementary to the configuration of the perimeter of the recess so that the plate fits within the recess with the exposed face surface facing one side of the enclosure,
• said first and second planar sections being in parallel planes that are offset with respect to each other by a distance no greater than a predetermined depth of the recess, and
• said slanted section being formed between a pair of parallel bend lines and slanted at an angle from 15 to 85 degrees with respect to the second planar section,
• said second planar section having an outer edge near said one side of the enclosure and an inner edge that lies along one of said bend lines that is adjacent the second planar section,
• said first planar section having an outer edge near the other of the opposed sides of the enclosure and an inner edge that lies along the other of said bend lines that is adjacent first planar section,
• said recess formed by a frame structure having a configuration complementary to the configuration of the perimeter of the control panel to enable the control panel to be attached to the frame structure and seated within the recess, and
• with the plate seated in the recess said socket facing said one side of the enclosure and the exposed face of the slanted section offset a predetermined distance from said one side to provide clearance for the plug to be inserted into the socket, no portion of an inserted plug projecting beyond said wall.

A control panel for audio equipment comprising

• a rigid plate having opposed ends and opposed side edges, a longitudinal center line, a thickness from 0.010 to 0.250 inch, and a rectangular shape having a length from 5 to 24 inches and a width from 1 to 10 inches,
• said plate bent along intermediate spaced apart bend lines that are at a right angle the longitudinal center line and are between said opposed ends of the plate to form a first planar section and a second planar section connected together by a slanted planar section, said slanted planar section having an exposed face surface including at least one socket for a plug of a cable,
• said first and second planar sections being in parallel planes that are offset with respect to each other by a distance no greater than 4 inches, and said parallel bend lines being separated by a distance from 1 to 4 inches with an inner edge of the second planar section terminating at one of the bend lines and an outer edge of said second planar section being at least 0.50 inch from said one bend line,
• said slanted section being at an angle from 15 to 85 degrees with respect to the second planar section.