International Jensen Incorporated

William K Johnson

Jaime Ferrero

A system for facilitating attachment of a loudspeaker grille to an adjacent structure. The invention includes a fastener with a square head which is shaped to be inserted within a head-receiving portion formed in the grille. The fastener is gripped on one pair of opposite sides between a pair of parallel, longitudinal guides. The other sides of the fastener are captured between an abutment and a depressable latch which is sufficiently flexible to permit insertion of the head thereover into the head-receiving portion.

Speaker grille with snap-in fastener system

A system for releasably attaching the grille of a loudspeaker directly to the rim of the loudspeaker. The system includes a plurality of latch members in the form of posts extending from the grille, each of the posts having an indentation including a cam and a plurality of latch-engaging portions located in the rim of the loudspeaker in registration with the posts. The latch-engaging portions each include an aperture shaped for penetration by the corresponding post. Locking means comprising a longitudinal slot and a cam receiver juxtaposed the slot is shaped to engage the indentation and cam and extends laterally from each aperture. The cam and cam receiver are correspondingly shaped such that less force is required to engage the cam and cam receiver then is required to disengage the same.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

William K Johnson