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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1980
John F Castagna, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Sparkomaric Corporation, Milford, PA (US);
Abstract
A speaker assembly for installation in automobiles as in automobile rear decks and like installations in automobiles, including a main speaker section having a speaker basket frame provided with mounting ears for receiving mounting studs to fix the speaker basket frame against the underside of a deck in the automobile. The main speaker section includes a woofer speaker unit and a bridge member supported from the basket frame carrying a tweeter speaker unit. A grille panel of unitary plastic material has a set, usually four, of spaced preformed sockets to receive upper end portions of threaded mounting studs to be screwed by hand pressure, and then with pliers or the like into the holes, after which a flat spring nut is screwed down on each threaded stud, or one-piece shouldered threaded mounting studs may be used without the spring nut. The studs and grille are positioned on the deck with the studs extending down through the mounting holes in the automobile rear deck, the main speaker section is positioned onto the studs below the deck, and speed nuts are screwed onto the studs.