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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
William Cameron Stewart, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Hudson, Nashville, NC (US);
Larry Frerichs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Clinton Strong, Apex, NC (US);
Weldon Gammon, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Cameron Stewart, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Hudson, Nashville, NC (US);
Larry Frerichs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Clinton Strong, Apex, NC (US);
Weldon Gammon, Raleigh, NC (US);
RGB Systems, Inc., Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a tile-mounted ceiling speaker that combines the ease of installation of a lay-in speaker system with the visual appearance of a tile-mounted speaker system. In one or more embodiments, the apparatus of the present invention includes a support frame and back box assembly configured for installation on top of a ceiling tile and a loudspeaker cartridge configured to be mounted to the support frame through an appropriately-sized hole in the ceiling tile. In one or more embodiments, the invention comprises a peripheral flange and a plurality of flip dogs for mounting the cartridge to the support frame that are configured to be disposed in the interior of the back box when engaged.