Patent ID: 9532121
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H03G,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A portable audio system comprising: a housing defining an acoustic enclosure; an acoustic driver enclosed within the housing to radiate acoustic energy from a front surface of the housing; a port coupled to the acoustic enclosure and terminating in an acoustic opening located on a rear surface of the housing, opposite the front surface; and a grille applied to the front surface of the housing through which acoustic energy from driver inside the housing radiates substantially unimpeded; wherein the acoustic opening is located adjacent an exterior surface of the housing, the acoustic opening and the exterior surface being configured to facilitate grasping of the housing with a plurality of fingers and the thumb from the single human hand; wherein the acoustic opening exits the surface of the housing such that the plurality of fingers can be inserted into the exit while the thumb of the same hand can rest on at least one of the top surface and the front surface of the housing.