Patent ID: 9002050
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A speaker for a tablet computer, the speaker comprising: a) an elongated housing having b) a first retractable member sized to fit within the first housing recess and moveable along the longitudinal axis of the housing, the first retractable member having a first speaker assembly for projecting sound; c) a second retractable member sized to fit within the second housing recess and moveable along the longitudinal axis of the housing, the second retractable member having a second speaker assembly for projecting sound; the speaker having a first configuration in which the first and second retractable members are enclosed within the first and second housing recesses, and a second configuration in which the first and second retractable members are at least partially outside of the first and second housing recesses; wherein the first configuration and second configuration are aligned along the longitudinal axis of the housing and the distance between the first retractable member and second retractable member is larger in the second configuration than in the first configuration; and further comprising: d) wireless communication circuitry; wherein the wireless communication circuitry receives wireless audio signals when the first and second retractable members are in the second configuration, and the wireless communication circuitry does not receive wireless audio signals when the first and second retractable members are in the first configuration.