Patent ID: 8286749
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A loudspeaker housing comprising a generally planar support frame having a top surface and a bottom surface and a back box resting upon said top surface of said support frame such that said support frame and said back box define an interior volume of said loudspeaker housing said support frame configured to extend across and rest upon a ceiling tile of a suspended ceiling, said support frame comprising an opening configured to receive a removable loudspeaker assembly comprising a loudspeaker frame comprising a peripheral flange and a plurality of flip dogs inserted from below said ceiling tile such that when said loudspeaker assembly is inserted into said opening of said support frame, said flip dogs engage said top surface of said support frame adjacent to said opening such that said flip dogs are disposed in said interior volume of said loudspeaker housing and said ceiling tile is disposed between said flange of said loudspeaker frame and said bottom surface of said support frame, wherein said back box comprises an edge that rests upon said top surface of said support frame, and wherein said edge of said back box comprises a plurality of removable tabs that provide a first dimension for said back box when said tabs have not been removed and a second dimension for said back box when said tabs have been removed.