Patent ID: 8411892
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A linear loudspeaker assembly to be placed horizontally in an item of furniture comprising: an elongated speaker mounting element, said elongated speaker mounting element having a first length, said elongated speaker mounting element having a first number of speakers mounted thereon, a driver unit, said driver unit having a first side, a second side, and said first length, said second side having a centrally disposed (rectangular) horizontal slot provided along said first length, said driver unit having a first number of drivers provided thereon, said first side of said driver unit placed adjacent to said first number of speakers, a first elongated phase plug, said first phase plug having said first length and said first elongated phase plug received in said centrally disposed slot, an elongated throat, said elongated throat having a throat first side, a throat second side, and said first length, said throat first side placed adjacent said driver unit said second side, an elongated horizontal horn, said elongated horn having a horn first side, a horn second side, and said first length, said horn second side having a centrally disposed parabolic slot provided along said first length, said parabolic slot extending substantially from said horn second side to said horn first side where said parabolic slot terminates at said throat second side, forming a base, an elongated T-shaped mounting element having said first length, said T-shaped mounting element having a male portion, and a base portion, said T-shaped mounting element base portion disposed on said base, said male portion being perpendicular to said elongated throat, a second elongated phase plug, said second elongated phase plug having a second elongated phase plug first side, a second phase plug second side and said first length, said second elongated phase plug first side having a second phase plug slot extending said first length, said second horizontal phase plug slot inter-engaging said elongated T-shaped mounting element male portion, forming an upper curved airway and a lower curved airway, said upper curved airway and said lower curved airway both having said first length, whereby; said first number of speakers emit sound which is propagated through said linear loudspeaker assembly, and specifically through said upper curved airway and said lower curved airway, and whereby said second elongated phase plug camouflages said first number of speakers in such a fashion that said item of furniture in not seen as a platform for said linear loudspeaker assembly.