Patent ID: 8292246
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for an inclinable support of a speaker on a rod comprising: a hollow cylinder-shaped sleeve for receiving an end portion of the rod, said sleeve having a longitudinal axis and a closed head section, said longitudinal axis extending through a center of said closed head section, said sleeve having a plurality of projections extending outwardly from a portion of said sleeve and generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; a mounting device adapted to be attached to the speaker, said mounting device having an opening formed as a guidance for said sleeve and a bearing spaced apart from said opening in which said sleeve with said head section is supported pivotally, said mounting device having a plurality of arcuately shaped first grooves extending in opposite sides of said mounting device, said projections engaging into said first grooves; said sleeve including two laterally protruding pins in a region of said head section generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and said mounting device having two longitudinally extending second grooves which extend in opposite sides of said mounting device between said opening and said bearing in a direction of said longitudinal axis, said pins engaging into said second grooves; and at least one locking device for said sleeve located in a region of said opening.