Patent ID: 8430199
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A free standing performance structure for outdoor music performance comprising: A performance shell including: a raised platform providing a performance area having a size for receiving at least one musician, the platform combining with a rear wall reflector, side wall reflectors and a canopy reflector to define an enclosure having a front opening for communicating acoustically with an open air audience area; the canopy reflector comprising a main portion extending above the performance area and a projecting portion projecting forwardly of a front edge of the platform, the canopy reflector further comprising sound diffusion formations comprising a plurality of convex reflectors supported by an underside of the main portion and the projecting portion configured to provide non-specular reflection of sound from the at least one musician both towards the performance are and the audience area; and the convex reflectors extending transversely with respect to the platform, the convex reflectors of the main portion being positioned in an array having an arcuate profile when viewed in side elevation, which profile is concave relative to the performance area to assist in forwardly projecting the sound from the at least one musician towards the audience area; a support structure supporting at least the canopy reflector; and an outer cladding encasing the performance shell and support structure.