Patent ID: 6349792
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A sound enhancing enclosure adapted for redirecting a secondary portion of an audio output from a speaker assembly of the type having at least one acoustic device with one side from which a primary portion of the audio output is directed, and a second side from which a secondary portion of the audio output is directed, the speaker assembly including an opening through which the secondary portion of the audio output is transmitted, the invention comprising:a) an enclosure having a substantially hollow interior with an input opening adapted to communicate with the speaker assembly opening for receiving the secondary portion of the audio output of the audio device, b) positioning means for positioning the speaker assembly relative to the enclosure so that the primary portion of the audio output is directed away from the enclosure and the secondary portion of the audio output is transmitted from the speaker assembly opening, through the input opening and into the hollow interior, c) the enclosure including a sound redirecting panel or panels and an output opening communicating with said hollow interior for receiving and directing the secondary portion of the audio output from said interior and through the output opening toward a desired direction, d) said hollow interior including first and second hollow portions defining sequentially related megaphones, each megaphone flaring from a narrow region, the narrow region of one megaphone located adjacent said input opening, and the one megaphone flaring toward the narrow region of the other megaphone.