Patent ID: 7292702
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An in-wall speaker system operatively configured to be concealed and mounted to support members adjacent to a surrounding surface, said in-wall speaker system comprising: a base frame having an open area and perimeter region where at least a portion of the perimeter region is operatively configured to be mounted to the support members, a speaker assembly mounted to said base frame and comprising: a high frequency element having a driver portion and a base region, an active member having a peripheral region connected to the base frame where the active member having an outward surface and an inward surface where the inward surface of the active member has a high-frequency region having a high-frequency inward surface mounted to the driver portion of the high-frequency element and where the inward surface, the base frame, and the speaker assembly define an acoustic chamber, whereby acoustic, energy is transferred from reciprocating member of the speaker to the active member so that the outward surface transmits the acoustic energy as sound to the room and the active member having a low-frequency region and a high-frequency region, the high-frequency region attached to the driver portion of the high frequency element within the acoustic chamber, whereas the outward surface is operatively configured to be substantially contiguous with the surrounding surface and where the base region of the high-frequency element is directly attached to the base frame.