Patent ID: 8085967
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A loudspeaker mountable on a baffle defined by a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, the loudspeaker being mountable in a forward mount configuration in which its primary radiation direction coincides with a forward direction from the baffle bottom surface to the baffle top surface and in a reverse mount configuration in which its primary radiation direction coincides with a reverse direction from the baffle top surface to the baffle bottom surface, the loudspeaker comprising: a speaker basket including a basket rim with a front face abutting against the baffle top surface in the reverse mount configuration and an opposed rear face abutting against the baffle top surface in a forward mount configuration, the speaker basket defining a speaker mounting hole and a coupling hole through the basket rim; a first grill coupling extending through the coupling hole to fix the basket rim to the baffle; and a grill removably attachable to the front face of the basket rim and the baffle top surface with the loudspeaker in the forward mount configuration and to the rear face of the basket rim and the baffle top surface with the loudspeaker in the reverse mount configuration, the grill being engaged to the first grill coupling, the grill defining an integral and continuous solid surface portion completely covering the speaker mounting hole and the coupling hole, the first grill coupling being interposed between the basket rim and the grill without extending therethrough and being inaccessible from the solid surface portion.