Patent ID: 8903117

Claim:
A speaker assembly comprising: a frame including a flange disposed about an outer periphery thereof; a surround comprising an outer portion and an inwardly projecting lip at an outer periphery of said outer portion; said lip comprising a mounting surface secured to said flange; said lip, said flange and said mounting surface disposed and oriented inwardly of exterior peripheries of said outer portion and said frame, a plurality of support members disposed in spaced relation to one another on an interior of said outer portion, each of said plurality of support members being generally rigid and structured to provide additional support to said outer portion, each of said plurality of support members connected to said lip and extending transversely outward therefrom into engaging and supporting relation to an interior surface of said outer portion, each of said plurality of support members includes an at least partially curved inner peripheral edge disposed in engaging relation to said interior surface of said outer portion along at least a majority of a length of said curved inner peripheral edge, and said curved inner peripheral edge of each of said plurality of support members corresponding in shape to a corresponding, engaged portion of said interior surface of said surround.