Patent ID: 8224396

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first rod-shaped body comprising a first speaker positioned on a first longitudinal side of the first rod-shaped body, wherein the first rod-shaped body is structured to include at least one curved portion proximate to a first end thereof; and a second rod-shaped body comprising a second speaker positioned on a second longitudinal side of the second rod-shaped body, wherein the second rod-shaped body is structured to include at least one curved portion proximate to a first end thereof, and a first hinge unit configured to rotatably couple the first rod-shaped body with the second rod-shaped body, such that an end of the at least one curved portion of the first rod-shaped body faces an end of the at least one curved portion of the second rod-shaped body to form a continuous body having an axis therethrough, wherein the first hinge unit permits relative rotational movement between the first rod-shaped body and the second rod-shaped body, wherein cross-sections of the first rod-shaped body along the axis and perpendicular to the axis and cross-sections of the second rod-shaped body along the axis and perpendicular to the axis are substantially the same, and wherein the first hinge unit couples the first rod-shaped body and second rod-shaped body such that the formed continuous body has the substantially the same cross-section along the axis.