Patent ID: 8616327

Claim:
A sound deflection assembly configured for receiving a sound emitter and reflecting sound therefrom forward of the sound emitter, said assembly comprising: a panel having a front side, a back side, a first edge, a second edge, a bottom edge and an upper edge; a first lateral flange being attached to said first edge, said first lateral flange having a first side abutting said front side, said first lateral flange being angled forward of said front side such that an obtuse angle is formed with said front side and said first lateral flange, wherein said first lateral flange is configured to deflect sound forward of said panel when a personal sound emitting apparatus is positioned on said front side, said first lateral flange and said panel being of unitary structure such that said first lateral flange is fixed with respect to said panel; said panel having a length from said first edge to said second edge and height from said upper edge to said bottom edge, said length being greater than said height; a second lateral flange being attached to said second edge and extending forward of said front side, an angle formed by said first lateral flange and said front side being an obtuse angle, an angle formed by said second lateral flange and said front side being an obtuse angle; a lip being attached to and extending forward of said front side adjacent to said bottom edge, said lip and said front side forms an angle between 80Â° and 120Â°; said panel having only a total of three boundaries attached to and extending forward of said panel for bounding the sound emitter when said sound emitter is positioned on said panel, wherein said three boundaries consist of said first lateral flange, said second lateral flange and said lip such that the sound emitter is freely movable upwardly away from said lip and over said upper edge; and wherein said assembly is configured to only bound the sound emitter on three sides thereof.