Patent ID: 7643647

Claim:
A speaker support system adapted for use with a suspended ceiling of the type having a suspended ceiling grid including a plurality of ceiling grid openings and a plurality of ceiling panels sized to fit within the ceiling grid openings, the speaker supports system comprising: a speaker support base adapted to support at least one speaker within a ceiling grid opening without interfering with the operation of the speaker; a guide flange integral to the speaker support base, the guide flange being adapted to align at least a portion of a ceiling tile within the ceiling grid opening; and an integral support flange connected to the guide flange along at least a portion of the extent thereof and adapted to support at least a portion of the ceiling tile within the ceiling grid opening so that at least a portion of the ceiling grid opening is filled with the speaker support base and the remaining portion of the ceiling grid opening is filled with ceiling tile; wherein the speaker support base and the guide flange are formed from a single piece of material having a plurality of edges and which is perforated substantially entirely to at least some of the edges thereof.