Patent ID: 7886867

Claim:
A flexible elongated speaker support apparatus configured for supporting a plurality of speakers spaced apart in distributed spaced relation along a route in a listening environment, each of the speakers being operable to emit sound into air of the listening environment, said apparatus comprising: a flexible elongated speaker support unit having a length, the speaker support unit along the length thereof capable of being flexed for routing the speaker support unit along the route; the speaker support unit including a plurality of open; sound emission channels spaced along the length thereof, the plurality of open sound emission channels being spaced apart in distributed spaced relation along the length of the speaker support unit for positioning the open sound emission channels in distributed spaced relation along the route, each open sound emission channel being in open communication with air of the listening environment; and said speaker support unit including a plurality of speaker support sites each corresponding to a respective sound emission channel, each speaker support site being configured for supporting a corresponding speaker in registration with a corresponding sound emission channel for providing emitted sound into the listening environment through air of the listening environment in open communication with the corresponding sound emission channel.