Patent ID: 8582798

Claim:
A speaker mounting system comprising: a speaker housing configured to house or attach to a speaker; a wall mount configured to be mechanically fastened to a support surface; one or more adjustment pieces actuatably connecting the speaker housing to the wall mount and permitting the speaker housing to be selectively and independently rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to the wall mount and selectively and independently rotatable or pivotable about a second axis that is parallel to the wall mount, wherein the adjustment pieces comprise: a first adjustment piece fixed to the wall mount, and a second adjustment piece having a hollow portion, wherein the second adjustment piece is slidably and rotatably attached to the first adjustment piece and pivotally attached to the speaker housing, wherein the second adjustment piece is configured to laterally slide toward and away from the wall mount and to rotate about the first axis, wherein the speaker housing is configured to rotate or pivot relative to the second adjustment piece about the second axis; and a locking mechanism configured to selectively prevent and allow rotation of the speaker housing relative to the second adiustment piece, the locking mechanism being shiftable between a first position and a second position relative to the second adjustment piece, wherein the locking mechanism is configured for fixing the second adjustment piece relative to the speaker housing in the first position, wherein the speaker housing is pivotable relative to the second adjustment piece about the axis perpendicular to the center axis when the locking mechanism is in the second position, wherein the locking mechanism includes: a first engagement part fixed to the speaker housing and protruding within the hollow portion of the second adjustment piece, a locking shaft extending through the first engagement part and the hollow portion of the second adjustment piece and comprising screw threads thereon, and a second engagement part positioned within the hollow portion of the second adjustment piece adjacent the first engagement part, the second engagement part having an opening formed therethrough with threads formed therein, wherein the threads within the opening of the second engagement part are engaged with the screw threads on the locking shaft, wherein the second engagement part is configured to engage and disengage with the first engagement part by clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the shaft.