Patent ID: 7617794

Claim:
A horn assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a horn; a trumpet having a sound passage having a continuous, enclosed cross-sectional perimeter between a first opening of the trumpet and a second opening of the trumpet, the first opening connected to the horn, and the second opening configured to disperse sound from the horn in a first direction, wherein the sound passage is defined in part by a first surface that has an enlarged width at the second opening; and a cover coupled to the trumpet to partially conceal the second opening, the second opening defined at a free peripheral edge of the sound passage of the trumpet, the cover having a back surface that is an integral, continuous extension of the first surface of the sound passage, and the free peripheral edge of the sound passage extending from a first portion of the cover to a second portion of the cover, wherein the cover directs sound in a second direction, away from the back wall of the cover.