Patent ID: 8720640

Claim:
A ceiling speaker assembly comprising: a grille comprising an interior portion and a crimping edge; a speaker frame configured to extend across said interior portion of said grille, said speaker frame comprising a speaker housing portion extending across a first portion of said interior portion of said grille, an extension portion extending across a second portion of said interior portion of said grille, and a peripheral portion extending across a third portion of said interior portion of said the grille, said first, second and third portions comprising essentially all portions of said interior portion of said grille, said speaker housing portion comprising a driver cavity comprising a driver aperture, said driver cavity configured to maintain a driver spaced apart from said grille; wherein said extension portion comprises a first extension segment extending from a first side of said speaker housing portion; a driver mounted to said speaker frame adjacent said driver cavity; a rear baffle configured to encompass said speaker frame so as to form a rear wall for said driver cavity of said speaker housing portion of said speaker frame, said rear baffle comprising a peripheral portion disposed adjacent to said peripheral portion of said speaker frame; wherein said crimping edge of said grille is crimped about said peripheral portions of said speaker frame and said rear baffle so as to bind said grille to said speaker frame and to said rear baffle.