Patent ID: 7178628

Claim:
A pivoting panel-mount speaker assembly comprising: a speaker housing having a perimeter flange portion and an interior curved track extending rearwardly from the perimeter flange portion, the interior curved track having an outward facing convex surface and an inward facing concave surface; a speaker unit having a transducer element and a speaker frame supporting the transducer element, the speaker frame having an outward facing surface configured to slidably engage the inward facing concave surface of the housing interior curved track; a speaker support member attached to the speaker unit and having an inward facing surface configured to slidably engage the outward facing convex surface of the housing interior curved track; and a circuit panel having speaker control circuitry mounted thereon, the circuit panel mounted to the speaker housing at one or more circuit panel attachment points; wherein the speaker unit and the speaker support member are pivotable around a pivot point that is forward of the transducer element.