Patent ID: 8325937

Claim:
A battery and speaker mounting apparatus comprising: a substantially cylindrical base member including a top surface and a side surface; a battery socket defined adjacent the top surface by a plurality of tabs that extend from the top surface; a plurality of electrical battery couplers positioned adjacent the battery socket and operable to engage a battery when the battery is positioned in the battery socket; a substantially cylindrical speaker chamber defined by the base member between the top surface and the side surface and separated from the battery socket by the top surface, wherein a speaker entrance to the speaker chamber is defined by the base member and positioned adjacent the side surface and opposite the top surface; at least one vent aperture defined by the side surface; and a speaker mounting lip extending from the side surface and into the speaker chamber, wherein the speaker mounting lip is operable to engage a substantially circular piezo speaker when the speaker is moved through the speaker entrance and into the speaker chamber in order to position the speaker in the speaker chamber such that the at least one vent aperture is located opposite the speaker from the speaker mounting lip.