Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Electro-acoustic audio transducer – Mounting or support feature of housed loudspeaker
Patent
1997-01-17
1999-10-19
Loomis, Paul
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Electro-acoustic audio transducer
Mounting or support feature of housed loudspeaker
381388, 381333, H04R 102
Patent
active
059701617
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a speaker system for a video monitor, that can easily be mounted on the video monitor as an add-on unit, as well as to a video monitor equipped with such a speaker system.
DISCUSSION OF THE BACKGROUND
An example of a conventionally known television receiver equipped with a detachable speaker system is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 4-59684. A television receiver of this kind is so constructed that there are readily provided mounting spaces for accommodating speaker boxes at the left and right of the bottom front portion of the receiver chassis to allow the speaker boxes to be inserted from both sides of the receiver. A construction of the inserting mechanism is such that there are formed ridgelike structures on the top and bottom surfaces of the mounting spaces while U-shaped grooves capable of engaging the ridgelike structures are formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the speaker boxes. According to this construction, the speaker boxes are installed into the mounting spaces when inserted therein with the ridgelike structures properly fitted into the respective U-shaped grooves.
Also known in the prior art is a speaker system in which a speaker box incorporating speakers is constructed to serve as a mounting base for supporting a television receiver (e.g., Japanese Examined Utility Model Publication No. 6-35592 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-23313).
Of the aforementioned prior art technology, the former construction has one drawback in that when the speaker boxes are not installed, the empty mounting spaces are exposed to view in the front of the television receiver, resulting in a deterioration of its external appearance. In addition, installation is complicated with this construction since the speaker boxes are to be individually equipped in the left and right mounting spaces.
In the latter construction of the prior art technology, the speaker box must be made strong enough to withstand the weight of the television receiver, and strengthening of the speaker box inevitably increases production costs.
The invention has been made in the light of the aforementioned problems of the prior art technology. It is therefore a principal object of the invention to provide a speaker system for a video monitor and a video monitor equipped with such a speaker system, wherein the construction of the speaker system is so simple that it can be easily attached to and removed from the video monitor and the external appearance of the video monitor is not impaired even when the speaker system is removed from the video monitor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A speaker system for a video monitor of the invention which achieves the aforementioned object is characterized in that the speaker system comprises a laterally elongated case incorporating speakers, the top side of the case being formed to match the shape of the bottom of the front panel of the video monitor, and a locking member is formed on the top of the case while a locking hole is formed in the bottom of the front panel, or vice versa, whereby the case can be detachably mounted on the bottom of the front panel of the video monitor, which is supported on top of a base, as the locking member is engaged with the locking hole.
According to this invention, the speaker system can be integrally mounted on the video monitor by using dead space formed between the video monitor and its base. Therefore, it is not required to provide a special structure in the video monitor for accommodating the speaker system. Furthermore, the overall construction of the invention can be made compact and lightweight so that installation and removal of the speaker system becomes easier. This is because the speaker system is suspended from the bottom of the front panel of the video monitor, instead of using the speaker system as a mounting base for the video monitor. This construction is also advantageous in that the appearance of the video monitor is not impaired even when the speaker sy
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patent: 5400408 (1995-03-01), Lundgren et al.
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Hashimoto Masayuki
Komatsu Yuichi
Miura Nobuo
Mukaino Nobuyuki
Takashima Akira
Barnie Rexford
Loomis Paul
Nanao Corporation
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