Stuart R Allen

US Patent:

6614913, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/599109

Inventors:

Stuart Allen - Landenberg PA 19350

International Classification:

H04R 2500

US Classification:

381389, 381 86, 181150

Abstract:

A speaker pod for housing an audio speaker. The speaker pod is adapted to be installed in a channel having an effective height and a depth defined by a floor, a sidewall, and a top, such as may be found, for example, below the door-frame of a 1997-model-year Jeep Wrangler vehicle. The speaker pod comprises a multi-sided enclosure having a back plate adapted to extend upwardly from the floor adjacent to and approximately parallel to the sidewall, a front plate having a projected height and an opening for mounting a speaker therein, and a top connecting the back plate with the front plate. The top has a step comprising a bottom having a width approximately equal to the depth of the channel and a riser having a height approximately equal to the projected height of the front plate minus the effective height of the channel. The speaker pod may be particularly adapted for mounting in the front compartment of a vehicle and the front plate may be angled relative to the back plate to direct sound from the speaker toward a driver or a passenger in the vehicle. The invention also comprises a vehicle having at least one speaker pod as claimed herein, preferably with a set of two speaker pods that are mirror-images of one another and mounted on opposite sides of the vehicle.