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Granted Patent B2
US 9,197,952 · App. 14/132,952 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Protective speaker cover

Inventors: Todd Fleischman (Boca Raton, FL); Joe DiMauro (Boca Raton, FL)
H04R1/023
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,197,952
App. No.
14/132,952
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A protective speaker cover includes a main body and a securing mechanism for releasably securing the protective cover to an audio speaker grille. The main body includes a faceplate having sidewalls extending from an outer perimeter edge of the faceplate and being sized to cover the speaker grille surrounding the audio speaker. In one embodiment, the securing mechanism is a plurality of aligned clips extending from the inner facing side of the faceplate and having protrusions at a distal end being sized for snap-lock engagement within the open grooves of the speaker grille. In another embodiment, the inner facing surface of the sidewalls includes at least one spring-loaded member for securing the main body against the outer facing wall of the speaker grille. In another embodiment of the securing mechanism, the inner facing surface of the sidewalls includes a rubberized gasket for frictionally engaged receipt of the speaker grille.

Claims (24)

1. A protective cover for protecting an audio speaker and audio speaker grille, and said protective cover comprising:

a waterproof main body being sized and configured for encasing at least a portion of the audio speaker grille, and said main body including a faceplate having inner and outer facing sides and a sidewall extending from a perimeter edge zone of said faceplate, and said sidewall having an inner and outer facing surface;

a securing mechanism for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille so that the audio speaker grille is protectively concealed behind said main body; and

said main body being structured and disposed for limiting exposure of corrosive elements to the audio speaker and audio speaker grille.

2. The protective cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said securing mechanism is a plurality of aligned clips extending from the inner facing side of said faceplate, and said plurality of aligned clips being sized and configured for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille by engaging at least one of a plurality of open slots on the audio speaker grille.

3. The protective cover as recited in claim 2 wherein each of said plurality of aligned clips includes a protrusion extending from a distal end of said clip.

4. The protective cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said securing mechanism is a plurality of aligned, oppositely disposed clips extending from the inner facing side of said faceplate, and said plurality of aligned, oppositely disposed clips being sized and configured for releasbly securing said main body to the audio speaker grille by engaging at least one of a plurality of open slots on the audio speaker grille.

5. The protective cover as recited in claim 4 wherein each of said plurality of aligned, oppositely disposed clips include a protrusion extending from a distal end of said clip.

6. The protective cover as recited in claim 1 further comprising at least one tab extending from the outer facing surface of said sidewall, and said at least one tab being sized and configured for gripping when removing said main body from the audio speaker grille.

7. A protective cover for protecting an audio speaker and audio speaker grille, and said protective cover comprising:

a waterproof main body being sized and configured for encasing at least a portion of the audio speaker grille, and said main body including a faceplate having inner and outer facing sides and a sidewall extending from a perimeter edge zone of said faceplate, and said sidewall having an inner and outer facing surface;

a securing mechanism for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille so that the audio speaker grille is protectively concealed behind said main body, and said securing mechanism comprising:

at least one spring-loaded member comprising a spring, a grasping member and a foot member, and said spring-loaded member being structured and disposed for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille by applying tension force to said grasping member to retract said foot member and compress said spring and releasing said grasping member to cause the force of said spring to urge a bottom surface of said foot member against an outer surface of the audio speaker grille; and

said main body being structured and disposed for limiting exposure of corrosive elements to the audio speaker and audio speaker grille.

8. The waterproof cover as recited in claim 7 further comprising at least one biasing member on the inner facing surface of said sidewall of said main body, and said at least one biasing member being structured and disposed for applying force between the outer face of the audio speaker grille and the inner facing surface of said sidewall when the sidewall of said main body is fitted around the audio speaker grille.

9. The protective cover as recited in claim 7 further comprising at least one biasing member on the inner facing surface of said sidewall of said main body, and said at least one biasing member being structured and disposed for applying force between the outer face of the audio speaker grille and the inner facing surface of said sidewall when the sidewall of said main body is fitted around the audio speaker grille.

10. The waterproof cover as recited in claim 7 wherein the bottom surface of said foot member is rubberized.

11. The protective cover as recited in claim 7 further comprising at least one tab extending from the outer facing surface of said sidewall, and said at least one tab being sized and configured for gripping when removing said main body from the audio speaker grille.

12. A protective cover for protecting an audio speaker and audio speaker grille, and said protective cover comprising:

a waterproof main body being sized and configured for encasing at least a portion of the audio speaker grille, and said main body including a faceplate having inner and outer facing sides and a sidewall extending from a perimeter edge zone of said faceplate, and said sidewall having an inner and outer facing surface;

a securing mechanism for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille so that the audio speaker grille is protectively concealed behind said main body, and said securing mechanism comprising:

a rubberized gasket on the inner facing surface of said sidewall, and said rubberized gasket being sized and configured for releasably securing said main body to the audio speaker grille by providing a friction-fit connection between the rubberized gasket and an outer surface of the audio speaker grille when the sidewall of said main body is fitted around the audio speaker grille; and

said main body being structured and disposed for limiting exposure of corrosive elements to the audio speaker and audio speaker grille.

13. The protective cover as recited in claim 12 further comprising at least one tab extending from the outer facing surface of said sidewall, and said at least one tab being sized and configured for gripping when removing said main body from the audio speaker grille.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61739014 · Dec 19, 2012
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