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Granted Patent B2
US 10,516,925 · App. 16/147,700 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Multifunctional audio speaker system

Inventors: Larry VanSickel (Phoenix, AZ); Wang Hai (Ningbo, CN); Gu Wendong (Ningbo, CN); Zhou Liang (Ningbo, CN)
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Patent No.
US 10,516,925
App. No.
16/147,700
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The housing for a wireless audio speaker includes an inner threaded portion that is complimentary to a drinking bottle threaded neck portion, enabling the housed speaker to be screwed onto a drinking bottle neck. The housing contains a misting subsystem including an atomizer enabling expulsion of water from the bottle out of the speaker housing as a mist. The system includes an electronic chip that performs additional electronic functions including a built-in light emitting diode (LED). The system includes an attachment subsystem including a handlebar-type clamp with an extension having a replica threaded bottle neck to which the speaker housing can be attached. When attached to a person, the housed audio speaker can perform the additional electronic functions of: heart rate sensor, pedometer, step counting and recording, calorie calculation, and distance calculation. A lost phone alarm can be generated if the smartphone is left more than a predetermined distance away.

Claims (152)

1. A multifunctional audio speaker system comprising:

a. a housing;

b. a wireless audio playing component mounted within said housing proximate a top end of said housing; and

c. an atomizer mounted within said housing; and

d. a battery mounted within said housing and connected to supply electrical power to said wireless audio playing component and to said atomizer;

e. a water inlet pipe extending downward from within said housing;

f. wherein said water inlet pipe comprises a length sufficient for extending into a water bottle upon which said housing is operable to be mounted;

g. said atomizer in releasable fluidic communication with a top end of said water inlet pipe; and

h. a closed channel within said housing in fluidic communication between said atomizer and a misting port in said housing.

2. The system of claim 1 , comprising:

a. an internally threaded cylindrical channel in a bottom end of said housing, wherein said channel is configured to be threadingly connectable to an externally threaded neck of a predetermined drinking water bottle; and

b. at least one of:

i. a first personal attachment comprising

1. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

2. an extension from said base; and

3. at least one fastener receiver in said extension;

ii. a handheld attachment comprising an elongated member supporting said replica of said drinking bottle neck on an end thereof;

iii. a second personal attachment comprising:

1. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

2. at least one fastener receiver in said base; and

3. a personal connector releasably fastenable to said base; and

iv. an adapter configured to couple to a larger threaded bottle neck.

3. The system of claim 2 , comprising a bar clamp releasably fastenable to said extension.

4. The system of claim 2 , comprising a personal connector releasably fastenable to said extension.

5. The system of claim 1 , comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) within said housing, said PCB comprising an opening through which said water inlet pipe extends.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises:

a. a base comprising said internally threaded cylindrical channel;

b. a fixing base configured for internal component support and releasably mounted on said base; and

c. a speaker housing mounted on said base and enclosing said fixing base.

7. The system of claim 6 , comprising:

a. a speaker grill in said speaker housing;

b. a misting port in said speaker housing; and

c. an ON/OFF switch extending through an opening in said speaker housing.

8. The system of claim 7 , comprising at least one of:

a. an at least partially transparent said ON/Off switch; and

b. an at least partially transparent said fixing base and an at least partially transparent said housing.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein said audio playing component comprises:

a. said battery mounted within said fixing base;

b. a PCB electrically connected to said battery and mounted within said fixing base; and

c. an audio speaker mounted on top of said fixing base and connected for communication with said PCB.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein said PCB comprises:

a. a wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a smartphone;

b. at least one accelerometer;

c. a light emitting diode;

d. logic and sensors operable to perform the functions of:

i. heart rate determination;

ii. pedometer;

iii. step counting and recording;

iv. calorie calculation;

v. distance calculation;

vi. loss or degradation of signal from a source of audio input signal; and

e. an opening through which said water inlet pipe extends.

11. A multifunctional audio speaker system comprising:

a. a base comprising an internally threaded cylindrical channel;

b. wherein said internally threaded cylindrical channel is configured to be threadingly connectable to an externally threaded neck of a conventional drinking water bottle;

c. a fixing base configured for internal component support and releasably mountable on said base;

d. a speaker housing mountable on said base and configured to enclose said fixing base;

e. a wireless audio playing component mounted within said housing proximate a top end of said housing;

f. an atomizer mounted within said housing;

g. a battery mounted on said fixing base and connected to supply electrical power to said wireless audio playing component and to said atomizer;

h. a misting port in said speaker housing;

i. a water inlet pipe extending downward from within said housing;

j. wherein said water inlet pipe comprises a length sufficient for extending into said water bottle;

k. an atomizer within said housing and in releasable fluidic communication with a top end of said water inlet pipe; and

l. a closed channel within said housing in fluidic communication between said atomizer and said misting port in said speaker housing.

12. The system of claim 11 , comprising:

a. a speaker grill in said speaker housing;

and

b. an ON/OFF switch extending through an opening in said speaker housing.

13. The system of claim 12 , comprising at least one of:

a. an at least partially transparent said ON/Off switch; and

b. an at least partially transparent said fixing base and said housing.

14. The system of claim 12 , comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) within said housing, said PCB comprising an opening through which said water inlet pipe extends.

15. The system of claim 11 , comprising one of:

a. a first personal attachment comprising

i. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

ii. an extension from said base;

iii. at least one fastener receiver in said extension; and

iv. one of:

1. a bar clamp releasably fastenable to said extension; and

2. a personal connector releasably fastenable to said extension;

b. a handheld attachment comprising an elongated member supporting said replica of said drinking bottle neck on an end thereof;

c. a second personal attachment comprising:

i. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

ii. at least one fastener receiver in said base; and

iii. a personal connector releasably fastenable to said base; and

d. an adapter configured to couple to a larger threaded bottle neck.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein said audio playing component comprises:

a. said battery mounted within said fixing base;

b. a PCB electrically connected to said battery and mounted within said fixing base; and

c. an audio speaker mounted on top of said fixing base and connected for communication with said PCB.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein said PCB comprises:

a. a wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a smartphone;

b. at least one accelerometer;

c. a light emitting diode; and

d. logic and sensors operable to perform the functions of:

i. heart rate determination;

ii. pedometer;

iii. step counting and recording;

iv. calorie calculation;

v. distance calculation;

vi. loss or degradation of signal from a source of audio input signal; and

vii. communication with said PCB.

18. A multifunctional audio speaker system comprising:

a. a base comprising an internally threaded cylindrical channel;

b. wherein said internally threaded cylindrical channel is configured to be threadingly connectable to an externally threaded neck of a conventional drinking water bottle;

c. a fixing base configured for internal component support and releasably mountable on said base;

d. a speaker housing mountable on said base and configured to enclose said fixing base;

e. a wireless audio playing component mounted within said housing proximate a top end of said housing;

f. an atomizer mounted within said housing;

g. a battery mounted within said fixing base and connected to supply electrical power to said wireless audio playing component and to said atomizer;

h. a speaker grill in said speaker housing;

i. a misting port in said speaker housing; and

j. an ON/OFF switch extending through an opening in said speaker housing;

k. at least one of:

i. an at least partially transparent said ON/Off switch;

ii. an at least partially transparent said fixing base and an at least partially transparent said housing;

l. said battery mounted in said fixing base;

m. a PCB electrically connected to said battery and mounted in said fixing base;

n. an audio speaker mounted on top of said fixing base and connected for audio communication with said PCB;

o. wherein said PCB comprises:

i. a wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a smartphone;

ii. at least one accelerometer;

iii. a light emitting diode;

iv. logic and sensors operable to perform the functions of:

1. heart rate determination;

2. pedometer;

3. step counting and recording;

4. calorie calculation;

5. distance calculation; and

6. loss or degradation of signal from a source of audio input signal.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein said audio playing component comprises said PCB further comprising an opening through which said water inlet pipe extends.

20. The system of claim 19 , comprising one of:

a. a misting sub system comprising:

i. a water inlet pipe extending downward from within said housing;

ii. wherein said water inlet pipe comprises a length sufficient for extending into said water bottle;

iii. an atomizer within said housing and in releasable fluidic communication with a top end of said water inlet pipe; and

iv. a closed channel within said housing in fluidic communication between said atomizer and said misting opening in said housing; and

b. an attachment subsystem comprising one of:

i. a first personal attachment comprising

1. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

2. an extension from said base;

3. at least one fastener receiver in said extension; and

4. one of:

a. a bar clamp releasably fastenable to said extension; and

b. a personal connector releasably fastenable to said extension;

ii. a handheld attachment comprising an elongated member supporting said replica of said drinking bottle neck on an end thereof;

iii. a second personal attachment comprising:

1. a base supporting a replica of said drinking bottle neck;

2. at least one fastener receiver in said base; and

3. a personal connector releasably fastenable to said base; and

iv. an adapter configured to couple to a larger threaded bottle neck.

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