US 11,745,806 B1
Audio system for tailgate
Joseph C. Gross, IV, Sand Springs, OK (US); Martin N. Williams, Stillwater, OK (US); John D. Cronin, Guthrie, OK (US); Dennis A. Hotson, Stillwater, OK (US); Joshua N. James, Stilwater, OK (US); Garry L. Roberts, Stillwater, OK (US); and Charles Wesley Groh, Stillwater, OK (US)
Assigned to Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US)
Filed by Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,982.
Application 17/548,982 is a continuation of application No. 17/079,814, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,242,097.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,014, filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 33/027 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/027 (2013.01) [H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio system for the tailgate of a vehicle, wherein the tailgate is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the tailgate comprises a primary tailgate movable between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position and an inner tailgate movable between a closed horizontal position when the primary tailgate is in the open horizontal position and an open vertical position when the primary tailgate is in the open horizontal position, audio the system comprising:
at least one loudspeaker, wherein each of the at least one loudspeaker is configured for installation in the inner tailgate; and
an amplifier electrically connectable to the loudspeaker; and
an amplifier controller operatively connectable to the amplifier.