US 11,753,818 B1
Acoustic material frame and method
Kelly B. McKenna, New Richmond, WI (US)
Filed by Kelly B. McKenna, New Richmond, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/987,033.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/883,866, filed on Aug. 7, 2019.
Int. Cl. E04B 1/86 (2006.01); E04C 2/38 (2006.01); E04B 1/82 (2006.01); E04B 1/84 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/86 (2013.01) [E04C 2/388 (2013.01); E04B 2001/8263 (2013.01); E04B 2001/8452 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An acoustic material frame assembly comprising:
a plastic tube frame,
the plastic tube frame having four-way corner connectors and six-way T-connectors joined to the four-way corner connectors with a plurality of plastic tubes to define a plastic tube frame member,
the plastic tube frame member having an open interior, a front, a back and sides,
each four-way corner connector having a first transverse member,
first trunks projecting outwardly at right angles from each end of the first transverse member,
the first trunks pressed fit into the plastic tubes,
each six-way T-connector having a second transverse member,
second trunks projecting outwardly at right angles from each end of the second transverse member,
the second trunks pressed fit into the plastic tubes opposite from a corresponding four-way corner connector,
the plastic tube frame member enclosing acoustic absorption material,
the plastic tube frame member having an open end in communication with the open interior to allow the acoustic absorption material to be inserted through the open end into the open interior of the plastic tube frame member,
the acoustic absorption material adapted to absorb sound emitting from a surrounding environment adjacent the plastic tube frame member,
the acoustic absorption material having a plurality of insulation particles,
an acoustically transparent fabric slipcover conducive to penetrable sound waves, and
the acoustically transparent fabric slipcover having a fastener to hold the acoustically transparent fabric slipcover around the front, the back and the sides of the plastic tube frame member,
the acoustically transparent fabric slipcover fully covering the open end, the front, the back and the sides of the plastic tube frame member whereby sound waves are allowed to penetrate and be absorbed by the acoustic absorption material located in the open interior of the plastic tube frame member and the plurality of insulation particles from the acoustic absorption material are prevented from escaping into the surrounding environment, and
standoffs adapted to be affixed to an upright mounting surface, the standoffs engaging the back of the plastic tube frame member to maintain a fixed transverse distance between the plastic tube frame member and the upright mounting surface.