US 12,305,847 B2
Combination speaker and lighting fixture or other electrical element
Ben Mathews, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Ben Mathews, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/457,682, filed on Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0337377 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/04 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 33/0056 (2013.01) [F21V 21/047 (2013.01); F21V 21/049 (2013.01); F21V 23/002 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A speaker system comprising:
an electrical junction box having a cavity defined by a top surface, an opening opposite the top surface, and side walls disposed between the top surface and the opening, wherein the electrical junction box is mountable in a wall or ceiling and is operable to couple to a light fixture received at the junction box via the opening, and wherein electrical conductors for the light fixture are coupleable within the cavity to electrical supply conductors; and
a canopy coupled to the electrical junction box and surrounding the opening of the electrical junction box, the canopy having a plurality of speakers positioned on an underside thereof and arranged surrounding the opening of the electrical junction box, wherein the plurality of speakers comprises a plurality of sound-emitting devices and at least one amplifier, and wherein in operation the plurality of speakers are disposed outside the cavity and do not intrude into the cavity.