US 12,114,118 B2
Audio device housing
Benjamin Neal Huyck, Chicago, IL (US); and Gregory William Lantz, Geneva, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,924, filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225001 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/083 (2013.01) [H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2201/021 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio device comprising:
a circular cover comprising a top and a bottom, wherein the top comprises a plurality of mounting holes;
a plurality of brackets fixed to the bottom of the cover, each comprising:
one of a plurality of rotational slots; and
a feature configured to support a mounting plate,
a circular screen rotationally engaged with the bottom of the cover, the screen comprising a plurality of tabs configured to rotationally engage with the plurality of rotational slots; and
a circular shroud removably engaged with the top of the cover;
wherein one bracket of the plurality of brackets is an orientation bracket, wherein the orientation bracket is different than the remaining brackets of the plurality of brackets, and wherein one of the plurality of tabs of the screen is configured to engage only with the rotational slot of the orientation bracket.