Abstract: A stereo audio system for a motorcycle includes a housing (10) for a radio receiver and/or tape deck and speaker-mirror assemblies (11, 12) mounted on base-socket assemblies (13, 14) threaded over mounting posts screwed into tapped holes in place of conventional mirrors on the motorcycle handle bars (15, 16). Crossbars (17, 18) support the housing from the base-socket assemblies. Speakers (11a, 12a) are connected to a power amplifier in the housing by wires which are routed through the base-socket assemblies to the crossbars, and then inside or along the outside of the crossbars to the housing. Mirrors (11c, 12c) occupy half of the housings (11b, 12b) for the speakers.

Abstract: A housing for electronic equipment includes a bottom cabinet and an upper compartment mounted thereon with the cover of the compartment including a front panel having operating buttons and/or other control features located thereon. The rear walls of the upper compartment and bottom cabinet form a common member for both sections of the apparatus. The upper compartment has a cover which includes the front panel and which cover is hinged at its upper rear corner to the upper edge of the common rear panel or closure member so as to be upwardly and rearwardly tiltable to expose the interior of the upper compartment. The common rear wall or closure member is also pivoted adjacent its bottom end on the lower cabinet so as to be rearwardly and downwardly tiltable to expose from the rear the interiors of the upper compartment and lower cabinet.

Abstract: A retractable handle assembly for an equipment housing includes a generally U-shaped handle. The side members of the handle are slidably mounted to the housing by means of guide pins which ride in elongated slots on mounting blocks attached to the housing. A communicating slot on the mounting block allows the handle when fully extended to pivot about the guide pins away from an underlying surface so as to be more easily grasped. When retracted the handle is flush with the side panels of the housing.