Patents by Inventor Lonnie R. Forbes

Lonnie R. Forbes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3938617
    Abstract: An acoustic speaker enclosure of sufficiently thin design that it may be suspended from a wall and then concealed by a framed picture being hung thereover. Forwardly directed sound from the speaker radiates transversely through 360.degree. through a first passage defined in the enclosure. Rearwardly directed sound from the speaker is transmitted to the resonator frame through a second free transverse passage as well as a baffled third passage. A rearwardly disposed resonance board of the speaker enclosure is in abutting contact with the wall, and rearwardly sound from the enclosure is transmitted through this resonance board to the wall to resonate the latter to radiate sound to the room in which the speaker enclosure is disposed. Due to the multiplicity of sources of sound from the acoustic disclosure, a hearer in a room is not cognisant of the location thereof, particularly when the enclosure is concealed by a framed picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Fort Enterprises, Limited
    Inventor: Lonnie R. Forbes