U.S. patent application number 12/011829 was filed with the patent office on 2009-07-30 for acoustic treatment nesting corner mount.
Invention is credited to Scott R. Foster.
Application Number | 20090189036 12/011829 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40898244 |
Filed Date | 2009-07-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090189036 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Foster; Scott R. |
July 30, 2009 |
Acoustic treatment nesting corner mount
Abstract
An acoustic treatment nesting corner mount for mounting acoustic
panels in a corner of a room. The nesting corner mount allows for
the installation of two or more acoustic treatments, nested one
behind the other, in a corner of a room to enhance the acoustics of
the room.
Inventors: |
Foster; Scott R.;
(Jacksonville, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Gary L. Huusko
Suite 600, 7300 West 147th Street
Apple Valley
MN
55124
US
|
Family ID: |
40898244 |
Appl. No.: |
12/011829 |
Filed: |
January 30, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/220.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04B 2001/829 20130101;
E04B 1/82 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/220.1 |
International
Class: |
A47B 96/06 20060101
A47B096/06 |
Claims
1. A bracket for installing a pair of acoustic treatments across
the diagonal of a room corner wherein the pair of acoustic
treatments are positioned one behind the other in a nested
fashion.
2. A bracket for installing more than two concatenated acoustic
treatments across the diagonal of a room corner wherein the
concatenated acoustic treatments are positioned one behind the
other in a nested fashion.
3. A bracket comprising a face panel mount, an upper edge, a lower
edge, a right side angled corner mount member, a left side angled
corner mount member, and two angled nested panel mount extensions,
each angled nested panel extension extending from the right and
left side angled corner mount member, respectively, the face panel
mount having a right side angled edge and a left side angled edge,
the right side angled corner mount member extending from the right
side angled edge at a 45 degree angle from the face panel mount,
and the left side angled corner mount member extending from the
left side angled edge at a 45 degree angle from the face panel
mount, the right and left side angled corner mount members each
angled such that each angled corner mount will lay flush with a
wall in a corner of a room, allowing the bracket to be securely
attached to a corner of a room, a first slot is disposed in each
angled corner mount, beginning at the lower edge and extending,
perpendicular to the lower edge, a sufficient distance to allow
secure attachment of the bracket to the respective walls of the
corner of the room, each angled nested panel mount extension being
angled inward, towards the face panel mount at an angle of 45
degrees from the right and left angled corner mounts, respectively,
thereby being perpendicular to the face panel mount, a plurality of
second slots are disposed in the face panel mount beginning at the
lower edge and extending, perpendicular to the lower edge, a
sufficient distance to allow secure attachment of a panel to the
bracket, a plurality of holes are disposed in the face panel mount
to facilitate easy access to mounting hardware means placed into
the wall, whereby mounting hardware means are placed into each wall
of a corner and the bracket is slid onto the mounting hardware
means by sliding the first slots onto the mounting hardware means,
the mounting hardware means are tightened thereby securing the
bracket to the wall, a nested panel is secured to the angled nested
panel mount extensions and a panel is secured to the face panel
mount in front of the nested panel by sliding securing means on the
panel into the second slots on the face panel mount.
4. The bracket of claim 3 wherein the bracket is a one-piece member
made of sheet metal.
5. The bracket of claim 4 wherein the bracket has a width of 3.5
inches, and each first slot has a width of 0.25 inches and a length
of 2.38 inches and each is located 1.84 inches from the right and
left side angled edges, respectively, and each second slot has a
width of 0.25 inches and a length of 1.375 inches and each is
located 8.375 inches from the right and left side angled edges,
respectively.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a device for mounting dual
layered, nested, acoustic treatments into a room corner.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Mounting brackets are well known in the arts for mounting a
variety of items onto a wall, ceiling or floor.
[0003] Acoustic treatments have long been used by engineers,
architects, musicians, audiophiles and sound technicians to improve
the acoustic characteristics of venues of every nature including
offices, classrooms, lecture halls, factories, opera houses,
arenas, theaters, broadcast facilities, and recording studios.
[0004] Acoustic treatments are coming into more common usage as a
result of technological advancements leading to increasing
affordability of high quality sound reproduction and other critical
listening equipment. As a result, even homes are becoming common
locations for high quality music reproduction systems, movie
theaters, and recording studios.
[0005] Acoustic treatments are designed to absorb or redirect
sounds which would otherwise reflect from boundaries [such as
walls, ceilings or floors] so as to cause undesirable acoustic
conditions such as higher perceived noise levels, lower speech
intelligibility, or other diminution of a listener's ability to
accurately perceive music, dialogue, or other acoustic events.
[0006] Acoustic treatments come in the form of tiles, plates, mats
or panels, which are either built into the interior finishes of a
room or added as modular units to mounted on the room boundaries;
typically the walls and ceiling.
[0007] It is understood by those skilled in the art that corner
mounting acoustic treatments so that the device straddles the
diagonal of a corner will enhance the effectiveness of such devices
at lower frequencies. The present invention provides a means to
mount two or more such acoustic treatments in a single corner by
nesting the devices, one behind the other, and has many advantages
over the current corner mounted acoustic treatment solutions for
enhancing sound quality, including ease of use, affordability, and
increased acoustic performance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] According to the present invention, the nesting corner mount
allows acoustic treatments to be easily mounted into a corner in
either vertical or horizontal aspect [for example, either a
wall-wall corner, or a ceiling-wall corner], and for two or more
acoustic treatment devices to be mounted, one behind the other, in
a nested fashion, thereby increasing efficiency. The nesting corner
mount is attached to a wall and an acoustic treatment panel is
attached to the outer surface of the device, so that it straddles
the corner diagonally, creating a space behind the panel. A second
acoustic treatment panel is attached to the mount, behind the first
mounted panel, thereby improving the performance of the corner
mounted acoustic device.
[0009] The nested corner mount is an angularly configured band of
sheet metal, or other durable material, with strategically placed
holes and slots, or other elements intended to accommodate the
attachment of the mount into a corner and the subsequent attachment
of multiple acoustic treatments onto the mount and thereby into a
single corner, thus increasing the acoustic performance of the
corner treatments versus the use of a single acoustic treatment and
thereby allowing improvement to be made to the acoustics of a
room.
[0010] The bracket allows the nested corner mounting of several
types of acoustic treatments including membrane, or porous
absorbers and/or acoustic diffusers in any number of configurations
of concatenation of acoustic treatments.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the front (room side) of
the mount.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the back (corner side) of
the mount.
[0013] FIG. 3 is a top view showing the angular bends of the
mount.
[0014] FIG. 4 is a graph of showing the increased acoustic
absorption performance of a pair of nested corner mounted porous
absorber panels versus a single corner mounted panel.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Referring to FIG. 1, a nesting corner mount 1 is shown,
having a face panel mount 2, an upper edge 3, a lower edge 4, a
right side angled corner mount member 5, a left side angled corner
mount member 6, and two angled nested panel mount extensions 7,
each extending from the right and left side angled corner mount
members 5 and 6, respectively. The nesting corner mount 1 is a
one-piece member, preferably made of a sturdy material such as
sheet metal, although other sturdy materials, such as plastics,
fiberglass or the like, may be used as well.
[0016] The face panel mount 2 has a right side angled edge 8 and a
left side angled edge 9, the right side angled corner mount member
5 extending from the right side angled edge 8, and the left side
angled corner mount member 6 extending from the left side angled
edge 9.
[0017] The right and left side angled corner mount members 5 and 6
are each angled at a 45 degree angle from the respective right and
left side angled edges 8 and 9 such that each angled corner mount 5
and 6 will lay flush in a corner, allowing the nesting corner mount
1 to be securely attached to a corner.
[0018] A first slot 10 is disposed in each angled corner mount 5
and 6, beginning at the lower edge 4 and extending perpendicular to
the lower edge 4 a sufficient distance to allow a secure attachment
of the nested corner mount 1 to the respective walls of the corner
of the room. Preferably, each first slot 10 would have a width of
0.25 inches and a length of 2.38 inches, and would be located 1.84
inches from the right and left side angled edges, respectively.
[0019] Each angled nesting corner mount extension 7 is angled
inward, towards the face panel mount 2, at an angle of 45 degrees
from the angled corner mount 5 and 6, respectively, thereby being
perpendicular to the face panel mount 2.
[0020] Still referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of second slots 11
are disposed in the face panel mount 2, beginning at the lower edge
4 and extending perpendicular to the lower edge 4 a sufficient
distance to allow a secure attachment of a panel to the nested
corner mount 1. Preferably, each second slot 11 would have a width
of 0.25 inches and a length of 1.375 inches, and would be located
8.375 inches from the right and left side angled edges,
respectively.
[0021] A plurality of holes 12 are located in the face panel mount
2 such as to provide easy access to the first slots 10 to
facilitate tightening screws or other fastening means used to
attach the nesting corner mount 1 to the respective walls.
[0022] FIGS. 2 and 3 show the nested corner mount in other views to
aid in the understanding of the configuration and attributes of the
invention.
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