(19)
(11) EP 1 022 928 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/30

(21) Application number: 00300282.1

(22) Date of filing: 17.01.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04R 1/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.01.1999 GB 9901187

(71) Applicant: Fenson & Company Limited
Castlemorton, Worcestershire WR13 6BE (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • George, Richard Warrington
    Castlemorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6BE (GB)

(74) Representative: Higgins, Michael Roger 
A.R. Davies & Co. 27, Imperial Square
Cheltenham Glos. GL50 1RQ
Cheltenham Glos. GL50 1RQ (GB)

   


(54) Apparatus for and a method of improving the sound quality of loudspeakers


(57) Apparatus for improving the sound quality of loudspeakers, comprises a rigid shell (10) having sound absorbing material (15) on its internal surface. The shell is adapted to fit over a loudspeaker enclosure (16) and the front of the shell is open or substantially open or is covered by material which permits sound to pass therethrough in an undistorted manner.






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