Sound reproducing systems for television, radio and the like

Claim 1

IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER HAVING A CATHODE RAY TUBE FORMING A VIEWING SCREEN AND A RECTANGULAR CABINET SURROUNDING THE VIEWING SCREEN IN RELATIVELY CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO THE RECTANGULAR MARGIN THEREOF, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING UPPER AND LOWER HORIZONTAL PARTITION WALLS SPANNING THE CABINET TRANSVERSELY INTERMEDIATE THE SIDE WALLS AND SPACED FROM THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CABINET AND BEING CLOSELY ADJACENT THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS OF SAID VIEWING SCREEN, SECONDARY PARTITION WALLS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST MENTIONED PARTITION WALLS AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CABINET AND EXTENDING FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE CABINET, SAID FIRST MENTIONED PARTITION WALLS, SAID SECONDARY PARTITION WALLS AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CABINET FORMING A MULTIPLE NUMBER OF FORWARDLY-OPENING VERTICALLY NARROW SOUND-CONVEYING PASSAGES CLOSELY ADJACENT THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS OF THE VIEWING SCREEN AND SPANNING THE CABINET TRANSVERSELY AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE CABINET, INDIVIDUAL SOUND-REPRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED WITH EACH OF SAID MULTIPLE NUMBER OF SOUND-CONVEYING PASSAGES WHEREBY SOUND IS DIRECTED FORWARDLY FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL SOUNDREPRODUCING MEANS, AND CERTAIN OF SAID INDIVIDUAL SOUNDREPRODUCING MEANS COMPRISING ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS POSITIONED IN SAID SOUND-CONVEYING PASSAGES FORWARDLY OF THE VIEWING SCREEN.