Sound absorbing device having flange guides

Claim 1

A SOUND ABSORBING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUPPORT HAVING A PAIR OF TRACKS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND SPACED APART, EACH SAID TRACK EMBODYING AN INTURNED LOOP, A SOUND ABSORBING DEVICE COMPRISING A CONNECTOR EMBODYING TWO PAIRS OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDES CONNECTED TOGETHER AND EACH HAVING AN ANGULARLY EXTENDING FLANGE GUIDE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, SAID GUIDES OF EACH SAID PAIR BEING ADAPTED TO ENTER SAID LOOPS, AND TWO OF WHICH FLANGE GUIDES EXTEND INTO SAID INTURNED LOOPS WHEREBY SAID CONNECTOR IS SLIDABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT, AND A SOUND ABSORBING MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SPACED FROM AND ENCLOSED BY SAID FOUR SIDES AND HAVING TWO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SLOTS EXTENDING LATERALLY INWARD, TWO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CHANNEL MEMBERS EACH EMBODYING A BOTTOM PORTION ON WHICH SOUND ABSORBING MEMBER RESTS AND WHICH ARE SPACED UPWARDLY FROM SAID FLANGE GUIDES, AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM PORTION AND INWARDLY OF AND ATTACHED TO TWO OF SAID SIDES, AND A RETAINER TONGUE PORTION EXTENDING ANGULARLY INWARD FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND ENTERING SAID SLOTS.