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Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING SOUND, AN AUTOMATIC RECORD PLAYER MECHANISM INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SPINDLE AND A TONE ARM POSITIONED ON A TURNTABLE, HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION UPON WHICH SAID RECORD PLAYER MECHANISM IS SUPPORTED AND A SECOND PORTION IS PIVOTED COOPERABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST PORTION, SAID TURNTABLE BEING LOCATED AT THE TOP OF SAID FIRST PORTION WITH SAID SPINDLE AND TONE ARM PROJECTING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TOP, SAID SECOND PORTION BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS THEREBY TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR ENABLING SELECTIVE ACCESS TO SAID RECORD PLAYER MECHANISM AND PROTECTION THEREOF, SAID SECOND PORTION HAVING A RECESS THEREIN FACING AND OVERLYING SAID RECORD PLAYER WHEN SAID SECOND PORTION IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND A SINGLE SPEAKER ENCLOSURE ENSCONCED WITHIN SAID RECESS, SAID SPEAKER ENCLOSURE COMPRISING A SINGLE SHEET OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID MATERIAL DISPOSED IN A V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION IN SAID RECESS TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM AND CONTINUOUS V-SHAPED CAVITY OVERLYING SAID AUTOMATIC RECORD PLAYER WHEN THE SECOND PORTION OF THE HOUSING MEANS IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, SAID CAVITY OF THE SECOND HOUSING PORTION BEING ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO THE TOP OF SAID FIRST HOUSING PORTION TO RECEIVE SAID SPINDLE AND SAID TONE ARM WHEN SAID SECOND HOUSING PORTION IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, WHEREBY THE COOPERATION OF SAID SPINDLE AND TONE ARM WITH THE CAVITY OF SAID SPEAKER ENCLOSURE PROVIDES AN OVERALL DEVICE WHICH IS EFFICIENT IN OPERATION AND COMPACT IN CONSTRUCTION.