Loudspeaker pedestal

Claim 1

A speaker support for elevating, inclining and vibration isolating a loudspeaker in relation to a floor surface comprising: a roughly box-shaped, rigid hollow base structure for elevating a loudspeaker placed thereupon, said base structure having a top surface and downwardly extending sides terminating in bottom edges; a continuous layer of self-skinning, semi-rigid urethane foam molded over and encasing said box-shaped rigid base structure for vibration isolating a loudspeaker; a floor-engaging surface disposed on said support; a speaker-engaging surface disposed on said support above said floor-engaging surface, said speaker-engaging surface being inclined downwardly from front-to-back with respect to said floor-engaging surface for inclining a loudspeaker; a speaker-engaging stop disposed at the back of said speaker-engaging surface, said stop extending above said speaker-engaging surface to prevent a loudspeaker from sliding therefrom; and said foam layer extending continuously over the entire top surface of said base structure, downwardly over the exterior of the sides of said base structure, inwardly over the bottom edges of said base structure and over said stop, said floor-engaging surface being formed by said foam layer overlying the bottom edges of said base structure, said speaker-engaging surface being substantially imperforate and formed by said foam layer overlying the entire top surface of said base structure and atop said base structure, whereby vibration from a speaker disposed on said support, or from a surface upon which the support is positioned is effectively dampened by a foam layer engaging both the speaker and the floor surface upon which it rests while extending continuously therebetween.