Patent attributes
The invention relates to a mobile loudspeaker apparatus for playing back sound. Mobile loudspeaker systems are often disadvantageous in that they have a poor sound quality or require equipment for a good sound quality that is not easy to transport. A loudspeaker apparatus which firstly provides a good sound quality and secondly is also easily transportable is desirable. Previously, these two requirements were often mutually exclusive. By way of a bistable membrane, or a membrane that is stable in more than two states, said membrane being coupleable to the loudspeaker apparatus, it is possible to manage the balancing act between good transportability and a good sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus. The bistable membrane can be changed from a stable operating state into a stable transport state. By way of a slight pressure at both ends of the bistable membrane, the latter can be rolled up and consequently changed into the transport state. By way of example, in the transport state, the bistable membrane can engage around a cylindrical housing that partly or wholly encloses the loudspeaker apparatus.