Apparatus with Interchangeable Panels for Varying Acoustic and Esthetic Treatments or Effects

Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus with detachable, interchangeable panels for varying acoustic and esthetic treatments or effects. Detachable, interchangeable panels are readily attached to and detached from a frame. By exchanging, combining, or removing panels, the absorptive character of the apparatus is altered. Selecting panel sets with more or less perforated surface area results in more absorptive or more reflective behavior, respectively. As such, the apparatus is easily altered to achieve specific gradations of absorption or diffusion. The unobtrusive structural components of the apparatus allow designs to be perforated directly into the panels without obstructions. Accordingly, the apparatus allows both visual and/or acoustic customization, and even exchange between the two. As a non-limiting example, the visual appearance of the panels is imprinted into the sonic character of the space, by the unique arrangements of perforations.

1 . An apparatus for varying acoustic and esthetic treatments or effects, said apparatus comprising:
 a frame;   at least one detachable, perforated panel comprising a plurality of perforations; and   at least one securing element for detachably securing said panel to said frame,   wherein said apparatus is capable of achieving a plurality of specific gradations of absorption or diffusion.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said frame and said panel are detachably secured to one another via magnetization. 
     
     
         3 . An apparatus for varying acoustic and esthetic treatments or effects, said apparatus comprising:
 a frame;   a plurality of detachable, interchangeable perforated panels; and   at least one securing element for detachably securing said panels to said frame,   wherein said apparatus is capable of achieving a plurality of specific gradations of absorption or diffusion.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein said frame and said panel are detachably secured to one another via magnetization.