i thought kicker had a patent on this...

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

http://www.kicker.com
go to products then L7 and it says its patented under The Hype

Get me the patent # then.

 

[Bdawg15 10+ year member]

Get me the patent # then.

im just goin with what kicker says.. if its that big of deal to u, then u can look for it yourself

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

tons of companies have square sub so its obvious kicker doesnt have a patent on the square shape..i think Pyle has a square sub too

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

i forgot what the name of the sub was but there is a 22in square sub with four different motors on it that looks really gay....but dont laugh at though hifonics unless youve heard them. The older blue ones rocked and some might say they sounded better then L7s //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

That'd be the "quadra sub".

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

and lanzar, and hollyood red or something like that.....

i sometimes peruse the cheapest of the cheap subs on ebay

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

That'd be the "quadra sub".

i always thought that was a joke, like an actual haha joke

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

im just goin with what kicker says.. if its that big of deal to u, then u can look for it yourself

I tried, and I failed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

and lanzar, and hollyood red or something like that.....
i sometimes peruse the cheapest of the cheap subs on ebay

i always get people knocking on my door then showing me those subs and askin "hey man are these any good i just got the pair for 80bucks?" i just give them the 1000 yard stare //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

That'd be the "quadra sub".

that just sounds Ghey.....haha

 

[NoXious 10+ year member]

I'm just guessing here but I think the reason Kicker actually didn't get a patent on a square sub/speaker, is because it might not be possible (hence why they patented the ridges on the edge of the surround instead).
You can't get a patent for anything/everything. There's certain things that can't be patented for a variety of reasons, often "legally determined", so my best guess would be that a speaker shape cannot be patented (at least not in the US) and that's why Kicker doesn't have a patent on it. (Could also be that someone else had the patent before Kicker and Kicker pays them royalties, but I never heard of that so I don't think that's the case).

Your are correct. They use "patents" as an advertisement tool to make you believe your getting something so special.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

Your are correct. They use "patents" as an advertisement tool to make you believe your getting something so special.

Like JL

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Either lanzar or pyle has a square sub with ribs on the corners as well. Maybe they paid kicker to use it??

 

[aeronautica86 10+ year member]

I doubt they were the first to do so, but sony made some square drivers back in the early nineties, long before kicker was making square drivers

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

:fyi:whocares?!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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Kicker subs are uuugly... any square sub is uuuggly. But I'd take a freee one at no second thought. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Tracy Focht pm'd me the patent # on another forum; I'll have to see if I can find it.

Neil