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An audio apparatus in the form of a radio receiver is composed of a first part including electrical components constituting a tuner housed within a first cabinet for providing audio signals, a second part including at least a loud speaker housed within a second cabinet for converting the audio signa

An audio apparatus in the form of a radio receiver is composed of a first part including electrical components constituting a tuner housed within a first cabinet for providing audio signals, a second part including at least a loud speaker housed within a second cabinet for converting the audio signals to sound, and cooperative mechanical and electrical coupling members at mating surfaces of the first and second cabinets for detachably assembling together the first and second parts of the apparatus with such mating surfaces of the respective cabinets in abutting relationship. When the first and second parts of the audio apparatus are detached from each other, the first part thereof may be used alone as a pocket radio with the audio signals produced thereby being audibly reproduced by means of an earphone engaged with a respective jack of such first part. Further, when the first part is detached from the second part, a casing or cover can be engaged with the mechanical coupling member of the first part for protecting the detached first part.

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A portable radio receiver comprising: a first part having a radio tuner and an earphone jack and being operative for receiving a radio frequency signal and providing an electrical audio frequency signal at said jack; a second part having a speaker unit; said first and second parts having respective

A portable radio receiver comprising: a first part having a radio tuner and an earphone jack and being operative for receiving a radio frequency signal and providing an electrical audio frequency signal at said jack; a second part having a speaker unit; said first and second parts having respective first and second cabinets with mating surfaces, respectively, at which said cabinets can be brought together in abutting relationship; assembling means for detachably assembling together said first and second parts with said mating surfaces of the respective cabinets in said abutting relationship, said assembling means including complementary mechanical coupling members at said mating surfaces of the first and second cabinets, respectively, and electrical coupling means separate from said mechanical coupling members at said mating surfaces; for applying said audio frequency signal from said first part to said speaker unit when said first and second parts are used together; one of said mechanical coupling members defining at least one undercut groove extending a substantial distance along the respective one of said mating surfaces and having an opening at one end of the groove, the other of said mechanical coupling members defining, for each said undercut groove, a flange extending a substantial distance along the other mating surface and having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the respective undercut groove so as to be slidably insertable in the latter through said end opening upon relative displacements of said first and second cabinets in directions parallel with each said groove and flange; said electrical coupling means including cooperative terminal means at said mating surfaces, respectively, and being engaged with each other for establishing electrical connections between said first and second parts when the latter are assembled together with said mating surfaces in said abutting relationship; and detachable protective case means adapted to at least partly envelop said first part when the latter is detached from said second part said case means including a mechanical coupling member which is complementary to, and engageable with said mechanical coupling member at the mating surface of said cabinet of the first part, and by which said case means can be detachably assembled with said first part.