Patent ID: 11889254
Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 17:
18. An in-ear earpiece, comprising:
a body configured to fit within the concha of a wearer's ear;
an outlet extending towards the ear canal of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is placed in the wearer's ear;
a sealing structure extending from an end of the outlet; and
a retaining structure having a first portion shaped to generally follow the antihelix of the wearer's ear, and a second, different portion shaped to generally follow the antitragus of the wearers ear;
wherein, when the ear tip is placed in the wearer's ear,
the retaining structure is seated underneath at least a portion of the antihelix of a wearer's ear and applies pressure to the antihelix of the wearer's ear to orient the body and the sealing structure so that the sealing structure is positioned at the entrance of the ear canal, and
the sealing structure forms a substantial seal with the flesh of the entrance of the ear canal of the wearer's ear.