Patent ID: 9429257
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: F16L,H02G,H04R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for preventing tangling of a length of flexible audio wire, the method comprising: providing at least one elongated hollow tube comprising a core and a resiliently-separable slit providing access from the exterior of the tube to the tube core, wherein the tube is axially-flexible, wherein the tube is made of a material that is more rigid than the flexible audio wire so that at rest the tube naturally uncoils or straightens the flexible audio wire, wherein the resiliently-separable slit extends along the entire length of the hollow tube and defines a pair of opposing parallel edges of the tube, wherein the pair of opposing parallel edges naturally close together at rest; separating the opposing parallel edges of the tube to open the slit and expose the core of the tube; and inserting the length of flexible audio wire into the hollow tube core through the resiliently-separable slit in order to prevent tangling of a the length of flexible audio wire.