Patent ID: 9578409
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A42B,H04R

Claim:
1. A piece of headgear or hat for receiving and holding an audio device and an earphone or headphone assembly comprising: a) the headgear or hat having a pocket to receive and store the audio device; b) the headgear or hat having an interior and an exterior; c) the headgear or hat having a securing means to secure the earphone or headphone assembly to the headgear or hat in a desired position; d) the pocket having at least two side borders defined by at least two lines of pocket stitching and at least one open side; e) the pocket receiving the audio device through the open side; f) the headgear or hat having an interior layer and an exterior layer securely attached to each other; g) the exterior layer having a slit to form an opening between the exterior layer and the interior layer; h) the pocket being formed through the interaction of the slit, the exterior layer, the interior layer, and the at least two lines of pocket stitching; i) the pocket receiving the audio device through the exterior slit; j) the securing means having at least one aperture; k) the first aperture being located on the interior layer and allowing a jack and a common wire set to be inserted between the exterior layer and the interior layer; l) at least one of the at least lines of pocket stitching having a gap of interrupted stitching sufficient to allow the jack to insert into the audio device, contained inside the pocket, from the common set of wires within the interior layer and the exterior layer; m) the first aperture and the gap allowing the threading and storage of the common set of wires between the interior layer and the exterior layer, as a method of containment of the common set of wires, up to the gap of interrupted stitching at the pocket; n) the audio device and the earphone or headphone assembly all being contained securely within the headgear or hat during use; o) the audio device being accessible from the exterior pocket of the headgear or hat while the headgear or hat is worn by a user allowing for the removal, control, use and manipulation of the audio device without removing the headgear or hat from a head of the user; p) an elastic band being attached to the headgear or hat; q) the pocket being releasably closed with a zipper or with a hook and loop assembly; r) the securing means having at least one aperture to receive a common wire set; s) the securing means having at least one aperture to receive a right wire set and at least one aperture to receive a left wire set; t) the securing means having at least one top hanger; u) the at least one aperture to receive the common wire set being a first common wire aperture, a second common wire aperture and a third common wire aperture; v) the at least one aperture to receive the receive the wire set being a first right wire set aperture and a second right wire set aperture; and w) the at least one aperture to receive the left wire set being a first left wire set aperture and a second left wire set aperture.