Patent ID: 9584895
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. An ear tip, comprising: a flange having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said flange has a teardrop curve lateral cross section running from approximately the upper end to the lower end, an inner body extending internally from the upper end within a hollow interior formed by the flange toward the lower end, wherein a thickness associated with said flange begins to narrow toward an apex portion of said teardrop curve, and an acoustic channel extending through the inner body, wherein the flange at least partially occludes an ear canal from ambient noise and creates at least a partial air seal in the ear canal and the acoustic channel is configured to allow the passage of sound into the ear canal when the inner body is connected with a sound source, wherein said narrowing thickness at said apex portion of said teardrop curve forms a hinge in said flange that allows said flange to self-adjust to fit an inner ear of a user.