Patent ID: 7548629
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An adapter for connection to an earphone or headphone having a speaker which is housed in a relatively rigid casing and securing the earphone or headphone adjacent the ear of a user, the adapter comprising: an elongated hollow body having two open ends, one open end of the body having a dome-shaped exterior and being adapted to be positioned about the relatively rigid speaker casing of the earphone or headphone for connection thereto and the other open end of the body being adapted to be positioned within the ear of a user wherein said hollow body has an interior shape which conducts sound emitted from the speaker casing toward and through said other open end of the body; wherein the hollow body is constructed of a resilient material, and said one open end of the hollow body has a peripheral edge which substantially encircles the relatively rigid casing when positioned thereabout and said peripheral edge has a plurality of notches extending from said peripheral edge up said dome-shaped exterior formed therein to accommodate a slight expansion of said peripheral edge when said relatively rigid casing is urged into said one open end for connecting said adapter to said relatively rigid casing.