Patent ID: 6744901
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A headphone device comprising:a left-side speaker unit worn on a left ear of a listener; a right-side speaker unit worn on a right ear of the listener; and a band formed from an elastic material having shape memory properties, wherein said left-side speaker unit is connected to one end of said band and said right-side speaker unit is connected to an other end of said band; said band has a shape such that a portion of said band proximate to a connecting part of each of said left-side speaker unit and said right-side speaker unit forms a curve and passes on one of a position above and below the respective ears of the listener when said band is extended; said band has a shape such that said band presses at an approximate center on a rear of the head of the listener; and said shape memory properties of said band causes said band to wind into a circular shape when said device is not worn by said listener, and wherein separate support members to be hung on the ears of the listener are attached close to the connecting parts between each of said speaker units and said band.