Patent ID: 7961899
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B33Y,H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid, comprising: a microphone including a housing and an attachment device integrated with the housing; and a hearing aid base structure comprising another attachment device and including a tool insertion opening leading from a front surface of said hearing aid base structure to said attachment device to permit manipulation of the attachment device through the hearing aid base structure via the tool insertion opening to disengage said attachment device from said another attachment device, wherein said attachment device and said another attachment device are configured to matingly and releasably connect the microphone to the hearing aid base structure, wherein said attachment device comprises one of a male connector and a female connector, and wherein said another attachment device comprises the other of a male connector and a female connector, and wherein at least one of said male connector and said female connector comprises a resilient member having a base portion and a movable portion arranged at an acute angle or an obtuse angle with respect to one another, the base portion and the movable portion connected by a spring hinge permitting angular movement of the base portion relative to the movable portion.