Patent ID: 6148446
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A band earmuff apparatus comprising:a pair of earmuffs that each has a cushion with an aperture for receiving the top and middle of the outer ear of a person;a connecting device that fits partially around the head of the person and that holds said earmuffs at the opposite ears of the person;each of said apertures has an axis and has four concave corner segments that lie at the corner of an imaginary square that is centered on said axis, with each concave corner segment having a middle and constructed to receive about the same amount of the ear when turned about 90.degree. clockwise or counterclockwise from an initial position as when in said initial position, and with said aperture having four connecting segments that each joins two of said concave corner segments, with each connecting segment having a middle lying closer to said axis than said middles of said concave corner segments.