Patent ID: 6263085
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
Headphones for electrically connecting to an audio system for generating sounds therefrom, said headphones comprising:an arcuate headband being adapted for wear on a user's head and having a pair of opposite ends;a pair of earpieces, one of said earpieces housings being coupled to one of said ends of said headband, and the other of said earpieces being coupled to the other of said ends of said headband;each of said earpieces having a generally dome-shaped outer face and an open inner face, said inner faces of said earpieces facing each other;each earpiece having a generally circular shaped fabric covered shield covering the open inner face of the respective earpiece;said inner face of one of said earpieces being adapted for placement over one ear of the user and said inner face of the other of said earpieces being adapted for placement over another ear of the user;each of said earpieces having a deformable annular earpad around a generally circular outer periphery of said inner face of the respective earpiece;said inner faces of said earpieces each defining a generally hemispherical concave cavity in the respective earpiece;said inner face of each of said earpieces having a generally pyramidal center extent extending into said cavity of the respective earpiece, said center extent of each earpiece having a vertex extending towards a plane in which said outer periphery of said inner face of the respective earpiece lies;said center extent of each earpiece having four generally triangular side faces;each of said side faces of said center extent of each earpiece having a pair of speakers mounted thereto, wherein each pair of speakers comprises a woofer-type speaker and a tweeter-type speaker;said center extents each having four outwardly radiating baffles extending to said inner surface of the respective earpiece;each of said baffles of each center extent being positioned between a pair of adjacent associated faces of the respective center extent;said baffles dividing said cavity of the respective earpiece into four compartments with one side face of the respective center extent located in each of said compartments; andeach of said baffles having a substantially straight upper edge extending between said vertex of the respective center extent and said outer perimeter of said inner face of the respective earpiece such that said upper edges of said baffles lie in a common plane with said outer perimeter of said inner face of the respective earpiece.