Patent ID: 6286622
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A hearing protector for placing in an auditory canal of a user, comprising: a sealing body with a channel extending therethrough; anda muffling device which is connected to said sealing body and connects to said channel;whereby said sealing body is to be placed in the auditory canal with said channel extending between the auditory canal and the atmosphere, in which said channel has a distal end part at the side of the auditory canal and a proximal end part at the side of the atmosphere; and;wherein said muffling device connects to said proximal end part of said channel and comprises a rotatable control element, which control element is provided with at least one through aperture,said muffling device further comprising a housing element, which housing element is provided with at least one through aperture;said control element and said housing element being rotatable relative to each other between two or more discrete rotational positions with corresponding muffling values, with the result that said apertures in said control element and in said housing element overlap each other to a greater or lesser extent depending on a mutual angle of rotation, wherein said control element and said housing element are provided with complementary position-indicating means for indicating said two or more discrete rotational positions, said complementary position-indicating means comprising parts which through a rotation of said control element and said housing element relative to each other snap or click into each other.