Patent ID: 8714358
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B65H,H04R

Abstract:
1. An earphone protector device for storing a set of earphones and earphone cords, and said device comprising: a main case body including a first cover member having a first interior compartment and an opening surrounded by a peripheral rim, a second cover member having a second interior compartment and an opening surrounded by a peripheral rim, and a central partition member having an outer peripheral edge, a first side face surrounded by a first peripheral edge zone and an oppositely disposed second side face surrounded by a second peripheral edge zone and a thickness defined between the opposite first and second side faces, and said first peripheral edge zone of said central partition member being releasably attachable to said peripheral rim of said first cover member so that said central partition member can cover said opening and close said first interior compartment and uncover said opening and open said first interior compartment, and said second peripheral edge zone of said central partition member being releasably attachable to said peripheral rim of said second cover member so that said central partition member can cover said opening and close said second interior compartment and uncover said opening and open said second interior compartment; said central partition member being hingedly attached to said first cover member at a first hinge location, and said central partition member being hingedly attached to said second cover member at a second hinge location independent of said first hinge location, to thereby allow said first and second cover members to be operatively and independently moveable relative to said central partition member in order to selectively and independently open and close said first and second interior compartments, and said central partition member including a slot on the outer peripheral edge and communicating with an opening through the thickness of said central partition member, and said slot and said opening being sized and configured for fitted insertion of the earphone cords through said slot and into said opening for allowing passage of the earphone cords through said central partition member; and a slot on each of said first and second cover members, and each of said slots being defined by an opening on said peripheral rim of said first and second cover members, and a first of said slots being sized and configured for passage of a first segment of the earphone cords and a second of said slots beings sized and configured for passage of a second segment of the earphone cords, and said slots being aligned in diametrically opposing relation so that the first segment of the earphone cords extends upwardly when said first and second interior compartments are closed and the second segment of the earphone cords extends downwardly when said first and second interior compartments are closed, and a portion of the earphone cords is held in said first and second compartments when said first and second interior compartments are closed.