Patent ID: 6621905
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
An earphone support comprising:(a) a base portion comprising first and second opposing ear contact support edges, each of such edges located on an edge support piece, whereby each edge support piece is slideably and rigidly attached to axes means for receiving a portion of each edge support piece and for moving the support edges together or apart along one of two slideable axes, where the two axes means meet and form a sliding angle of in the axes means of from 160 to 165 degrees and where an assembly of the base portion forms a planar structure as a base portion plane; (b) the relationship of the edge support pieces to the axes means is adapted to permit a person to apply the base portion to the wearer's ear such that a first ear contact support edge supportively contacts the wearer only at a top most juncture of the auricle and the scalp and a second ear contact support edge supportively contacts the wearer only at a lower most juncture of the auricle lobule and the skin near the top end of the mandible; and (c) axes means comprise means for attachment of support structure for a relatively small speaker, whereupon is rigidly and non-moveably attached a support structure supporting a relatively small speaker, the combination of the support structure and the speaker forming an effective support plane adapted to permit mounting thereon a relatively small speaker adapted to held lightly against the wearer's ear where a support angle of from about 18 to 37 degrees is formed between the support plane and the base portion plane.