Patent ID: 8472660
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An adaptation device for an earbud headphone, comprising: a hook having a frontside portion and a backside portion, wherein the frontside portion of the hook is configured to position the earbud substantially upside-down relative to a wearer's ear and to position a speaker of the earbud generally over the auditory canal and generally within the concha and/or the auditory canal of the ear, and wherein the backside portion of the hook is configured to hook over the top of the helix to the backside of the wearer's ear along the backside of the auricle; and a holding means for holding an earbud headphone by an earbud stem, wherein the holding means is located on the frontside of the hook, wherein the holding means is configured to securely yet removably receive the earbud stem, and wherein the holding means is configured to allow the earbud stem to be positioned at an axial location along the earbud stem, whereby the holding means is able to receive the earbud stem by sliding a distal end of the earbud stem, relative to the speaker, into a distal end of the holding means, whereby the earbud stem and the holding means are substantially coplanar.