Patent ID: 8565468
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A headphone comprising: a headband having flexibility; a slider having flexibility with the headband attached at one end, and a headphone unit attached at the other end; a slide groove, arranged at an end of the headband or the one end of the slider, for guiding a circling movement of the slider with respect to the headband; a housing, connected in a freely turning manner to an end of the headband by a uniaxial turning mechanism, for emitting sound; and an ear pad attached on a side of the housing that is opposite to the side connected with the headband, wherein the ear pad has a thickness of greater than or equal to twice the housing; a slider guide, having rigidity higher than the headband and the slider, for holding the one end of the slider at a first end of the headband so that one surface of the slider facing one surface of the headband moves circularly with respect to the one surface of the headband while the slider guide is engaged to the slide groove; and an engagement projection coupled to the slider guide and biased outwardly from the slider guide toward the slide groove, wherein the slider guide is movable with respect to the headband, wherein the slider guide is attached to the slider, the slider guide and slide groove being hidden from view when the headphone is viewed from the side; and wherein the slide groove and the slider guide cooperate to form a detent mechanism such that movement of the slider relative to the headband occurs in a step-wise manner.