Patent SG-11201805681V-A (SG)
Title: Set of headphones and headphone cable
Inventor: VENABLES CARL
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2017-01-03
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization MD 1111101110101011111 HO 11111 01E3 01 11111111 Ill I In III International Bureau .. .... ..Yejd .... ...,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/118846 Al 13 July 2017 (13.07.2017) WI P0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every HO4R 1/10 (2006.01) H04M 1/15 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, HO2G 11/00 (2006.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/GB2017/050003 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (22) International Filing Date: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 3 January 2017 (03.01.2017) MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (25) Filing Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (26) Publication Language: English TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 1600086.1 4 January 2016 (04.01.2016) GB (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: MIDBASS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, [GB/GB]; Tech House, Reddicap Trading Estate, Sutton TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, Coldfield B75 7BU (GB). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventor: VENABLES, Carl; c/o Midbass Distribution DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Limited, Tech House, Reddicap Trading Estate, Sutton Coldfield B75 7BU (GB). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: GEE, Steven William; Fairfield IP Limited, 1 Published: South Lynn Gardens, London Road, Shipston on Stour CV36 4ER (GB). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: SET OF HEADPHONES AND HEADPHONE CABLE 12 56 40 Il 26 120 24 J 22a 22b 1 1' Ot Ot Eg 11 11 L . ' (57) : This invention relates to a set of headphones (10), and in particular to a set of headphones comprising a pair of :::;) earpieces (14) as may be used with a personal media device such as an MP3 player, MP4 player, mobile telephone, smart phone, e- ei book reader, tablet computer, or the like. The set of headphones (10) has a jack plug (12) connected to the earpieces by a flexible 0cable (16), the flexible cable comprising a main cable (20; 120; 220) carrying two signal wires and two branch cables (22a, b) each carrying one signal wire. A keeper (40) is movably mounted upon the branch cables and holds the branch cables together. A receiver (56; 256) is provided for receiving a part of the jack plug, the receiver being separate from the keeper.