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US8526600B2 - Antihelix-conforming ear-mount for personal audio-set - Google Patents
US8526600B2
US8526600B2 US13/361,817 US201213361817A US8526600B2 US 8526600 B2 US8526600 B2 US 8526600B2 US 201213361817 A US201213361817 A US 201213361817A US 8526600 B2 US8526600 B2 US 8526600B2
US13/361,817
US20120189154A1 (en
2009-01-27 Priority to US12/360,845 priority patent/US8130942B2/en
2012-01-30 Priority to US13/361,817 priority patent/US8526600B2/en
2012-01-30 Application filed by Logitech Europe SA filed Critical Logitech Europe SA
2012-07-26 Publication of US20120189154A1 publication Critical patent/US20120189154A1/en
2013-09-03 Publication of US8526600B2 publication Critical patent/US8526600B2/en
210000000613 Ear Canal Anatomy 0.000 claims abstract description 22
This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to, U.S. application Ser. No. 12/360,845 entitled “Antihelix-Conforming Ear-Mount for Personal Audio-Set”, filed Jan. 27, 2009, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/358,120 entitled “Antihelix-Conforming Ear-Mount For Personal Audio-Set”, filed on Feb. 3, 2003, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/361,490 entitled “Antihelix-Conforming Ear-Mount For Personal Audio-Set”, filed on Mar. 2, 2002, and which is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority to, the following U.S. Design Applications: U.S. Design Application No. 29/161,922, filed on Jun. 5, 2002, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D469,755 on Feb. 4, 2003; U.S. Design Application No. 29/161,923, filed on Jun. 5, 2002, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D470,128 on Feb. 11, 2003; U.S. Design Application No. 29/161,924, filed on Jun. 5, 2002, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D470,122 on Feb. 11, 2003; and U.S. Design Application No. 29/161,926, filed on Jun. 5, 2002, which issued as U.S. Design Pat. No. D470,123 on Feb. 11, 2003, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
a substantially compressible mounting portion biased to a neutral position, detachably secured to the frame, and sized to operably engage the antihelix of the wearer's ear, said mounting portion having an elongated portion, said elongated portion being substantially compressible and defining a first, non-pivoting, direction from said frame;
wherein said elongated portion of said mounting portion conforms to the shape of the antihelix of the wearer's ear and urges the ear bud toward the tragus of the wearer's ear thereby aligning the audio transducer over the wearer's ear canal and operably securing the personal audio set to the wearer's ear.
2. The personal audio set for detachably securing to the ear of a wearer of claim 1, wherein said personal audio set is reversible so that it may be operably secured to one of said left and right ears of the wearer.
a substantially compressible antihelix mounting portion sized to operably engage an antihelix of a wearer's ear and extending from said ear bud mounting portion, said antihelix mounting portion biased to a neutral position and having an elongated portion, said elongated portion substantially compressible from said neutral position in a non-pivoting direction relative to said ear bud such that said elongated portion of said antihelix mounting portion urges the ear bud away from said antihelix toward the tragus of the wearer's ear such that the ear bud is aligned over the ear canal, thereby securing the audio set to the wearer's ear; and
wherein said ear bud mounting portion operably engages the concha of the wearer's ear, thereby providing a quasi-pneumatic seal between the audio transducer and the ear canal of the wearer.
14. The ear mount of claim 6, wherein said ear mount is reversible so that it may be detachably secured to one of a left ear and a right ear of the wearer.
a substantially compressible antihelix mounting portion sized to operably engage an antihelix of a wearer's ear and extending from said ear bud mounting portion, said antihelix mounting portion biased to a neutral position and having an elongated portion, said elongated portion compressible from said neutral position in a non-pivoting direction relative to said ear bud such that said elongated portion of said antihelix mounting portion urges the ear bud away from said antihelix toward the tragus of the wearer's ear, thereby securing the audio set to the wearer's ear such that the ear bud is aligned over the ear canal;
wherein each ear mount of said plurality of ear mounts is a different size and a wearer may select one of said plurality of ear mounts that best fits the wearer's ear; and
17. The plurality of ear mounts of claim 16, wherein at least one ear mount of said plurality of ear mounts further includes a loop of material defining the antihelix mounting portion, said loop of material defining an opening.
18. The plurality of ear mounts of claim 16, wherein each ear mount is reversible so that it may be detachably secured to one of a left ear and a right ear of the wearer.
19. The plurality of ear mounts of claim 16, wherein at least one ear mount of said plurality of ear mounts is a monolithic structure.
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