Patent ID: 6993144

Claim:
An insert earphone comprising: a housing; a receiver located in the housing and having an output port, the receiver for electrically coupling with an audio signal source; a flexible eartip for acoustic sealing with an ear canal of a user; and a tube nipple providing an acoustic pathway through at least one wall of the housing and having a first end and a second end, the first end being located within the housing and being acoustically coupled to the output port of the receiver and the second end being located externally to the housing and being acoustically coupled to the flexible eartip, the tube nipple and housing being configured and arranged to form an obtuse angle between a longitudinal axis of the tube nipple and a vertical axis of the housing where the tube nipple meets the housing, wherein the housing hangs approximately vertically along the side of a user's head when worn; and wherein the insert earphone is inserted at least partially into the ear canal and is supported entirely by the ear canal when worn by the user.