Patent ID: 8605933

Claim:
A method of selectively securing a user ear-mounted audio device on a cable, comprising: a) providing a pair of audio units each including: a clip having a plurality of adjacent openings, at least two of the openings being slotted: an earhook mounted in one of the openings of each clip; an earpiece speaker mounted in one of the slotted openings of each clip; and a third and slotted one of the openings in each clip being unoccupied; b) providing a cable including a pair of bifurcated first cable members connected to a second common cable member, each of the bifurcated first cable members having a terminal end; c) attaching a first one of the earpiece speakers to the terminal end of one of the first bifurcated cable members; d) attaching a second one of the earpiece speakers to the terminal end of the other one of the first bifurcated members; e) mounting a first one of the audio units on a first ear of the user; f) mounting a second one of the audio units on a second ear of the user; and g) selecting either one of the first and second audio units, removing the selected one of the audio units from being ear mounted, and positioning the selected one of the audio units on the second common cable member by engaging the unoccupied third and slotted opening of the clip on the second common cable member.