Patent ID: 8130987

Claim:
A speaker system comprising: a laterally extending body portion for supporting a back of the head of a user; a pair of right and left side portions respectively connected to right and left ends of said body portion; speakers supported to said body portion of each of said right and left side portions and a cover for covering said speakers; a speaker unit having a diaphragm and a speaker box for enclosing said speaker unit mounted in each of said speakers; connections of said right and left side portions of said speakers being inclined with respect to a direction of extension of said body portion so that the center line of said speaker unit is directed toward a corresponding ear of said user in a condition where said back of said user's head is supported to said body portion; a rear wall of each of said speaker boxes covering the rear side of said diaphragm and a side wall projecting frontward from the periphery of said rear wall and extending along the outer edge of said diaphragm; and a plurality of openings in said side wall of each said speaker box for making communication between an inside and outside of said speaker box, for preventing sound leakage from said speaker unit and ensuring sound pressure level in a low-frequency range of audio frequencies reproducible by said speaker unit.