Patent ID: 8396243

Claim:
An earphone comprising: a casing comprising three members, wherein a first member and a second member encase an earphone speaker in a cavity wherein the first member is removably interlocked with the second member to capture the earphone speaker within the casing, wherein a circular portion of the first member elastically engages around a circular portion of the second member and the first member is retained interlocked to the second member by a third member, wherein the third member is a substantially inextensible annular member positionable about the first member at the point where the first member and the second member are interlocked, the annular member preventing the first member from unlocking from the second member and the annular member being capable of being removed from the point where the first member and the second member are interlocked, wherein the first member may be detached from the second member without causing damage to the first member or the second member when the annular member is removed.