Patent ID: 8428289

Claim:
An adaptation device for an earbud headphone, comprising; a hook having a frontside portion and a backside portion, wherein the frontside portion of the hook is configured to position the earbud substantially upside-down relative to a wearer's ear and to position the speaker of the earbud generally over the auditory canal and generally within the concha and/or the auditory canal of the ear, wherein the backside portion of the hook is configured to hook over the top of the helix to the backside of the wearer's ear along the backside of the auricle; a cable management means located on the hook for removably receiving a cable of the earbud and routing the cable over and along a portion of the backside of the wearer's ear, wherein the cable management means consists of a structure in the hook that defines a groove therein for removably receiving the cable, wherein the groove is along at least a portion of the hook, wherein the hook structure defining the groove has generally opposed walls having a first width therebetween, wherein the hook structure in the area of the groove has additional opposed structure in at least a portion thereof that defines a second width therebetween, and wherein the first width is greater than the second width and the second width is smaller than the earbud's cable diameter; and a holding means for holding an earbud headphone by the stem of the earbud, wherein the holding means is located on the frontside of the hook, and wherein the holding means is configured to securely yet removably receive the stem of the earbud.