Patent ID: 8908898

Claim:
An earphone comprising: a speaker portion worn in both ears; a branch line portion having one side connected to the speaker portion; a joint part in which at least two branch lines are joined; a single line portion having one side connected to the joint part, the branch line portion and the single line portion collectively forming an earphone wire; a connection portion disposed at the other side of the single line portion to be connected to a terminal of a sound system; and a tying portion for wrapping the earphone wire in a folded status, the tying portion having a hollow tube shape and an elastic helical coil spring shape, surrounding a part of outer surface of the single line portion and slidable along the single line portion, wherein the tying portion maintains the elastic helical coil spring shape both when the earphone wire in the folded status is wrapped around by the tying portion and when the earphone wire in the folded status is not wrapped around by the tying portion.