Patent ID: 8130942

Claim:
A personal audio set for detachably securing to the ear of a wearer, the ear having an antihelix, ear canal, and tragus, said personal audio set comprising: a frame containing an audio transducer and an ear bud extending therefrom; a substantially compressible mounting portion biased to a neutral position, detachably secured to the frame, and sized to operably engage the antihelix of the wearer's ear, said mounting portion having an elongated ring of material defining an opening, said elongated ring being substantially compressible toward said opening defining a first, non-pivoting, direction from said frame; wherein said elongated ring of said mounting portion conforms to the antihelix of the wearer's ear and urges the ear bud toward the tragus of the wearer's ear thereby aligning the audio transducer over the wearer's ear canal and operably securing the personal audio set to the wearer's ear; and wherein said personal audio set is reversible so that may be operably secured to one of said left and right ears of the wearer.