Patent ID: 8320603

Claim:
An ear bud retaining ear loop, said ear loop comprising a hook portion, a rear segment joined to said hook portion, a forward segment joined to said hook portion by a curved non-planar transition segment, and retaining means for adjustably retaining an ear bud in a plurality of fixed positions and orientations relative to said ear loop in a manner that allows axial and rotational adjustment of the ear bud relative to said ear loop, said retaining means mounted on said forward segment; said ear bud comprising a disk-shaped speaker housing and an elongated cylindrical shaft, said shaft defining an axis; wherein said ear bud shaft angles downward from said ear bud speaker housing; wherein with said ear loop in an unbiased and unflexed state, said hook portion and said rear segment lie in a first plane, said transition segment extends outwardly from said first plane, and said forward segment lies in a second plane that is not coplanar with but is parallel to said first plane.