Patent ID: 7702122

Claim:
Audio docking headgear adapted to carry an audio device and to enable a user to view and manipulate the controls of the audio device while wearing the headgear, comprising: headgear having a pocket disposed on the rear thereof, said pocket having an interior and an open top; an audio cord assembly having a plug-in jack, a pair of ear buds, and connection cords electrically connecting said jack to each ear bud of said pair of ear buds, said connection cords comprising a common segment connected at one end thereof to said jack and bifurcated at an anchoring junction into a pair of branch segments, each said branch segment connected at an end thereof to a respective ear bud, said interior of said pocket being of sufficient size to receive both said audio cord assembly and an audio device connected to said jack; means securing said anchoring junction in the bottom of said pocket, said branch segments being of sufficient length to extend along the headgear and then to depend therefrom to the ears of a user wearing the headgear, said common segment being of sufficient length to allow said jack to extend from said anchoring junction to the field of vision of a user wearing the headgear; and a double-ended spring-loaded retractor operatively disposed on the common segment substantially midway between said jack and said anchoring junction and arranged to extend or retract said common segment.