Patent ID: 7738671

Claim:
Headphones in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind a neck, comprising: a belt-shaped strap portion in which a first part of the cord is inserted into a belt, said belt having a first end and a second end, the first part of the cord with the belt-shaped strap surrounding being thicker than a second part and a third part of the cord, said second and third parts extending out from the belt-shaped portion, and the belt having a first end member provided at said first end and a second end member provided at said second end of said belt, respectively, and connected to said cord and said belt, said end members separate from said left and right drivers; wherein the second part of the cord connects the left driver unit and the first end member, the third part of the cord connects the right driver unit and the second end member, and left and right ear-hook portions that are attached directly to said left and right driver units respectively, the left and right ear-hook portions shaped to hold the left and right driver units on the left and right auricles of a user, respectively, when hooked thereon, wherein the thickened belt-shaped strap portion is a slip stopper to inhibit the headphones from slipping off a user when hung around the user's neck, and the first part reduces the weight which the user feels on the user's neck.