Patent ID: 6980666

Claim:
A headphone assembly comprising: a pair of headphones, said headphones being operationally coupled together, each of said headphones including; a housing having a first wall, a second wall and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second walls, a plurality of openings extending into said first wall; a sound emitter being mounted within said housing; a tubular member having a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends being open; a fastener being adapted for selectively attaching said first end of said tubular member to said peripheral wall of said housing such that said first wall is positioned within said tubular member; a peripheral flange being attached to and extending around an edge of said first wall; a sound permeable covering being removably positioned over said first wall, said covering comprising a resiliently compressible material, said covering having a first side and a second side, said first side having a peripheral lip thereon, said peripheral lip being selectively extendable over said peripheral flange; and wherein each of said second ends of said tubular members may be selectively positioned over an ear lobe such that the ear lobe is positioned within the tubular member.