Patent ID: 8605934

Claim:
A wired headset comprising an earphone with an earphone housing and a wearing device for attaching the earphone housing to the head of the user so that it is held at the entry of a user's ear during use, wherein the earphone housing enclosing a speaker and having a first side facing the user's ear during use and an opposite second side facing away from the user's ear during use, wherein the earphone further comprising a wire for connecting the earphone to external equipment, the wire extending from the earphone housing in a generally downwards direction, thereby defining a wire axis, at a wire position at the lower end of the earphone housing during use, and wherein the earphone housing is generally mirror symmetric about a first plane, which is orthogonal to the first side, and which extends through the wire position and the centre of the earphone housing, and wherein the wearing device extending from the earphone housing at an attachment position, which lies at the upper end of the earphone housing, wherein the attachment position is selectable between a first attachment position for holding the earphone housing at the left ear and a second attachment position for holding the earphone at the right ear, and that the first and the second attachment positions are mirror symmetric located about the first plane and substantially off the wire axis.