Earpiece headset assembly

• US 20110170723A1
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Ryann
• Original Assignee: William Ryann
• Inventors: Ryann, William
• Application Number:
  US13/065,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20110170723A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/322
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 7/00 Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/0335 Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests for monophonic headphones H04R1/105

Abstract

A headset assembly with a casing for ergonomic displacement to a location between a user'"'"'s ear and a neckline of the user. The assembly may include an ear support for positioning a speaker at a user'"'"'s ear with a user defined separation therebetween. Additionally, the casing may be displaced by two separate casing supports coupled to two separate speaker supports and speakers. Alternatively, the casing may be duplicated to allow for independent earpieces accommodating separately operable casings with electronic components disposed therein.

Claims

1. An earpiece headset assembly comprising:

an ear support having a portion for positioning a speaker at a user'"'"'s ear;

a casing coupling to a portion of said ear support and of a bulk for accommodating a plurality of electronic components of the assembly, one of the components being a self-contained mobile power source; and

a casing support to provide the coupling and to displace the bulk of said casing to a location between the user'"'"'s ear and a neckline of the user.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the speaker serves as an aid to hearing by the user.

3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said casing support is a first casing support and said ear support is a first ear support accommodating the portion for positioning the speaker at one of the user'"'"'s ears, the assembly further comprising:

a second ear support having another portion for positioning another speaker at the other ear of the user; and

a second casing support coupled to said casing and said second ear support to displace the bulk thereof to the location between the user'"'"'s other ear and the neckline.

4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein the speakers are equipped with hypersonic sound delivery capacity.

5. The assembly of claim 3 wherein the components are selected from a group consisting of a visible light source, a data storage device, a transceiver, a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna, a microprocessor, and a microphone.

6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein the transceiver, transmitter, receiver and antenna are configured for use over a wireless Bluetooth platform.

7. The assembly of claim 3 wherein each said ear support occupies less than about 0.25 inches of width between a given one of the ears and a corresponding side of the user'"'"'s head.

8. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said casing supports are each between about 0.25 inches and about 5.0 inches in length.

9. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said casing supports are of a pliant conformation for loosely suspending said casing from said ear support.

10. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said casing supports are of a stable conformation for supporting said casing in a semi-lateral direction toward the neckline.

11. The assembly of claim 3 wherein at least one of said ear supports further accommodates an actuator to serve as a controlling interface for the user relative the assembly.

12. An earpiece headset assembly comprising:

a first ear support for positioning behind a user'"'"'s first ear and securing thereat;

a first speaker coupling to said first ear support and configured for delivering sound to the user'"'"'s first ear;

a second ear support for positioning behind a user'"'"'s second ear and securing thereat;

a second speaker coupling to said second ear support and configured for delivering sound to the user'"'"'s second ear; and

conformable elongated speaker supports extending from said ear supports to said speakers for the couplings therebetween, said speaker supports configured to maintain a user-defined separation between each said speaker and the corresponding ear.

13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein each said speaker is equipped with hypersonic sound delivery capacity to direct the sound across the separations to each respective ear of the user during the delivering.

14. The assembly of claim 12 wherein the separations are up to about 0.5 inches.

15. The assembly of claim 12 wherein each said ear support is configured to occupy less than about 0.25 inches of width between a given one of the ears and a corresponding side of the user'"'"'s head.

16. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising:

a casing of a bulk for accommodating a plurality of electronic components;

a first casing support coupled to said casing and to said first ear support; and

a second casing support coupled to said casing and to said second ear support, said casing supports serving to displace the bulk to a location between the ears and a neckline of the user.

17. The assembly of claim 12 wherein the components include components providing wireless Bluetooth capacity to the assembly.

18. An audio assembly comprising:

first and second supports having portions configured for securing at locations of a user'"'"'s ears and for directing sound to the ears; and

a casing of a bulk exceeding said supports and coupled thereto for displacement to a location adjacent a back of a neck of the user, said casing configured to accommodate a mobile power source and electronic components to process and transmit audio signals for the directing.

19. The assembly of claim 18 further comprising speakers for the directing, said speakers equipped with hypersonic sound delivery capacity.

20. The assembly of claim 18 wherein said casing is configured to further accommodate one of a visible light source, a microphone, a data storage device and a user interface actuator at an outer surface thereof.