Wearable audio cable management system

• US 20110228965A1
• Filed: 02/10/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Inventors: Streeter, Richard, Fischbach, Daniel, Farrell, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 8,634,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/384
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1033 Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/023 Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like

Abstract

A pocket on the garment is configured to store an audio playback device. A device dock is associated with the pocket. The device dock includes an audio connector connectable to the audio playback device. A jack dock is on the garment. The jack dock includes a headphone jack configured to connect to a headphone. An elongated stretchable textile data/power bus is integrated with the garment between the device dock and the jack dock.

Claims

1. A wearable audio cable management system comprising:

a garment having a front and a back;

a pocket on the garment configured to store an audio playback device;

a device dock associated with the pocket, the device dock including an audio connector connectable to the audio playback device;

a jack dock on the garment, the jack dock including a headphone jack configured to connect to a headphone; and

an elongated stretchable textile data/power bus integrated with the garment between the device dock and the jack dock.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the pocket and the device dock are located on the front of the garment.

3. The system of claim 2 in which the pocket and the device dock are located on a lower front portion of the garment.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the jack dock is located on the back of the garment.

5. The system of claim 4 in which the jack dock is located near a neck portion of the garment.

6. The system of claim 1 in which the device dock includes a housing defining a channel for securing the audio connector.

7. The system of claim 6 in which the housing includes a subsystem configured to connect the audio connector to the data/power bus.

8. The system of claim 6 in which the housing includes a shelf configured to position the audio playback device such that a jack of the audio playback device engages the audio connector.

9. The system of claim 6 further including a cover attached to the housing.

10. The system of claim 6 in which the housing includes a flange configured to secure the device dock to the garment.

11. The system of claim 1 in which the jack dock includes a housing configured to secure the headphone jack therein.

12. The system of claim 11 in which the housing includes a subsystem configured to connect the headphone jack to the data/power bus.

13. The system of claim 11 in which the housing includes a flange configured to secure the jack dock to the garment.

14. The system of claim 1 in which the garment is tight-fitting.

15. The system of claim 1 in which the garment is loose-fitting.

16. A wearable audio cable management system comprising:

a garment having a front and a back;

a pocket on the front of the garment configured to store an audio playback device;

a device dock associated with the pocket, the device dock including an audio connector connectable to the audio playback device;

a jack dock on the back of the garment, the jack dock including a headphone jack configured to connect to a headphone; and

an elongated stretchable textile data/power bus integrated with the garment between the device dock and the jack dock.

17. The system of claim 16 in which the jack dock is located near a neck portion of the garment.