WRIST ACCESSORY

• US 20150117691A1
• Filed: 10/29/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wrist Tunes, LLC
• Original Assignee: Wrist Tunes, LLC
• Inventors: Jennings, John Hillyer
• Application Number:
  US14/066,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20150117691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/334
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/02 Casings; Cabinets ; Supports therefor; Mountings therein H04R1/28 takes precedence ; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/023 Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones

Abstract

A wrist accessory apparatus (10) comprises a flexible band (15) and a control unit (20, 21). The band (15) is lightweight, flexible and elastic and is dimensioned for wrapping around the wrist of a user and maintaining the control unit in a flat comfortable position on the top of the user'"'"'s wrist. In preferred forms, the control unit (20, 21) includes a circuit, speaker assembly and a play button mechanism. The control unit is structured and arranged to allow a preferred audio file to be played aloud. The band can be implemented with a variety of colors, shapes and sizes to fit a user'"'"'s wrist accordingly.

Claims

1. A wrist accessory comprising:

a band made of an elastic material, the band having a unitary structure flexibly connected at two distal ends to a control unit,

the control unit comprising;

a first shell and a second half shell structured and arranged to be joined and form an interior cavity of the control unit;

inside the interior cavity, the control unit includes a printed circuit board in electrical communication with an integrated circuit and at least one battery to power the PCB and IC, a speaker electrically connected to the PCB, the IC and the at least one battery,

where the first shell includes a play button disposed thereon in communication with the PCB, the IC, and at least one battery such that depression of the play button initiates the playing of at least one audio file stored on the PCB; and

the wrist band sized and connected to the control unit such that the control unit rests stably upon a user'"'"'s wrist in the resting state due to the elasticity of the band.

2. The wrist accessory according to claim 1, including first and second wedge portions disposed at the distal ends of the bands, the wedge portions structured and arranged to frictionally engage the interior of the first and second half shells when joined to flexibly secure the control unit.

3. The wrist accessory according to claim 2 further comprising a first pin and second pin for securing the first and second half shells, where the first and second pin are structured and arranged to be frictionally engaged with a first connection aperture and second connection aperture respectively, disposed on each of the two distal ends of the band, respectively.

4. The wrist accessory according to claim 1 further comprising light emitting diodes disposed within the control unit electrically connected to the PCB, the IC and the battery and synced to the audio file.

5. The wrist accessory according to claim 2 further comprising a transmitter and a receiver for syncing wirelessly with at least one remote device.