EARPLUGS, EARPHONES, PANELS, INSERTS AND SAFETY METHODS

• US 20160295311A1
• Filed: 06/14/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hear LLC
• Original Assignee: Hear LLC
• Inventors: Casali, John G, Keady, John P., Lee, Kichol
• Application Number:
  US15/182,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20160295311A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 11/085 including an inner channel
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 11/10 inflatable or expandable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 11/12 External mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 11/14 external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/16 Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general G10K11/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1083 Reduction of ambient noise active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/11 Aspects relating to vents, e.g. shape, orientation, acoustic properties in ear tips of hearing devices to prevent occlusion
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/17 Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/652 Ear tips; Ear moulds hybrid ear moulds or post-processing thereof for their customisation H04R25/659

Abstract

At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earphone having a first and second tab that are configured to be engaged by fingers, where when fingers squeeze the tabs together pressure on a reservoir is reduced so that a medium flows from an expandable tip reducing the size of the expandable tip.

Claims

1. An earphone comprising:

a first tab configured to be moved by a first finger;

a second tab configured to be moved by a second finger;

a resilient member attached to the first and second tabs, where the resilient member provides a restoring force when the first tab is moved relative to the second tab;

a portion including a first and second section, where the portion is attached to the first tab and the second tab;

a reservoir;

a stent configured to carry a medium stored in the reservoir; and

an expandable tip that is configured to expand when the first and second tabs are no longer engaged by fingers.