HEADPHONE WITH SELECTABLE AMBIENT SOUND ADMISSION
First Claim
1. A headphone apparatus including an earphone apparatus comprising:
- a housing shaped to substantially cover an ear of a wearer when the headphone apparatus is worn;
a sound emitting component within the housing;
a baffle member formed of flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of a tube having an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member has an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube; and
an operating mechanism for switching the baffle member between the open arrangement and the closed arrangement.
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Abstract
A headphone apparatus with selectable sound admission is described including an earphone apparatus. The earphone apparatus includes a housing being shaped to substantially cover an ear of a wearer when the headphone apparatus is worn, a sound emitting component within the housing, a baffle member formed of a flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of an open-ended tube having an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member has an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube, and an operating mechanism for operating switching of the baffle member between the open and closed arrangements.
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20 Claims
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1. A headphone apparatus including an earphone apparatus comprising:
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a housing shaped to substantially cover an ear of a wearer when the headphone apparatus is worn; a sound emitting component within the housing; a baffle member formed of flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of a tube having an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member has an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube; and an operating mechanism for switching the baffle member between the open arrangement and the closed arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a headphone apparatus, comprising:
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operating an operating mechanism of an earphone apparatus to open or close a channel to allow or prevent sound to pass through the earphone apparatus; the operating mechanism rotating a baffle member provided within the earphone apparatus between an open arrangement and a closed arrangement wherein the baffle member comprises flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of a tube having an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member comprising an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An earphone insert comprising:
a baffle member comprising flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of a tube, comprising an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member has an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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