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Earpiece for a telephone headset

  • US 4,864,610 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1987
  • Issued: 09/05/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An earpiece for use with a communication device comprising:

  • a flexible sound tubs with one end thereof acoustically coupled to a communication device and with the other end terminating in a sound tip; and

    a conically shaped ear cushion formed from a compressible foam material mounted around said tip, with the distal end of said cushion tapering to a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the entrance to the auditory canal of a user'"'"'s ear, and the proximal end of said cushion having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the cavum concha of the user'"'"'s ear, whereby said ear cushion will tend to self-center in the user'"'"'s ear, with the sound tip being maintained near the entrance to the auditory canal without force or pressure, said ear cushion being supported only by cartilage of the outer ear.

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