Personal sound system

• US 4,876,724 A
• Filed: 04/29/1988
• Issued: 10/24/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba America Incorporated (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba America Incorporated (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Osami
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Jin F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Byrd, Danita R.
• Application Number:
  US07/188,221
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 381/187, 381/188, 381/205, 381/24, 455/89, 455/90, 2/94-101, 2/DIG. 6, 2/250-251
• US Class Current: 381/385
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/005 with embedded cable or connector
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/205 Pockets adapted to receive a mobile phone or other electronic equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/023 Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/023 in a chair, pillow
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 11/00 Combinations of a radio or television receiver with apparatus having a different main function combined with clocks G04B47/00; controlled by a clock G04C21/28

Abstract

A personal sound system comprising a garment adapted to substantially cover a person'"'"'s upper torso, a first pocket for removably supporting a first speaker on the garment in the vicinity of a person'"'"'s left shoulder, a second pocket for removably supporting a second speaker on the garment in the vicinity of the person'"'"'s right shoulder, a third pocket for removably supporting an electrical signal producing device on the garment and an elongated flap extended from the third pocket to the second pocket and through that portion of the garment encircling the person'"'"'s neck and to the first pocket for removably supporting flexible wires on the garment, which wires are adapted to interconnect speakers located in the first and second pockets, and an electrical signal producing device located in the third pocket, while permitting those wires to be readily removed from the garment when the garment is to be cleaned. Preferably, the flap is located on the interior surface of the jacket. In the alternative, the flap may be replaced by an elongated pocket located on the exterior surface of the garment which pocket is closable by an elongated zipper.

Claims

1. A personal sound system comprising:

a. a garment adapted to substantially cover a person'"'"'s upper torso, said garment having portions encircling a person'"'"'s neck and depending forwardly and rearwardly from the person'"'"'s right and left shoulders;

b. first means for removably supporting a first speaker on said garment in the vicinity of one of the person'"'"'s shoulders;

c. second means for removably supporting a second speaker on said garment in the vicinity of the person'"'"'s other shoulder;

d. third means for removably supporting an electrical signal producing device on said garment, said third means is adjacent said second means; and

e. fourth means for removably supporting flexible wires on said garment, which wires are adapted to removably connect between said third means and said first and second means to permit transmission of an electrical signal from said electrical signal producing device to said first and second speakers over said wires and to permit removal of said wires from said garment is to be cleaned, said fourth means comprising a flap extended from said third means to said second means and through that portion of said garment encircling the person'"'"'s neck to said first means.

2. A system of claim 1 wherein said fourth means includes hook and loop fasteners for closing said flap over said wires.

3. A system of claim 1 wherein said fourth means includes snap fasteners for closing said flap over said wires.

4. A system of claim 3 wherein said flap opens to the interior of said garment.

5. A system of claim 1 wherein said flap opens to the interior of said garment.

10. A system of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-9 or 14 wherein said third means comprises a pocket located below said second means, said pocket including a first closable opening sufficiently large to permit insertion of said electrical signal producing device and a second closable opening, orthogonally oriented with regard to said first opening and sufficiently large to permit access to controls of said electrical signal producing device.

11. A system of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-9 or 14 wherein said first and second means each comprise a separate closable pocket.

12. A system of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-9 or 14 wherein said first and second means each comprise a separate epaulet.

13. A system of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-9 or 14 further including a closable pocket located on that portion of said garment depending rearwardly from the person'"'"'s right and left shoulders adjacent the person'"'"'s waist and accessible from the exterior of said garment to permit storage of accessories for said electrical signal producing device.

6. A personal sound system comprising:

a. a garment adapted to substantially cover a person'"'"'s upper torso, said garment having portions encircling a person'"'"'s neck and depending forwardly and rearedly from the person'"'"'s right and left shoulders;

b. first means for removably supporting a first speaker on said garment in the vicinity of one of the person'"'"'s shoulders;

c. second means for removably supporting a second speaker on said garment in the vicinity of the person'"'"'s other shoulder;

d. third means for removably supporting an electrical signal producing device on said garment, said third means is adjacent said second means; and

e. fourth means for removably supporting flexible wires on said garment, which wires are adapted to removably connect between said third means and said first and second means to permit transmission of an electrical signal from said electrical signal producing device to said first and second speakers over said wires and to permit removal of said wires from said garment when said garment is to be cleaned, said fourth means comprises an elongated pocket extending from said third means to said second means and through that portion of said garment encircling the person'"'"'s neck to said first means.

7. A system of claim 6 wherein said fourth means includes a zipper for selectively closing said elongated pocket.

8. A system of claim 7 wherein said elongated pocket opens to the exterior of said garment.

9. A personal sound system comprising:

a. a garment adapted to substantially cover a person'"'"'s upper torso, said garment having portions encircling a person'"'"'s neck and depending forwardly and rearwardly from the person'"'"'s right and left shoulders;

b. first means for removably supporting a first speaker on said garment in the vicinity of one of the person'"'"'s shoulders;

c. second means for removably supporting a second speaker on said garment in the vicinity of the person'"'"'s other shoulder;

d. third means for removably supporting an electrical signal producing device on said garment, said third means comprising a pocket located below said second means, said pocket including a first closable opening sufficciently large to permit insertion of said electrical signal producing device and a second closable opening, orthogonally oriented with regard to said first opening and sufficiently large to permit access to controls of said electrical signal producing device while preventing removal of said device; and

e. fourth means for removably supporting flexible wires on said garment, which wires are adapted to removably connect between said third means and said first and second means to permit transmission of an electrical signal from said electrical signal producing device to said first and second speakers over said wires and to permit removal of said wires from said garment when said garment is to be cleaned.