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Ear protector

  • US 5,887,286 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1998
  • Issued: 03/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A child ear protector comprising, in combination:

  • a pair of closed ear enclosures each including a circular face and a cylindrical periphery integrally coupled to a peripheral edge thereof and extending outwardly therefrom to define an interior space and a free peripheral edge, the circular face of each enclosure having a pair of sleeves defining a pair of rectangular slots which are aligned along an axis, a snap mounted below the sleeves on the axis, an elastomeric gasket formed about the free peripheral edge, and an inner divider defined by a portion of a sphere mounted within the interior space of each ear enclosure and protruding inwardly to define a compartment with the circular face, the inner divider having a plurality of annularly aligned apertures formed therein;

    a resilient head set having an inverted V-shaped configuration with an inner surface lined with an elastomeric material, the head set including a pair of upturned ends which extend outwardly and a plurality of undulations formed in an outer surface of the head set adjacent the ends, the ends of the head set are each situated through the slots of the sleeves of an associated one of the ear enclosures for being slidably positioned to adjust the head set between discrete lengths so that the ear protector may be worn on a head of a user such that the ear enclosures encompass ears of the user, whereby the extent in which the ends of the head set extend through the slots of the sleeve may be adjusted to conform to heads of various sizes;

    a flexible elastic chin strap having an elongated rectangular configuration for encompassing a chin of the user to thereby securely maintain the head set on the head of the user, the chin strap having a pair of ends each equipped with a button for releasably engaging the snap of a corresponding ear enclosure such that the chin strap may be partially released from the head set for placement on and removal from the head of the user and may be completely removed from the head set when securing is not needed; and

    music means situated within one of the ear enclosures for transmitting sound through the apertures formed in the inner divider, the music means including a piezo electric sound device coupled to an integrated circuit for producing a single continuous melody upon the actuation thereof and a switch mounted on the periphery of one of the ear enclosures and further electrically connected between the integrated circuit and a battery for selectively actuating the integrated circuit, wherein the switch has a gasket for precluding the entry of water into the compartment of the associated ear enclosure.

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