Hearing device connector for eye glasses

• US 8,011,783 B1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Issued: 09/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dennis William Leblang
• Original Assignee: Dennis William Leblang
• Inventors: LeBlang, Dennis William
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US12/661,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 351/158, 351/156, 351/157, 351/41, 351/123, 351/122, 351/121, 351/111, 381/381, 381/380, 381/327, 381/322, 381/330, 128/864, 128/866, 181/130, 181/134, 181/135, D24/67, 24/33
• US Class Current: 351/158
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/06 Hearing aids construction of hearing aids H04R25/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/006 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head or neck not in the position of use

Abstract

The hearing device connector for eyeglasses is a connector that attaches a hearing aid device or a hearing device ear hanger to eyeglasses. The hearing aid device can have a flexible elastic sound tube from the transmitter and the sound tube passes through the connector and the stem of the eyeglasses securing the hearing aid directly to the eye glasses. Other types of hearing devices like telephone or radio sound tube can also be attached to the connector and eyeglasses. Eyeglass holders or attachments that fit around a person'"'"'s head can also be used to fasten the connector to hearing aids.

Claims

1. A connector for attaching a hearing device to the eyeglass stem of a person'"'"'s eyeglasses consisting of:

said connector having a circular ring shape with a hole and where the wall thickness between the hole and the outer surface of the circular ring shape is circular;

said connector that is formed using an elastomeric material that has the tensile strength to stretch to alter its shape with minimum elongation change after stretching;

said connector where the hole of the connector fits over one stem of the eyeglasses that have a pair of lenses that fit within the eyeglass frames and where the eyeglass frames have a frame stem;

said connector where the same hole of the connector also fits into a hearing device having a housing that receives and transmits sounds to a person'"'"'s ear and where a part of the hearing device crosses the stem of the eyeglass frames.

2. A connector according to claim 1 where said circular ring shape of said connector can be linear in length and can be cut from a tubular shape.

3. A connector that is part of an assembly of an eyeglass holder where said connector has a hole for an eyeglass stem and a hearing device component to pass through consisting of

a eyeglass holder that is assembled using a cord that is attached to said connector;

said connector where the hole of the connector fits over one stem of the eyeglasses that have a pair of lenses that fit within the eyeglass frames and where the eyeglass frames have a frame stem;

said connector where the same hole of the connector also fits into a hearing device having a housing that receives and transmits sounds to a person'"'"'s ear and where a part of the hearing device crosses the stem of the eyeglass frames;

said connector made of an elastomeric material having a shape that allows both the eyeglass stem and hearing device component to pass through the same hole of said connector.