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Bluetooth earplugs

  • US 9,351,063 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2013
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ear plug system comprising:

  • an ear plug comprised of a material suitable for hearing protection, and providing hearing protection when wedgingly inserted in an ear canal of a user, wherein a portion of the ear plug proximate to an eardrum of the user is shaped to hold the ear plug in place in the ear canal;

    a battery enclosed within the ear plug;

    a first wireless receiver and transmitter enclosed within the ear plug, distal to the ear canal, the first wireless receiver and transmitter electrically coupled to the battery, and receiving and transmitting at least one wireless signal;

    a speaker enclosed within the ear plug and electrically coupled to the battery and to the first wireless receiver and transmitter, and receiving at least one audio signal from the first wireless receiver and transmitter;

    a sound canal bore embedded within the ear plug, the sound canal bore extending from the speaker to an edge of the ear plug proximate to the eardrum, whereby the sound canal bore is open to the ear canal at the edge of the ear plug proximate to the eardrum;

    an on/off switch of the ear plug located within the sound canal bore, electrically coupled to the first wireless receiver and transmitter and configured for turning the ear plug on and off;

    a controller comprising a second wireless receiver and transmitter, the second wireless transmitter and receiver transmitting at least another wireless signal to the first wireless transmitter and receiver, and receiving at least one wireless signal from the first wireless transmitter and receiver;

    a program module communicatively coupled to the second wireless receiver and transmitter and including a user interface configured for controlling the at least one wireless signal from the second wireless receiver and transmitter to the first wireless receiver and transmitter.

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