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US 10,856,065 B2Granted
Earpiece intra-auricular support system
AssigneeDecibullz LLC
InventorKyle J Kirkpatrick
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Abstract
An earpiece including an intra-auricular support, a projection element coupled thereto, and a flexible body disposed thereon and inside an external ear canal of an ear, and a moldable earpiece material moldable about the intra-auricular support to conform to the auricle of an ear and curable to provide a fixed configuration of the earpiece.
Claims19
An earpiece, comprising:
- an intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support including:
- an outer surface opposite an inner surface each extending to an intra-auricular support peripheral edge;
- and
- an intra-auricular support conduit open between said inner surface and said outer surface of said intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support conduit configured to releasably retain an in-ear device;
- a moldable earpiece material moldable about said intra-auricular support to conform to said auricle of said ear, said moldable earpiece material curable in a fixed configuration of said earpiece;
- and
- an in-ear device releasably retained in said intra-auricular support conduit of said intra-auricular support.
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A method, comprising:
- pressingly engaging a moldable earpiece material to an intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support including:
- an outer surface opposite an inner surface each extending to an intra-auricular support peripheral edge;
- and
- an intra-auricular support conduit open between said inner surface and said outer surface of said intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support conduit configured to releasably retain an in-ear device;
- moldably forming said moldable earpiece material about said intra-auricular support or said intra-auricular support conduit;
- conforming said moldable earpiece material to an auricle of an ear;
- curing said moldable earpiece material to provide a fixed configuration of said earpiece;
- and
- releasably retaining an in-ear device in said intra-auricular support conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.