Skirt attachment
AssigneeSectio Aurea AS
InventorsVidar Sandanger, Johan Sundkvist, Henrik Myhre-Sandmark
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Abstract
Auricular attachments should be comfortable for long term wear. An auricular interface based on a skirt attachment is disclosed. By separating the uplifting force of the skirt from a separate downward force a more comfortable wearing is achieved. The skirt can optionally be pleated. The objective is achieved by a skirt structure having an outer surface that contacts least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, without the skirt touching the floor of the concha.
Claims20
An auricular structure, comprising:
- a skirt, comprising
- an outer surface further comprising an outer surface contact area for engaging at least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, the concha having a concha floor,
- an inner surface opposite of the outer surface, and
- an outer skirt edge for pressing against a wall of the concha,
- wherein the skirt, when in use, is slanted in a direction toward the concha floor, and
- wherein the skirt does not contact the concha floor when the auricular structure is inserted into an ear.
An auricular structure, comprising:
- a skirt, comprising
- an outer surface further comprising an outer surface contact area for engaging at least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, the concha having a concha floor,
- an inner surface opposite of the outer surface, and
- an outer skirt edge for pressing against a wall of the concha,
- wherein the skirt does not contact the concha floor when the auricular structure is inserted into an ear;
- a frame for attaching a housing to an auricular interface;
- wherein the frame comprises a frame skirt interface connecting the skirt to the frame, and wherein the frame skirt interface provides added flexibility to the skirt by comprising a hinge.
An auricular structure, comprising:
- a skirt, comprising
- an outer surface further comprising an outer surface contact area for engaging at least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, the concha having a concha floor,
- an inner surface opposite of the outer surface, and
- an outer skirt edge for pressing against a wall of the concha,
- wherein the skirt does not contact the concha floor when the auricular structure is inserted into an ear;
- a frame for attaching a housing to an auricular interface;
- wherein the auricular structure comprises a counter pressure member for contacting parts of the pinna to counter a force caused by the skirt, the counter pressure member being at least one counter pressure member from the group comprising a counter pressure member for engaging a concha wall contact area, a counter pressure member for engaging a crus of helix contact area, a counter pressure member for engaging a cymba concha contact area, and a counter pressure member for engaging a cavum concha contact area of the pinna;
- wherein the counter pressure member engages part of the pinna outside the concha;
- wherein the counter pressure member is a slot, and wherein an outer part of the slot contacts an outer part of an antihelix along an outer antihelix contact area, providing a counteracting force to a force from the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.