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US 11,601,755 B2Granted
Headphones
OwnerJhon Vargasinventor
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Abstract
A headphone assembly that includes a support member for mounting the earphone, wherein the support member can be a headband or an ear loop. The earphones can be connected to the support member through a fixed member that can be supported on the head adjacent to the ear. The earphones are rotatably coupled to the fixed member, such as the earphones can be rotated between an on-ear position and a stowed position. In the on-ear position, the earphone is in contact with the ears of the wearer, and in the stowed position, the earphones can be rotated away from the ears.
Claims16
A headphone assembly comprising:
- a headband for mounting the headphone assembly over a head, the headband has a proximal end and a distal end, the headband has a proximal section, a mid section, and a distal section, the proximal section has the proximal end, the distal section has the distal end;
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- two earphones each rotatably coupled to the proximal section and the distal section of the headband such as each of the two earphones can be switched between an on-ear position and a stowed position, each earphone of the two earphones has an earcup, a tab extends from a periphery of the earcup, wherein in the on-ear position, an earphone of the two earphones is on an ear and in the stowed position the earphone is away from the ear,
- wherein each the proximal section and the distal section has a male mating member, and each tab of the two earphones has a female mating member, wherein the male mating member and the female mating member are configured for rotatably couple each of the two earphones to the proximal section and the distal section,
- wherein the female mating member is cylindrical, the male mating member is cylindrical with a slanted top, the male mating member has a second radius, a first height, and a second height, the second height is about 2-3 times the first height, wherein the first height and the second height of the male mating member are configured to permit the earphone to gradually move outwards away from the head when rotated from the on-ear position and gradually moves inwards towards the head when rotated from the stowed position to the on-ear position.
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A headphone assembly comprising:
- a support member for mounting the headphone assembly over a head, neck, or ear;
- at least one fixed member coupled to an end of the support member;
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- at least one earphone coupled to the at least one fixed member such that the at least one earphone is capable of switching between an on-ear position and a stowed position, the at least one earphone is on the ear in the on-ear position, and the at least one earphone is away from the ear in the stowed position,
- wherein the headphone assembly further comprises a sensor configured to detect switching of the at least one earphone between the on-ear position and the stowed position,
- wherein the headphone assembly is configured to mute a playback upon switching the at least one earphone from the on-ear position to the stowed position.
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A headphone assembly comprising:
- a headband for mounting the headphone assembly over a head, the headband has a proximal end and a distal end, the headband has a proximal section, a mid section, and a distal section, the proximal section has the proximal end, the distal section has the distal end;
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- two earphones each rotatably coupled to the proximal section and the distal section of the headband such that each of the two earphones is capable of switching between an on-ear position and a stowed position, each earphone of the two earphones has an earcup, a tab extends from a periphery of the earcup,
- wherein an earphone of the two earphones is on an ear in the on-ear position and the earphone is away from the ear in the stowed position,
- wherein each of the proximal section and the distal section has a first mating member, and each tab of the two earphones has a second mating member, wherein the first mating member and the second mating member are configured to rotatably coupled to each other,
- wherein each of the first mating member and the second mating member are cylindrical,
- the first mating member has a slanted top with a first height and a second height, wherein the first height and the second height of the first mating member cause the respective earphone to gradually move outwards away from the head when rotated from the on-ear position to the stowed position and gradually moves inwards towards the head when rotated from the stowed position to the on-ear position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.