Ear device for improved fit and sound
AssigneeLida Media
InventorLinda D. Dahl
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an in the ear device sized and shaped such that the in the ear device universally and ergonomically fits into the human ear without slipping out and providing the user with a comfortable fit. The in the ear device is secured in the user's ear taking advantage of the natural curvature of the human to provide support and shift the center of gravity from outside the ear to further inside the pinna to prevent the device from slipping out while retaining a high level of comfort.
Claims6
An improved in the ear device, suitable for wearing in the user's outer ear, the ear having a helix, a crus, and an antitragus, the ear bud device comprising;
- a main body portion molded to fit within the user's outer ear, having a first side, a first bend, a bottom portion, a second bend, and a second side;
- the bottom portion connected by the first bend in the ear bud device to the first side, and the second side connected by the second bend in the ear bud mold to the bottom portion;
- the main body portion have a cavity therein, the cavity structured and arranged to receive a sound producing device;
- a first protuberance extending from said second side for supporting the bud in place within the user's ear, the supporting of the in the ear device in place within the user's ear being accomplished by the combination of positioning said first protuberance within the user's outer ear and under the crus of the helix of the user's outer ear and locating the cavity in a position within the main body portion such that when a sound producing device is placed within the cavity the center of gravity of the in the ear device is positioned such that it remains situated in the wearer's ear;
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- a second protuberance having about the same size as the user's ear canal such that the second protuberance does not sealingly engage the ear canal, the second protuberance having a bore, the bore being in gas communication with the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.