Apparatus and Method for Preventing Tangling for Wired Earphones
OwnerWilliam Dallasinventor
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Abstract
An earphone wire cover with three separate arms resembling drinking straws joined together in a Y-configuration into which the ear phone speakers and plug are inserted and passed through. These covers enclose most of the wire from the electronic device to the earphones. The three sections are joined together with a flexible tape or string so that, when the earphones are to be stored, the three arms can be brought together as three parallel tubes holding the bulk of the wire by simply flipping the bottom section into alignment with the upper two sections. The invention can be easily re-deployed by simply folding the bottom section out again and separating the top ends to make a Y. An alternate embodiment of the invention can have a microphone hole in one of the arms.
Claims20
A method to prevent tangling of earphone wires comprising:
- providing three flexible tubes formable into a Y-configuration, the Y-configuration having a center point, each tube having a proximal end near said center point and a distal end away from said center point;
- attaching the proximal end of each tube to the proximal end of another of said tubes near said center point with a short flexible member, each of said tubes being adapted to allow elastic passage of an earphone plug or earphone speaker from end to end.
An apparatus that prevents tangling of earphone cords comprising:
- three elastic tubes configurable in a Y-configuration, said Y-configuration having a center point, each of said tubes having a proximal end near the center point and a distal end away from the center point;
- a plurality of flexible attachment members attaching the proximal ends of said tubes together;
- wherein, said elastic tubes are adapted to elastically pass a headphone plug or headphone speaker from end to end;
- and wherein said three tubes can be folded on said flexible attachment members to form a parallel-configuration for storage.
A method of preventing earphone cord tangle comprising:
- inserting and passing an earphone plug and cable through a first hollow elastic tube;
- inserting and passing a first earphone speaker through a second hollow elastic tube;
- inserting and passing a second earphone speaker through a third hollow elastic tube, wherein said first, second and third hollow elastic tubes are flexibly connected at one end formable into a Y-configuration for use with an electronic device;
- reconfiguring said first, second and third tubes into a parallel configuration for storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.