# US 2013/0156247 A1 · Headphone System with Detachable earbud speakers

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- Number: US 2013/0156247 A1
- Document ID: US20130156247A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/571,147
- Filed: 2012-08-09
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-02
- Assignees: Remarkable Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: Adam Gary Peter Boyajian; MIchael Orlando Parelli; Eric Anthony Knight
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130156247A1

## CPC

- H04R 1/105: {Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
- H04R 1/30: Combinations of transducers with horns, e.g. with mechanical matching means {, i.e. front-loaded horns}(horns in general G10K; {transducer enclosures or mountings using a back-loaded horn H04R1/2861; application of horns as guiding means to obtain a predetermined directivity characteristic H04R1/345})
- H04R 1/1008: {Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type}
- H04R 1/1016: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type}
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal may include a headphone including a speaker acoustic device to amplify the audio signal and to define a speaker chamber to cooperate with an aperture and an earbud to be detachably connected to the speaker chamber to transmit the audio signal to the speaker chamber.

## Claims

### Claim 1

1) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal, comprising:
a headphone including a speaker acoustic device to amplify the audio signal and to define a speaker chamber to cooperate with an aperture and an earbud to be detachably connected to the speaker chamber to transmit the audio signal to the speaker chamber.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

2) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the ear bud is frictionally connected to the speaker chamber.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

3) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the earbud includes a earbud speaker to cooperate with the aperture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

4) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the headphone includes an ear cushion member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

5) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the speaker acoustic device is a trumpet shaped device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

6) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the speaker acoustic device includes a truncated cone shaped device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

7) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 5, wherein the trumpet shaped device includes a neck which reverses in direction.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

8) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 6, wherein the truncated cone device includes a concave surface.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

9) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 6, wherein the truncated cone device includes a convex surface.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

10) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the speaker acoustic device includes a plurality of trumpet shaped devices.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

11) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 10, wherein the plurality of trumpet shaped devices extend from a common base.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

12) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the headphone includes an earbud containing compartment for storing the earbuds.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

13) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the speaker acoustic device includes an amplification device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

14) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 13, wherein the amplification device is a microphone.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

15) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the headphone includes a first headphone and a second headphone.

### Claim 16 (depends on 16)

16) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 16, wherein the first headphone and the second headphone are foldable.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

17) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 16, wherein the first headphone is connected to the second headphone by a headband.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

18) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 17, wherein the headband telescopes from a first position to a second position in order to accommodate various users head size.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

19) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 16, wherein the headphone includes a connector to rotate the first headphone with respect to the second headphone.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

20) A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal as in claim 1, wherein the speaker acoustic device includes a cylinder shaped device.
