Headband Assembly
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsJeremy Heaston, Alison Leedham
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Abstract
A headband assembly that is constructed and arranged to be worn on or over a head of a user, having a curved compliant spring member, a cushion member that is configured to be in contact with or proximate the head of the user when the headband assembly is worn by the user, a spine that is coupled to both the cushion member and the spring member, and a cap that at least partially overlies the spring member and the spine.
Claims25
A headband assembly that is constructed and arranged to be worn on or over a head of a user, comprising:
- a curved compliant spring member;
- a cushion member that is configured to be in contact with or proximate the head of the user when the headband assembly is worn by the user;
- a spine that is coupled to both the cushion member and the spring member;
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- a cap that at least partially overlies the spring member and the spine.
A headband assembly that is constructed and arranged to be worn on or over a head of a user, comprising:
- a curved compliant spring member that comprises a slot along a length thereof, wherein the slot has edges;
- a cushion member that is configured to be in contact with or proximate the head of the user when the headband assembly is worn by the user, wherein the cushion member comprises a pocket;
- an elongated spine that is received in the cushion member pocket, is coupled to the cushion member, and engages along a length of the spring member, wherein the spine comprises a plurality of spaced projections on an upper surface of the spine and the pocket comprises a plurality of spaced openings that are configured to receive the spine projections to interface and align the spine and the cushion member, wherein the spine further comprises a plurality of spaced coupling tabs on an upper surface thereof, wherein the coupling tabs each comprise a shoulder that is arranged to snap fit with the spring member and sit against and over a spring member slot edge;
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- an elongated cap that at least partially overlies the spring member and the spine, wherein the cap comprises a cap spine portion and a cap cover portion, and wherein the cap engages with the spring member slot, wherein the cap spine portion comprises a plurality of spaced coupling tabs that each comprise a shoulder that is arranged to snap fit with the spring member and sit against and under a spring member slot edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.