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US 4,901,355 AGranted
Combination multiple supported variable position audio intake control devices
OwnerMichael R. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A personal audio assembly including a pair of miniature speakers releasably connected with the sidepieces of a pair of spectacles or headgear in a manner permitting adjustment of the speakers longitudinally, angularly and vertically with respect to the sidepieces or headgear and toward and away from the ears of a user. Leads connect the speakers with an audio source controlling sound entering the ear and are provided with an adjusting member maintaining the speakers in a selected.
Claims13
A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible leads extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- mounting means including a clamp secured to each speaker of said pair of speakers for attachment with means on the head of a user, wherein the mounting means adjustably supports the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in variable positions enabling the user to select and hear combined sounds, the combined sounds including speaker generated sounds mixed with external, ambient sounds;
- each speaker of said pair of speakers having a cylindrical portion and having a transverse aperture therethrough slidably receiving an intermediate portion of the respective lead for forming a closed leading loop adjacent the speaker connected end of the respective lead;
- and,
- said clamp surrounding an intermediate portion of the respective lead forming the lead loop in speaker supporting relation.
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A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible leads extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- mounting means including a clamp secured to each speaker of said pair of speakers for attachment with means on the head of a user, wherein the mounting means adjustably supports the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in variable positions enabling the user to select and hear combined sounds, the combined sounds including speaker generated sounds mixed with external, ambient sounds;
- a pair of spectacles having sidepieces adjacent and extending forwardly from the ears of the user;
- and,
- a pair of elongated arm means slidably connected together at one end portion in longitudinal overlapping relation and connected at their other ends with the respective said clamp and speaker of said pair of speakers.
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A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible lead extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- mounting means including a clamp secured to each speaker of said pair of speakers for attachment with means on the head of a user and supporting the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in a predetermined audio range position relative to the user's ears;
- and wherein
- each speaker of said pair of speakers having a cylindrical portion and having a transverse aperture therethrough slidably receiving an intermediate portion of the respective lead for forming a closed lead loop adjacent the speaker connected end of the respective lead;
- and,
- said clamp surrounding an intermediate portion of the respective lead forming the lead loop in speaker supporting relation.
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A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible leads extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- and,
- mounting means including a clamp for attachment with means on the head of a user and supporting the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in a desired position relative to the user's ears,
- said mounting means further including:
- a pair of spectacles having sidepieces adapted for engaging a user's head adjacent the ears for supporting the spectacles,
- each speaker of said pair of speakers having a cylindrical portion and having a transverse aperture therethrough slidably receiving an intermediate portion of the respective lead for forming a closed lead loop adjacent the speaker connected end of the respective lead;
- and,
- means adjustably connecting each speaker of said pair of speakers with the respective sidepiece of said spectacles including an elongated flexible connector having a closed connector loop at each of its ends respectively surrounding for manual adjustment longitudinally along an intermediate portion of an sidepiece and connected, in chain link fashion, with a respective said closed lead loop for permitting swinging movement of each speaker of said pair of speakers toward and away from a user's head and disposing each speaker of said pair of speakers in a predetermined position relative to the user's ears.
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A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible leads extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- mounting means including a clamp secured to each speaker of said pair of speakers for attachment with means on the head of a user and supporting the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in a desired position relative to the user's ears;
- a pair of elongated arm means slidably connected together at one end portion in longitudinal overlapping relation and connected at their other ends with the respective said clamp and speaker of said pair of speakers.
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A personal audio unit for connection with an audio source, comprising:
- a pair of speakers;
- flexible leads extending between and having opposing ends respectively operatively connecting said speakers with an audio source;
- and,
- mounting means including a clamp secured to each speaker of said pair of speakers for attachment with means on the head of a user and supporting the respective speaker of said pair of speakers in a desired position relative to the user's ears,
- said means on the head of the user further including:
- a pair of spectacles having sidepieces adjacent and extending forwardly from the ears of the user;
- and,
- a pair of elongated arm means slidably connected together at one end portion in longitudinal overlapping relation and connected at their other ends with the respective said clamp and speaker of said pair of speakers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.