Multi-position banded earmuff

A band earmuff apparatus which includes a pair of earmuffs that each has a cushion with an aperture for receiving most of the outer ear of a person, and a connecting device that fits partially around the head of the person to hold said earmuffs at the person's ears, wherein:

• each of said earmuff apertures has an axis, with each earmuff aperture having four concave corner segments spaced 90.degree. apart about said axis and having concave corner segment middles radially spaced from said axis, and with each earmuff aperture having four connecting segments that each connects two of said concave corner segments and that each has a connecting segment middle radially spaced from said axis, with said concave corner segment middles spaced further from said axis than said connecting segment middles.

A band earmuff apparatus comprising a pair of earmuffs that each has a cushion and a holding device that fits partially around the head of a person to hold said earmuffs at the person's ears, wherein:

• each of said earmuffs includes a shell with inner and outer ends, with one of said cushions mounted on the shell inner end;
• each of said shell outer ends has a pair of horizontally-spaced grooves that each extends substantially vertically in an initial orientation of said apertures wherein said holding device extends around the top of the head of the person, and including a pair of vertically elongated mounts with lower portions lying in said grooves and pivotally connected to said shell.