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US 9,179,211 B2Granted
Double seal moldable earpiece system
AssigneeDecibullz LLC
InventorKyle J Kirkpatrick
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Abstract
An earpiece including an external surface having a first fixed configuration disposable within the outer ear and having a passage adapted for retention of an in ear device a portion of which extends outwardly to releasably couple to an earplug adjacent the earpiece, the earpiece heatable to achieve a moldable condition which allows reconfiguration of the external surface by engagement with the outer ear to dispose the external surface in a second fixed configuration in greater conformity to the outer ear.
Claims13
A moldable earpiece for an in-ear device, comprising:
- an earpiece having an external surface disposed in a first fixed configuration disposable within the auricle of an ear, said earpiece heatable to achieve a moldable condition which allows reconfiguration of said external surface by engagement with said auricle, said earpiece coolable while engaged with said auricle to dispose said external surface in a second fixed configuration;
- a conduit having first and second open ends which communicate between a first location and a second location on said external surface of said earpiece, said conduit having a conduit external surface engaged with said earpiece and a conduit internal surface which defines a passage, said conduit internal surface having a configuration which releasably retains an in-ear device in said passage, said conduit internal surface retaining said configuration which releasably retains said in-ear device at temperatures which achieve said moldable condition of said earpiece;
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- an earplug coupled to said in-ear device releasably retained by said conduit internal surface within said passage, said earplug having an earplug external surface configured to engage an ear canal wall defining said ear canal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.