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US 9,756,415 B2Granted
Headphones with a foam material body
AssigneeHsu-Sheng Yu
InventorsPeter Solomon, Christopher Piedra, Juan Galindo, Edward Martin
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Abstract
A mono-body set of headphones made from a foam material and having a fixed length of headband between ear pads is provided. The mono-body headphones are, preferably, flexible and durable, permitting the headphones to be straightened, twisted or bent without breaking.
Claims8
Headphones, comprising:
- a flexible body formed entirely of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, the body including:
- a headband having first and second ends;
- a first housing immovably fixed at the first end of said headband;
- a second housing immovably fixed at the second end of said headband;
- wherein a length of said headband between said first housing and said second housing is fixed;
- a first ear pad affixed to said first housing;
- and
- a second ear pad affixed to said second housing.
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Headphones, comprising:
- a single piece mono-body formed entirely of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, the mono-body including:
- a headband having first and second ends;
- a first housing immovably fixed at the first end of said headband;
- a second housing immovably fixed at the second end of said headband;
- wherein a length of said headband between said first housing and said second housing is fixed;
- and
- said EVA foam being sufficiently flexible to permit stretching out of the mono-body, bending of the mono-body and/or twisting of the mono-body without breaking, and having sufficient shape memory to return the mono-body to the original shape once released.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.