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US5579400:
Headphones
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Ballein, Burkhard; D-42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-11-26
/ 1994-12-05
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| Application Number: |
US1994000349456
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G02C 11/06;
H04R 1/10;
IPC-7:
H04R 25/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04R1/10M2; G02C11/06; H04R1/10; T04R5/033H;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
381/370;
381/385;
Original:
381/183;
381/187;
381/068.5;
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| Field of Search: |
351/041,158,123,111
381/025,68.5,183,187,68.3,68.6,68.7,68.1,68,69
345/008
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| Abstract: |
Headphones with two receivers, which can be inserted, each preferably surrounded by a foam pad, into the two auricles of the user and fixed with a hoop, and the hoop, which fixes the two receivers in the auricles of the user, is formed by spectacles, the two receivers being fixed to the free ends of the side pieces and the free ends of the side pieces running essentially in a straight line to the center of the auricles.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Darby & Darby, P.C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Kuntz, Curtis; Le, Huyen D.
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| Parent Case: |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/091,895, filed Jul. 14, 1993, now abandoned.
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ES FR GB IT NL
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. Eyeglass headphones comprising:
- a frame containing two eyeglass lenses, the frame having a left end and a right end, the frame and lenses lying generally in a first vertical plane;
- a left eyeglass arm both hingedly and pivotally attached at a first end to the left end of the frame, the left eyeglass arm being hingedly movable between a first wearing position and a second storage position, and the left eyeglass arm further being pivotable into different angular positions in a second vertical plane generally perpendicular to the first vertical plane;
- a right eyeglass arm both hingedly and pivotally attached at a first end to the right end of the frame, the right eyeglass arm being hingedly movable between a first wearing position and a second storage position, and the right eyeglass arm further being pivotable into different angular positions in a third vertical plane generally perpendicular to the first vertical plane;
- wherein each of the left and right eyeglass arm extends to the center of an ear of a user when the eyeglass headphones are worn by the user; and
- a pair of electroacoustic receivers each mounted to a second end of the left and right eyeglass arms, respectively, each of the receivers adapted to be inserted within an outer ear of the user and being the only means of securing the second ends of said arms to the user when the eyeglass headphones are worn by the user.
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Date |
IPC Code |
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FR0537556
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1922-05 |
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FR1563892
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1969-03 |
G02C 11/00
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DE1272377
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1968-07 |
G02C 11/00
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DE3507397A1
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1985-09 |
G02C 11/00
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Goerike, Rudolf, Dr., Wien, AT
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Brillengestell zur Verbesserung des natuerlichen Hoerens |
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DE3507397
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1985-09 |
G02C 11/00
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Goerike, Rudolf, Dr., Wien, AT
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Brillengestell zur Verbesserung des natuerlichen Hoerens |
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DE8617136
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1986-08 |
G02C 11/00
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Weidemann, Hans-Dieter, 1000 Berlin, DE
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Hoerbrille |
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DE8806490
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1989-05 |
H04R 1/10
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Friedrich, Helmuth, 8510 Fuerth, DE
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Kopfhoerer |
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DE4223515C1
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1994-02 |
H04R 1/10
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Ballein, Burkhard, 42285 Wuppertal, DE
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Brille mit einer Glaeserfassung |
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JP63307425
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1988-12 |
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GB0677916
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1952-08 |
G02C 5/00
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GOVAN GEE
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Improvements in or relating to spectacles |
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GB2206014
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1988-06 |
A61F 9/02
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FANFARE GROUP PLC
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Earphone headsets |
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G94-017784
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