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US5715323:
Radio attachable to spectacles
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Walker, John D.; Clearwater, FL 34624
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-02-03
/ 1996-10-07
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| Application Number: |
US1996000726485
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04R 1/10;
Core:
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IPC-7:
H04R 25/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04R5/033H; H04R1/10; H04R1/10E; T04R1/10M;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
381/385;
351/123;
381/327;
381/370;
455/344;
Original:
381/187;
381/183;
381/068.5;
455/344;
351/123;
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| Field of Search: |
381/187,183,68.5,188,205
455/344,346,347,348,349,350,351,90
351/123,156,157,158
024/3.3,3.12
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-10-07 |
US1996000726485 |
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| Abstract: |
A miniature radio and two speakers, one for each ear, are releasably attachable to a pair of spectacles. The speakers are remote from the radio and connected to it through speaker wires. In a first embodiment, a truncate primary tube releasably engages a trailing end of each spectacle ear piece, and the radio is clipped to one of the primary tubes. All but the opposite ends of the speaker wires are housed within an elongate, flexible tube that interconnects the respective free ends of each truncate primary tube to one another. The elongate, flexible tube has exit openings at its opposite ends, and the opposite ends of the speaker wires extend through the exit openings and through respective auxiliary tubes that are secured to the primary tubes that engage the respective ear pieces of the spectacles. In this way, the spectacle ear pieces do not contact the opposite ends of the speaker wires when the ear pieces are inserted into the truncate primary tubes. In a second embodiment, the exit openings are eliminated and the speaker wires are housed between a pair of flaps that extend from the elongate, flexible tube. The opposite ends of the speaker wires enter the respective auxiliary tubes directly from the opposite ends of the flaps. In further embodiments, the elongate, flexible tube may be a flexible rod and the flaps are replaced by a tube.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Smith, Ronald E. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Tran, Sinh;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An assembly for releasably attaching a miniature radio to a pair of spectacles, comprising:
- a miniature radio;
- a pair of speakers positioned remote from said miniature radio;
- a pair of speaker wires extending from said miniature radio, a first speaker wire extending from said miniature radio to a first speaker and a second speaker wire extending from said miniature radio to a second speaker;
- a pair of truncate primary tubes having leading ends adapted to releasably engage trailing ends of respective ear pieces of said pair of spectacles;
- said miniature radio being clipped to a preselected truncate primary tube of said pair of truncate primary tubes;
- an elongate, flexible tube extending between respective trailing ends of said truncate primary tubes in interconnecting relationship therewith;
- said elongate, flexible tube housing all but opposite ends of said speaker wires;
- an opening formed in opposite ends of said elongate, flexible tube adjacent each truncate primary tube;
- opposite ends of said speaker wires extending through said openings so that said opposite ends are not received within said truncate primary tubes;
- a truncate auxiliary tube attached to each of said truncate primary tubes;
- said opposite ends of said speaker wires extending through said truncate auxiliary tubes and being attached to said respective speakers of said pair of speakers so that only said ear pieces occupy said truncate primary tubes when the assembly is attached to a pair of spectacles.
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