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US6233345:
Personal earphone assembly for mounting upon eyeglasses
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Urwyler, Peter; Modesto, CA 95350
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2001-05-15
/ 1998-05-05
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| Application Number: |
US1998000072660
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04R 1/10;
H04R 5/033;
Core:
H04R 5/00;
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IPC-7:
H04R 25/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04R1/10E; T04R1/10B; T04R5/033H;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
381/381;
351/123;
381/327;
381/330;
Original:
381/381;
381/327;
381/330;
351/123;
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| Field of Search: |
351/041,158,123,111
381/327,330,381,FOR 132,374,378
455/344,350,351,346-349
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-05-05 |
US1998000072660 |
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| Abstract: |
This is a personal earphone assembly comprised of a flexible, elongate tube having open ends and a central lumen therethrough. Earphones are disposed at each open end of the tube, each earphone having a neck projecting therefrom and a wire passing from the neck, through the lumen, to a central aperture in the tube. In a stereophonic embodiment, the earphone wires run parallel from the central lateral aperture to a plug adapted to engage a stereo jack on a signal source. In a monaural embodiment, the earphone wires join a single double-strand lead to a mono jack. Lateral slits are provided adjacent the open ends of the tube for receipt of the temple ends of a pair of eyeglasses. The portions of the tube between the lateral apertures and the open ends wrap over and around the forward portions of a user's ear, and the earphones lodge in the outer ear canal. The assembly may also be worn without eyeglasses. In an alternative embodiment, a bead slidingly mounted on a doubled portion of the tube allows adjustment for a snug fit.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gerber, Joseph E. ;
Costello, John P. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Le, Huyen; Dabney, P.
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A personal earphone assembly, comprising:
- a. a flexible, elongate tube having opposed, open ends;
- b. a central lumen through said tube;
- c. a central aperture in said tube;
- d. a first earphone disposed at a first open end of said tube;
- e. a first wire, a distal end of said first wire being connected to said first earphone and passing from said first earphone into said tube's first open end, through said lumen of said tube and out through said central aperture, a proximal end of said first wire including means for connecting said first wire to a signal source; and,
- f. a first central slit in said tube adjacent said tube's first open end, said first central slit being dimensioned to receive a first temple end of a pair of eyeglasses.
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