Earpiece intra-auricular support system

1. A method in an earpiece, comprising:

pressingly engaging a moldable earpiece material to an intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support including:

an outer surface opposite an inner surface each extending to an intra-auricular support peripheral edge; and

an intra-auricular support conduit open between said inner surface and said outer surface of said intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support conduit configured to releasably retain an in-ear device;

moldably forming said moldable earpiece material about said intra-auricular support or said intra-auricular support conduit;

conforming said moldable earpiece material to an auricle of an ear;

curing said moldable earpiece material to provide a fixed configuration of said earpiece; and

releasably retaining said in-ear device to said intra-auricular support.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said in-ear device is selected from the group consisting of: earphones, earplugs, earbuds, ear tips, ear tubes, ear-sealing balloons, and in-ear hearing aids.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said in-ear device comprises a part of an apparatus which resides outside of said ear.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising selecting said apparatus from the group consisting of: headsets, head phones, telephones, BLUETOOTH® headphones, wireless headphones, and hearing aids.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said moldable earpiece material comprises a one-part moldable earpiece material.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said one-part moldable earpiece material is selected from the group consisting of: ethyl vinyl acetate, polycaprolactone, and room temperature vulcanization silicone.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein said one-part moldable earpiece material comprises an amount of polycaprolactone polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 37,000 grams per mole to 80,000 grams per mole.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said moldable earpiece material comprises a moldable agent and a curing agent—and further comprising:

combining said moldable agent and said curing agent; and

curing said moldable earpiece material to establish said fixed configuration of said earpiece.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said moldable agent and said curing agent comprises a crosslinkable polymer and a catalyst.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said crosslinkable polymer comprises a polymer containing at least one hydrosylable silane group and wherein said catalyst comprises one or more of a metallic salt of an organic carboxylic acid.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said crosslinkable polymer is selected from the group consisting of: a silane-modified olyoxyalkylene, a polyolefin, a poly(meth)acrylate, a polyurethane, a polyamide, and a polysiloxane and said metallic salt of an organic carboxylic acid, wherein said metallic salt of said organic carboxylic acid comprises one or more of a platinum, a tin or a copper salt of said organic carboxylic acid.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said crosslinkable polymer comprises polydimethylsiloxane and wherein said catalyst comprises platinum (0)-1,3-divinyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said moldable agent comprises SILPURAN 8020® and wherein said curing agent comprises SILPURAN CURING AGENT M®.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intra-auricular support further includes:

a projection element extending outward of said inner surface of said intra-auricular support; and

a flexible body disposed about said projection element, said flexible body configured to insert inside of an external ear canal of said ear concurrent with said intra-auricular support engaged to said auricle of said ear.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intra-auricular support conduit extends a distance outward of said outer surface of said outer surface of said intra-auricular support.

16. A method in an earpiece, comprising:

pressingly engaging a moldable earpiece material to an intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support including:

an outer surface opposite an inner surface each extending to an intra-auricular support peripheral edge; and

an intra-auricular support conduit open between said inner surface and said outer surface of said intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support conduit extending a distance outward of said outer surface:

moldably forming said moldable earpiece material about said intra-auricular support or said intra-auricular support conduit;

conforming said moldable earpiece material to an auricle of an ear; and

curing said moldable earpiece material to provide a fixed configuration of said earpiece.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said moldable earpiece material comprises a one-part moldable earpiece material.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein said moldable earpiece material comprises a moldable agent and a curing agent, further comprising:

combining said moldable agent and said curing agent; and

curing said moldable earpiece material to establish said fixed configuration of said earpiece.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said intra-auricular support further includes:

a projection element extending outward of said inner surface of said intra-auricular support; and

a flexible body disposed about said projection element, said flexible body configured to insert inside of an external ear canal of said ear concurrent with said intra-auricular support engaged to said auricle of said ear.

20. A method in an earpiece, comprising:

combining a moldable agent and a curing agent into a moldable earpiece material, said moldable agent and said curing agent comprising a crosslinkable polymer and a catalyst, said crosslinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of: a silane-modified olyoxyalkylene, a polyolefin, a poly(meth)acrylate, a polyurethane, a polyamide, and a polysiloxane and said metallic salt of an organic carboxylic acid, wherein said metallic salt of said organic carboxylic acid comprises one or more of a platinum, a tin or a copper salt of said organic carboxylic acid;

pressingly engaging said moldable earpiece material to an intra-auricular support, said intra-auricular support including:

an outer surface opposite an inner surface each extending to an intra-auricular support peripheral edge; and

an intra-auricular support conduit open between said inner surface and said outer surface of said intra-auricular support;

moldably forming said moldable earpiece material about said intra-auricular support or said intra-auricular support conduit;

conforming said moldable earpiece material to an auricle of an ear; and

curing said moldable earpiece material to provide a fixed configuration of said earpiece.