WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICE AND REMOVABLE COVER PLATE
A wearable audio device comprising a body and a cover plate. The body is configured to be located in or on an ear of the user. The body includes an acoustic module and a body latching feature. The acoustic module is located such that the acoustic module is configured to be located in or on the ear of the user. The cover plate is removably coupled to an outer surface of the body by the body latching feature.
1 . A wearable audio device, comprising:
a body configured to be located in or on an ear of a user, the body comprising:
an acoustic module, the acoustic module located such that the acoustic module is configured to be located in or on the ear of the user; and
a body latching feature; and
a cover plate, wherein the cover plate is removably coupled to an outer surface of the body by the body latching feature.
2 . The wearable audio device of claim 1 , wherein the cover plate includes a cover plate latching feature, and wherein the cover plate latching feature interacts with the body latching feature to removably couple the cover plate to the body.
3 . The wearable audio device of claim 2 , wherein the body latching feature comprises at least one tab and the cover plate latching feature comprises at least one recess, and wherein the at least one tab is engagable with the at least one recess to removably couple the cover plate to the outer surface of the body.
4 . The wearable audio device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one recess comprises a slot and the tab is slidably engagable with the slot.
5 . The wearable audio device of claim 4 , wherein the slot at least partially defines an overhang and wherein the cover plate is engagable with a surface of the overhang to removably couple the cover plate to the outer surface of the body.
6 . The wearable audio device of claim 1 , wherein the body latching feature comprises a magnet.
7 . The wearable audio device of claim 6 , wherein the cover plate is magnetic, and wherein the cover plate is removably coupled to the body by an interaction between the cover plate and the magnet.
8 . The wearable audio device of claim 6 , wherein the cover plate includes a cover plate magnet, and wherein an interaction between the cover plate magnet and the magnet of the body removably couples the cover plate to the body.
9 . The wearable audio device of claim 1 , wherein the body includes a recess, wherein the body latching feature is disposed in the recess, and wherein the cover plate is removably disposed in the recess.
10 . A wearable audio device, comprising:
a body, the body comprising:
an acoustic module configured to transmit audio, the acoustic module located such that the body and the acoustic module are configured to be located in or on an ear of a user; and
a body latching feature, wherein the body latching feature is configured to interact with a cover plate to removably couple the cover plate to an outer surface of the body.
11 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body latching feature comprises one or more tabs.
12 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body latching feature comprises a magnet.
13 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body latching feature is configured to slidably engage with the cover plate to removably couple the cover plate to the outer surface of the body.
14 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body latching feature is configured to interact with the cover plate to removably couple the cover plate to the outer surface of the body thereby at least partially covering the outer surface.
15 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body includes a recess and the body latching feature is disposed in the recess such that the body latching feature is configured to removably dispose the cover plate in the recess.
16 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , wherein the body further comprises a feedback feature configured to indicate when the cover plate is removably coupled to the outer surface of the body.
17 . The wearable audio device of claim 10 , the body further comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is perpendicular to the first portion and the body latching feature is configured to interact with the cover plate to removably couple the cover plate to the body thereby at least partially covering the first portion and at least partially covering the second portion.
18 . A cover plate that is configured to be removably coupled to a body of a wearable audio device such that the cover plate at least partially defines an outer surface of the body when coupled to the body, the cover plate comprising:
a cover plate body; and
a cover plate latching feature configured to removably couple the cover plate to the body of the wearable audio device.
19 . The cover plate of claim 18 , wherein the cover plate latching feature comprises at least one slot.
20 . The cover plate of claim 18 , wherein the cover plate latching feature comprises at least one magnet.