Earphone set with detachable speakers or subwoofers
View Patent ↗An apparatus is provided including a first speaker which emits sound, a second speaker which emits sound, and a device which connects the first speaker and the second speaker. The device may connect the first speaker or front speaker, and the second speaker or rear speaker, so that the device can be attached to an ear of a person so that the first speaker lies near the middle of the ear while the second speaker lies at a location between an ear lobe of the ear and a mastoid of a skull of the person.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first speaker which emits sound;
a second speaker which emits sound;
a device which connects the first speaker and the second speaker; and
wherein the device connects the first speaker and the second speaker so that the device can be attached to an ear of a person so that the first speaker lies near the middle of the ear while the second speaker lies at a location between an ear lobe of the ear and a mastoid of a skull of the person.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein
the second speaker can be swiveled with respect to the device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein
the device includes a curved member which fits over the ear in order to attach the device to the ear.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein
the device includes an adjustable member which can be slid up and down the curved member to adjust the position of the second speaker.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein
the second speaker is configured so that it can be detached from the device.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein
the second speaker is electrically connected to a plug which can be detached from a socket of the device in order to detach the second speaker from the device.
7. The apparatus of claim 3
wherein the first speaker is located at a first end of the curved member and the second speaker is located at a second end of the curved member;
wherein the first end is different from the second end.
8. The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising
an electrical cord which runs through the curved member and is electrically connected to the first speaker and to the second speaker.
9. A method comprising:
connecting a first speaker and a second speaker to a device;
attaching the device to an ear of a person so that the first speaker lies near the middle of the ear while the second speaker lies at a location between an ear lobe of the ear and a mastoid of a skull of the person; and
wherein the first speaker emits sound; and
the second speaker emits sound.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising
attaching the second speaker to the device so that the second speaker can swivel with respect to the device.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein
the device includes a curved member which fits over the ear in order to attach the device to the ear.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein
the second speaker is configured so that it can be detached from the device.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein
the second speaker is electrically connected to a plug which can be detached from a socket of the device in order to detach the second speaker from the device.
14. The method of claim 11
wherein the first speaker is located at a first end of the curved member and the second speaker is located at a second end of the curved member; and
wherein the first end is different from the second end.
15. The method of claim 11 further comprising
an electrical cord which runs through the curved member and is electrically connected to the first speaker and to the second speaker.