IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,989
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,989 · App. 16/988,451 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Earbuds with detachable harness strap

Inventor: David Kim (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
H04R1/105H04R1/1008H04R1/1016H04R1/1033H04R1/1066H04R5/033H04R1/1041H04R2225/31H04R2420/07H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 11,509,989
App. No.
16/988,451
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Headphones include an earbud, including a knob-shaped body, an earbud tip extending from the knob-shaped body and configured to enter an ear canal of a listener, a harness strap interface disposed on the knob-shaped body and configured to removably accommodate a detachable harness strap.

Claims (26)

1. Headphones comprising:

an earbud comprising:

a knob-shaped body comprising a cylindrical structure;

an earbud tip extending from the knob-shaped body from a wall along a height of the cylindrical structure and in an at least a partially radial direction of the cylindrical structure and configured to enter an ear canal of a listener;

a harness strap interface disposed on the knob-shaped body and configured to removably accommodate a detachable harness strap; and

a harness strap comprising at least one elastomeric retainer loop configured to removably retain the earbud by:

stretching around the knob-shaped body, and

seating in the harness strap interface.

2. The headphones of claim 1 , wherein the harness strap interface comprises a groove fully circumscribing the knob-shaped body, the groove configured to hold a retainer loop of the detachable harness strap.

3. The headphones of claim 2 , further comprising a detachable wing attachment configured to removably engage with the groove.

4. The headphones of claim 1 , wherein the knob-shaped body comprises one selected from a group consisting of a plastic and a metal surface.

5. The headphones of claim 1 ,

wherein the earbud further comprises charging terminals on the knob-shaped body.

6. The headphones of claim 1 , wherein the earbud tip further extends from the knob-shaped body in a direction about perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical structure.

7. A headphones kit comprising:

two earbuds, each of the two earbuds comprising:

a knob-shaped body comprising a cylindrical structure;

an earbud tip extending from the knob-shaped body from a wall along a height of the cylindrical structure and in an at least a partially radial direction of the cylindrical structure and configured to enter an ear canal of a listener;

a harness strap interface disposed on the knob-shaped body and configured to removably accommodate a detachable harness strap; and

the detachable harness strap, comprising two elastic retainer loops configured to removably retain the earbud by:

stretching around the knob-shaped body, and

seating in the harness strap interface.

8. The headphones kit of claim 7 , wherein the harness strap interface comprises a groove fully circumscribing the knob-shaped body, the groove configured to hold a retainer loop of the detachable harness strap.

9. The headphones kit of claim 8 , further comprising a detachable wing attachment configured to removably engage with the groove.

10. The headphones kit of claim 7 ,

wherein each of the two earbuds further comprises charging terminals on the knob-shaped body.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: PLANTRONICS, INC.
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Reel/Frame 065549/0065 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTERESTS Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: PLANTRONICS, INC.; POLYCOM, INC.
Reel/Frame 061356/0366 →
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: PLANTRONICS, INC.; POLYCOM, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057723/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2020
From: KIM, DAVID
To: PLANTRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053437/0649 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16230875 · Dec 21, 2018
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