EP2237696B1 - Headphone holder - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder that can be adapted to a headphone body, characterised in that it comprises means for removable attachment onto said body and in that it can be associated with a decorative element. More precisely, the holder has a generally annular shape having ends defining attachment means, including free ends, thus defining lips or clamps. Advantageously, a decoration member can be attached, glued, integrated, clipped or clamped on the portion opposite said lips. The decoration member can thus be arranged according to at least three directional axes.

Description

The present invention relates to a device adapted to fit on a headset or a headset see a headset.

More specifically, the invention relates to a device also for supporting another element or device, such as a decoration, a jewel or other accessory.

Generally, headphones or earpieces contain speakers transmitting sounds via a connector and a wired link or via means of transmission and wireless power (radio waves, infrared, wifi etc.) of a radio player, cd, cassette, mp3, mp4 or any other type of reader known per se.

The present invention also relates to hands-free headsets for telephony, computer audio, or those for communicating with presenters or presenters.
The use of this type of earphone is not very aesthetic.

It is however known from the Japanese demand JP 2007 142538 A to add decorative elements on the earphone wire.

This is why the main objective of the invention is to provide a headphone decoration holder, for concealing or beautifying said earpiece through a decoration, a jewel or other ...

This decoration and its support must be securely held or attached to the headset.

The present invention consists louse that a device adapted to fit to a body of _{the headset} according to claim 1.

More precisely, said support is of generally annular shape, its ends constituting fastening means whose blunt ends, thus forming lips or clamps.

Advantageously, the device according to the invention comprises a decorative element fixed on the part opposite to said lips.

According to another embodiment, said support comprises a male element or a female element, opposite said lips.

Advantageously, said male element or said female element is adapted to cooperate with, respectively, a female element or a male element of said decorative element, in order to form an axis of rotation perpendicular to said body.

Preferably, said male element is a lug or a nipple or a generally circular element.

Preferably, said support is formed by molding in one piece and is made of flexible or flexible material, while providing a fixation on said body.

• la figure 1 est une représentation en perspective d'un écouteur comportant le dispositif selon l'invention ;
• la figure 2 est une représentation arrière d'un écouteur comportant le dispositif selon l'invention ;
• la figure 3 est une vue de côté du dispositif selon l'invention ;
• la figure 4 est une vue arrière en perspective du dispositif selon l'invention ;
• la figure 5 est vue de ¾ face du dispositif selon l'invention ;
• la figure 6 est une vue de face en perspective du dispositif selon l'invention;
• les figures 7 et 8 sont des représentations en perspective et de côté du dispositif selon l'invention en train d'être disposé sur un écouteur.
• les figures 9 et 10 sont des vues de dessus et arrière du dispositif sur un écouteur ;
• la figure 11 est une représentation arrière du dispositif, selon l'invention, disposé sur un écouteur et comprenant un objet de décoration.

The invention will be better understood in light of the following description, relating to illustrative, and in no way exhaustive, examples of the present invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

• the figure 1 is a perspective representation of an earphone comprising the device according to the invention;
• the figure 2 is a rear view of an earpiece comprising the device according to the invention;
• the figure 3 is a side view of the device according to the invention;
• the figure 4 is a perspective rear view of the device according to the invention;
• the figure 5 is viewed from the front of the device according to the invention;
• the figure 6 is a perspective front view of the device according to the invention;
• the Figures 7 and 8 are perspective and side representations of the device according to the invention being arranged on an earphone.
• the Figures 9 and 10 are top and rear views of the device on a listener;
• the figure 11 is a rear representation of the device, according to the invention, arranged on an earpiece and comprising a decorative object.

The Figures 1 and 2 are perspective and rear representations of an earphone comprising the device according to the invention.

Generally, an earphone or an earpiece 1 consists of a rod (or body) 2, a cord 3 connecting a sound-emitting device to a loudspeaker (not shown but of a type known per se), contained in a receptacle auricular or intra-auricular 4 of said earpiece.

The body 2 has a rear portion intended to be placed outside an ear and a front portion having the receptacle 4 to be positioned on the ear or in the ear.

The device according to the invention or support 5 has a generally circular or rounded or oval shape, in other words, a generally annular shape to adapt to the formats of the body 2 of the earphones 1.

The support 5 may also have a general octagonal, hexagonal or parallelepiped shape or other forms of a type known per se.

To do this, the support 5 has holding means or fixing type "clamp" 6 allowing it to grip, encircle or form a belt around the body 2 of the earphone 1 and thus to fix stably.

The holding means 6 allow the support 5 to be removable and to be adaptable or modular to all types, shapes and sizes of earphone body.

The support 5 can be defined in six faces: two sides 7 and 8, front 9, rear 10, upper 11 and lower 12 thus, the whole defining an inner and outer part.

The front face 9 of the support 5 is intended to be attached to the front part of the body 2. The rear face 10 (inner part) of said support 5 is intended to fit or to be positioned on the rear part of the body 2.

The Figures 3 and 4 are side views, and rear perspective, of the device according to the invention.

The rear face 10 of said support 5 is intended to include an element 13 of the type decoration, jewel, fashion accessory or sports or other (see figure 11 ).

The latter is glued, integrated, marked, printed or fixed centrally on the outer rear face of said support 5.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the support 5 has on the outer surface of its rear face 10 a projecting element 14 or a male element.

More specifically, the projecting element 14 can form a lug, pin or a generally circular element on the outer rear face of said support 5.

Preferably, said projecting element is disposed centrally on the rear outer face 10 of said device.

Advantageously, the projecting element 14 can assume all the desired forms, provided that it makes it possible to constitute an axis of rotation perpendicular to the body 2, of which it is the center of rotation.

Indeed, the projecting element 14 is intended to receive another element 13, decoration type, jewel, fashion accessory or sport or disguise or the like, removably.

It can be provided that the lug 14 forms a snap-in element or a clip adapted to cooperate with a hole or opening or female element (not shown but of a type known per se) of said decorative element. The projecting element 14 is formed so as to offer the decorative element 13 a center of rotation perpendicular to the body 2 of said earphone 1. Thus, the decorative element 13 can take any desired position around the body 2, which the center is the projecting element 14.

It can be provided that a male element similar to that described above is disposed on the decorative element 13 and that said support 5 comprises a female element similar to that described above.

The Figures 5 and 6 are views of ¾ from the front, and from the front in perspective, of the device according to the invention.

The holding means 6 of said support are located on its front face 9.

The support according to the invention is formed of a part forming the perimeter of the body 2 (rear face 10 and the side faces 7 and 8) of an earphone 1, the ends of which are frank thus constituting said holding means 6.

Said holding means 6 are in the form of lips or tongs thus allowing the support 5 to easily adapt and to attach itself securely to a headphone body, while being removable.

Preferably, the support 5 is in the form of an open ring symmetrically or asymmetrically.

Said lips 6 make it possible to translate (rotationally) (or laterally) said support 5 around the body 2. Thus the decorative element 13 fixed or attached (snapped) to the projecting element 14 can be positioned, as desired, on one side or the other of the main axis of the body 2 of said earpiece.

The support 5 can also be placed, as desired, along said body (from bottom to top and vice versa). Thus the decorative element 13 fixed or attached (snapped) to the projection element 14 can be positioned, at its convenience at a certain height along said body 2 of said earpiece.

Preferably, the support 5 may be designed by molding in one piece (monobloc) of metal or plastic.

Said support may consist of rigid material or of flexible (or flexible) material while allowing to ensure a fixation thereof on an earphone 1.

Advantageously, all the faces of the support 5 can be formed of flexible (or flexible) materials and comprise a projecting element 14 of rigid material.

For example, the width of said support is between 0.4 cm and 4 cm, the height or thickness between 0.1 cm and 2 cm, the diameter forming the support 5 is between 0.2 cm and 4 cm. The ends may have a spacing between 0.2 cm and 4 cm.

The Figures 7 and 8 are perspective and side representations of the device according to the invention being arranged on an earphone.

Said support 5 is inserted through the lips 6 through the connecting cord 3 of a mp3 player, for example. Then it is slid along the body 2 of the earphone 1.

Advantageously, the decoration support 5, for example, can be arranged, as the user wishes, along said body 2 of the earphone 1 and stably thanks to said holding means 6.

The Figures 9 and 10 are top and rear views of the device on an earphone.

These figures illustrate the possibilities of the axes of rotation offered by said support 5.

Thanks to the holding means 6, and more precisely to the lips, the support 5 can be rotatably (or laterally) displaced with respect to the main axis of the body 2 and thus be turned around said body.

In addition, according to the preferred embodiment, that is to say, when said projecting element 14 is present, the decorative element 13 may also itself have an axis of rotation perpendicular to the main axis of said body 2. The decorative element 13 can thus rotate perpendicularly with respect to the main axis of the body 2 without moving or taking away the support 5.

The figure 11 is a rear view of the device according to the invention disposed on a earpiece and comprising a decorative object.

This figure shows the support 5 positioned on a body 2 of earphone 1 which cooperates with a decorative element 13.

Thus the user of earphone 1 can install the support according to the invention as he wishes, that is to say, place it at a desired height and lateral positioning on the body 2 of said earpiece but also arranging the decorative element 13 about the axis of rotation (projecting element 14) that it desires and without the need to disassemble said support of said body or said decoration 13 of said support.

In addition, the user can in a single gesture change according to his desires, the decorative element of the support 5 and / or remove, or reposition said support itself in at least three axes of direction.

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Earpiece

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Body of the earpiece

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Earphone cord

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Earphone receptacle

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Support or device according to the invention

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Means for maintaining the support

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Support side

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Other side of the support

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Front side of the support

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Back side of the support

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Upper side of the support

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Bottom side of the support

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Decoration element

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Element protruding from the support

Claims (7)

1. A support (5) adapted to be fitted onto the body of an earpiece (1), comprising fastening means (6), detachable on the said body (2) and adapted to be associated with a decorative element (13), characterised in that it comprises a male element (14) or a female element opposite the said fastening means (6) adapted to cooperate with a female element or a male element respectively of the said decorative element (13) in a way as to form a rotation axis perpendicular to the said body (2).
2. A support (5) according to the previous claim, characterised in that it is generally annular in shape, with ends constituting fastening means (6).
3. A support (5) according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the said fastening means (6) are clean ends forming lips or pinchers.
4. A support (5) according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that it comprises a decorative element (13) fixed to the part opposite the said lips (6).
5. A support (5) according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the said male element (14) is a spur or a pilot point or an element that is generally circular in shape.
6. A support (5) according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that it is formed by moulding in a single piece.
7. A support (5) according to the preceding claim, characterised in that it is made of soft or flexible material, while allowing fastening on the said body (2).

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