JP2007116577A - Accessory for earphone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an earphone which is available in a market to be joined with fashionability afterwards, and to enable the earphone to be easily exchanged in response to variations in taste. <P>SOLUTION: Configuration is made by forming an elastic fixing unit 30b for elastically fixing to an extended portion 23 accompanied with fixing to the extended portion 23, and a position determining unit 30a for determining a position of the elastic fixing unit 30b to a predetermined fixing position by contacting to a part of the extended portion 23. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an earphone ornament for decorating a so-called earplug type earphone called an inner ear type or a canal type.

Conventionally, in order to listen to music information reproduced by a portable player or the like, an earphone set employing a so-called earplug type earphone has been used.
This earphone set includes a pair of left and right earphones provided by bulging out a lead portion for guiding a cord to each back side of the earphone main body, and a plug connected to the tip of the cord extending from the lead portion. In addition to the above-described configuration, in addition to these configurations, a configuration in which a volume for adjusting the volume and an operation unit for remotely operating each unit of the portable player are commercially available.
Since the earplug type earphone described above is compactly formed due to the functional limitation of fitting into the ear, it is difficult to add an element for enhancing fashionability later.

By the way, in order to enhance the fashionability of such earplug type earphones, for example, there is an ornament for earphones having a configuration disclosed in Japanese Utility Model No. 3024416. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional ornament for the earphone.
The earphone ornaments shown in FIG. 13 have adhesives for the dolls 4 and 5 as decorative members on the lead-out portions 3 and 3 for leading out the cords 2 and 2 provided on the back side of the earphone main bodies 1 and 1. It is the thing of the structure fixed by etc.
Noto 3024416

However, in the conventional ornament for earphone disclosed in the above-mentioned Noto 3024416, since the dolls 4 and 5 which are decoration members are directly fixed to the lead-out portions 3 and 3 with an adhesive or the like, Even when the dolls 4 and 5 are bored or when the dolls 4 and 5 themselves are soiled, only the dolls 4 and 5 cannot be exchanged.
Therefore, in such a case, there is a drawback that the earphone itself that does not need to be replaced originally has to be replaced, which is extremely uneconomical.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an earphone ornament that can add fashionability to a commercially available earphone later and can be easily exchanged in accordance with changes in taste.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is applied to an elastic fastening portion that elastically fastens to the lead-out portion and a part of the lead-out portion as the lead-out portion is attached. By being in contact with each other, a positioning part for positioning the elastic fastening part at a predetermined position is formed.
According to this configuration, in accordance with the operation of attaching the decorative article to the lead-out portion of the earphone, the positioning portion comes into contact with a part of the lead-out portion to perform positioning, and the elastic fastening portion is set at a predetermined position of the lead-out portion. It is elastically fixed to.

  The invention described in claim 2 is configured such that the ornament for the earphone described in claim 1 has a decorative member fixed to a fastening member in which an elastic fastening portion and a positioning portion are formed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lead-out portion according to the second aspect is formed to have substantially the same outer diameter from a base end bulged to the earphone body to a cord lead-out end for leading the cord to the outside. It has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the fastening member is formed in a cylindrical shape with an inner diameter that can be mounted on the lead-out part, and a positioning part is placed at one end and an elastic fastening part is placed at the other end. The configuration is as follows.

  In the invention according to claim 4, the fastening member according to claim 3 is formed of an elastic material, and the inner diameter of the other end of the fastening member is formed to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the lead-out portion. Constitutes an elastic fastening portion.

  In the invention according to claim 5, the fastening member according to claim 3 or 4 is formed with an insertion groove having a width that can be inserted into an interpenetrating portion between the lead-out portion and the earphone main body. A pair of anti-extraction protrusions are formed on the opposite edge portions of the insertion groove so as to prevent the omission by coming into contact with and engaging with the interpenetrating portion.

  In a sixth aspect of the present invention, a flat mounting surface for mounting the decorative member is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the fastening member according to any of the third to fifth aspects.

  The invention according to claim 7 is an outline in which the lead-out portion according to claim 2 is formed with substantially the same diameter from a base end formed to bulge to the earphone body to a cord lead-out end for leading the cord to the outside. The fastening member has an elastic fastening portion formed by a pair of elastic fastening pieces arranged at one end of the support plate material, and a positioning portion formed by the positioning piece at the other end of the support plate material. The configuration is arranged.

  According to the first to seventh aspects of the present invention, the positioning is performed while the positioning unit comes into contact with a part of the lead-out part in association with the operation of attaching the ornament to the lead-out part of the earphone, and the elastic fastening part. Is elastically fixed to a predetermined fixing position of the lead-out portion, so that fashionability can be added to the commercially available earphone later and can be easily exchanged according to changes in taste.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of an earphone set including an earphone covered with an ornament according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of a pair of left and right earphones, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the ornament and the ear pad separately from the earphone, FIG. 4 is a front view of the earphone, and FIG. 5 is a side view thereof.

  An earphone set B shown in FIG. 1 includes a pair of left and right earphones 10 and 10 that are covered with an earphone ornament (hereinafter simply referred to as “decoration”) A according to an embodiment of the present invention. It has a plug 12 connected to the leading end of the derived cords 11, 11. Reference numeral 13 denotes a portable player.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, each earphone 10 has an opening 20 a of a substantially bowl-shaped inner divider body 20 and an opening 21 a of an outer divider body 21 having substantially the same shape as each other. The earphone main body 22 having a hollow structure and a lead-out portion 23 to be described in detail later. The earphone main body 22 has a small speaker (not shown) built therein.

  The side wall of the inner divider body 20 is composed of a mesh member (not shown) so that the voice from the above-described small speaker built in the earphone main body 22 can be heard clearly.

The deriving unit 23 is for deriving the cord 11 connected to a small speaker (not shown) built in the earphone main body 22 to the outside, which is connected to the outer wall 21b of the outer divider body 21 on the outer side. It is formed to bulge integrally toward the surface.
Specifically, it is formed with a central axis O2 orthogonal to the central axis O1 as the center, which is the same outside from the base end 23a bent into a spherical surface to the cord lead-out end 23b leading the cord 11 to the outside. It is formed in a cylindrical shape with a diameter.
Further, in the present embodiment, the length L1 is approximately 1.5 times the diameter D (shown in FIG. 3) of the outer divider body 21 (inner divider body 20). As shown in FIG. 5, the interlaced portion 24 between the outer divided base 21 and the outer divided base 21 has a teardrop-shaped contour that is upside down in a side view.

  Next, the detail of the ornament for earphones which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of an earphone ornament according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 shows a fastening member that forms a part of the ornament, and FIG. , (B) is the front view, (C) is the other side view, FIG. 8 shows the decorative member, (A) is the front view, and (B) is the other side view. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the decorative product A includes a fastening member 30 and a decorative member 40.
The fastening member 30 is formed of a PCV (polyvinyl chloride) plastic material, which is an elastic material, and has a substantially cylindrical shape with the base end 30a closed and the other end 30b open as shown in FIG. The inner diameter gradually becomes slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the lead-out portion 23 from the base end 30a toward the other end 30b.
That is, if the outer diameter of the lead-out portion 23 is D1, and the inner diameter of the other end 30b of the fastening member 30 is D2, the relationship is D1> D2.
Thus, when the fastening member 30 is mounted on the lead-out portion 23, the other end 30b is elastically expanded and deformed, and the lead-out portion 23 is elastically secured by the elastic force accompanying the expansion deformation, The mounting state to the derivation unit 23 is maintained.

In other words, the configuration in which the inner diameter D2 of the other end 30b of the fastening member 30 is formed slightly smaller than the outer diameter D1 of the lead-out portion 23 corresponds to an elastic fastening portion that is resiliently fastened to the lead-out portion 23. Yes. In other words, the holding force is increased by applying the force inward.
When spread, the elastic force of the other end 30b of the fastening member 30, and therefore the elastic force of the elastic fastening part, for example, when the fastening member 30 is mounted on the lead-out part 23, The fastening member 30 is set so as not to be removed from the lead-out portion 23 and the user can easily remove the fastening member 30 from the lead-out portion 23.
In the present embodiment, “elastically fasten” means that the fastening member 30 mounted on the lead-out portion 30 is worn so as not to move in a normal use mode by using an elastic force. The elastic force is such that the user can pull out the fastening member 30 from the lead-out portion 30.

The full length L2 of the fastening member 30 is formed to be slightly shorter than the full length L1 of the lead-out part 23, and the base member 30a of the fastening member 30 is provided on the lead-out part 23 so that the base end 30a of the fastening member 30 is the lead-out part. 23, the other end 30 b of the fastening member 30 is positioned in the vicinity of the cord lead-out end 23 b of the lead-out portion 23.
In other words, the configuration in which the distance between the base end 30a and the other end 30b is slightly shorter than the total length L1 of the lead-out portion 23 corresponds to a positioning portion for positioning the elastic fastening portion at a predetermined fastening position. ing.

By the way, a groove 30e for wearing is formed in the outer peripheral wall 30c of the fastening member 30 from the opening 30d of the other end 30b to the vicinity of the base end 30a with a constant width W1, and the center axis O2 is sandwiched between A flat attachment surface 30f for attaching the decorative member 40 is formed at a position facing the groove 30e.
The “constant width W1” is substantially equal to the width W2 of the interlaced portion 24 between the lead-out portion 23 and the outer divider body 21 described above, and thereby the relative position of the fastening member 30 with respect to the lead-out portion 23. It can be slid.

As shown in FIG. 8, the decorative member 40 includes a flat plate-like pedestal 41 formed with projecting pieces 41 a, which are shaped like petals, with an equiangular interval of 72 degrees around the central axis O <b> 3, and the pedestal. It consists of six jewels 42 fixed to the other side surface (outer side surface) of 41.
“Jewel” is a mineral and organic material that has beauty, scarcity, and durability, and is used for decoration. From these, for example, the one according to the season can be selected. For example, “summer” is cool, and “winter” is warm. Artificial stones or precious metals may be used instead of jewels.

  The decorative member 40 having such a configuration is fixed to the attachment surface 30f of the fastening member 30 via a base 41 with, for example, an adhesive. In the present embodiment, the pedestal 41 is formed into a flat plate body, and the attachment surface 30f is also formed into a flat surface, thereby increasing the contact area and increasing the fixing strength. That is, by making both flat, positioning becomes easy, and attachment of the decorative member 40 to the fastening member 30 can be easily performed.

In the present embodiment, the attachment surface 30f of the fastening member 30 is flattened, and the contact area is increased by forming the pedestal 41 in contact with the flat plate 41. The contact area may be increased by forming the contact area.
That is, the structure which formed the attachment part for increasing a mutual contact area in a fastening member, a decoration member, or both is preferable.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 9, the manner in which the decorative member is attached to the lead-out portion of the earphone will be described. 9A and 9B show a state in which an ornament is attached to the lead-out portion of the earphone. FIG. 9A is a side view showing a part of the state during the attachment, and FIG. FIG. In addition, in FIG. 9, the decoration member is abbreviate | omitted and shown for the convenience of showing clearly a mode that the fixation member is covered to the derivation | leading-out part.

First, as shown in FIG. 3 described above, the fastening member 30 is mounted so that the opening 30 d thereof covers the base end 23 a of the lead-out portion 23.
When the opening 30d of the fastening member 30 starts to cover the base end 23a of the lead-out portion 23, as shown in FIG. 9A, the other end 30b and the opening 30d of the fastening member 30 are elastically deformed so as to expand. In addition, along with this elastic deformation, the fastening member 30 is fixed to the lead-out portion 23, and the interphase portion 24 of the lead-out portion 23 is inserted into the groove 30e for wearing. .

  When the fastening member 30 is further inserted into the lead-out portion 23, finally, the inner wall of the base end 30a of the fastening member 30 is connected to the base end 23a of the lead-out portion 23 as shown in FIG. In this manner, the elastic fastening portion, that is, the other end 30 b of the fastening member 30 is positioned in the vicinity of the cord lead-out end 23 b of the lead-out portion 23.

As a result, the decorative article A can be elastically firmly fixed to the lead-out portion 23 and can be integrated with the earphone 10 to enhance fashionability. Moreover, since the positioning part and the elastic fastening part are arranged apart from each other, the fastening member 30 can be stably mounted on the lead-out part 23.
Further, if the user gets bored with the ornament A or has become soiled, it can be easily replaced with another ornament by simply pulling out the fastening member 30 from the lead-out portion 23.

Next, a first modification of the fastening member will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a side view of the fastening member according to the first modification. The fastening member according to the first modification has the same configuration as the fastening member described above except that a pair of removal prevention protrusions are formed. The same reference numerals are assigned to the components, and the description thereof is omitted. Here, main differences will be described.
As shown in FIG. 10, the fastening member 30 ′ according to the first modified example has a pair of removal preventing projections 30 g and 30 g formed in a groove 30 e to be worn.

The protrusions 30g and 30g for preventing the removal are formed in a triangle shape having oblique sides 30h and 30h having the same inclination angle as the inclined surfaces 24a and 24a of the interpenetrating portion 24, and are mutually directed toward the inside of the mounting groove 30e. It protrudes so as to face each other.
The formation position in the groove 30e for wearing is a position where the oblique sides 30h, 30h are in close contact with the inclined surfaces 24a, 24a of the interpenetrating portion 24 when the attachment (mounting) to the lead-out portion 23 of the fastening member 30 is completed. Is formed.

  In other words, when the fastening member 30 is mounted on the lead-out part 23, specifically, when the base end 23a of the lead-out part 23 is in contact with the inner wall surface of the base end 30a of the fastening member 30 and positioned, The oblique sides 30h, 30h are formed in close contact with the inclined surfaces 24a, 24a of the interpenetrating portion 24.

Further, by utilizing the fact that the base end side of the interpenetrating portion 24 is formed with a curved surface, the interval between the protrusions 30g and 30g for preventing removal is made slightly smaller than the maximum width W2 of the interpenetrating portion 24. Thus, by simply pressing the protrusions 30g, 30g against the interpenetrating portion 24, the fastening member 30 can be elastically deformed, and the distance between the protrusions 30g, 30g can be increased.
By providing such a pair of removal preventing projections 30g, 30g, it is easy to maintain the positioning state of the fastening member 30 with respect to the lead-out portion 23, and that the fastening member 30 escapes from the lead-out portion 23 in an untimely manner. It can be surely prevented.

Next, a fastening member according to a second modification will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows a fastening member according to a second modification, in which (A) is a side view of one side, (B) is a front view thereof, and (C) is a side view of the other side. is there.
The fastening member 50 according to the second modification has a positioning piece 50b at the base end (one end) of the support plate 50a having the same length L2 as the fastening member 30 and a constant width, and the support plate. A pair of elastic fastening pieces 50c, 50c are formed at the lower end (the other end) of 50a.

The positioning piece 50b is bent into a surface shape that is in close contact with the base end of the lead-out portion 23 described above.
The pair of elastic sandwiching pieces 50c, 50c are formed in an annular shape on the same circumference, the inner diameter of which is gradually smaller than the outer diameter of the lead-out portion 23, and their open ends 50d, 50d. Is set at the same interval as the above-described groove 30e for mounting.

Accordingly, when the fastening member 50 is mounted on the lead-out portion 23, the pair of elastic fastening pieces 50c, 50c are elastically expanded and deformed, and the elastic force accompanying the spread deformation causes the lead-out portion 23 to be elastic. By this, the wearing state is maintained.
The elastic force of the elastic fastening pieces 50c, 50c is such that, for example, when the fastening member 50 is mounted on the lead-out portion 23, the fastening member 50 may not be removed from the lead-out portion 23 depending on the normal use mode. It is the same as that described above that the fastening member 50 can be easily removed from the lead-out portion 34 by the user.

FIG. 12 shows a fastening member according to a third modification, wherein (A) is a side view of one side, (B) is a front view thereof, and (C) is a side view of the other side. is there.
In addition, since the fastening member which concerns on this 3rd modification has the structure equivalent to the fastening member demonstrated in FIGS. 1-9, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and demonstrated to those equivalent to them. The main differences will be described here.

In the fastening member 30 ″ according to the third modification, a flat attachment surface 30f ′ for attaching the decoration member 40 is formed on the outer peripheral wall 30c at a position facing the groove 30e for wearing with the center axis O2 interposed therebetween. ing.
The length L3 of the mounting surface 30f ′ is formed so as to substantially match the outer diameter of the decorative member 40. By forming such a mounting surface 30f ′, compared to the fastening member 30 described above, The mounting surface is inconspicuous and the design beauty is not easily damaged.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the following modifications can be made.
You may make it form the friction increase layer and friction increase film | membrane which apply | coat the high viscosity liquid material for increasing friction, such as a silicon | silicone, on the internal peripheral surface of a fastening member. Thereby, frictional resistance can be increased easily, and accidental withdrawal can be prevented.
Further, by forming such a friction increasing layer or a friction increasing film, the ratio of reducing the inner diameter D2 of the other end 30b of the fastening member 30 to be smaller than the outer diameter D1 of the lead-out portion 23 can be reduced. Moreover, it can also be set as the structure which does not provide such an internal diameter difference.
-In above-mentioned embodiment, although the derivation | leading-out part demonstrated as an example what was formed with the same outer diameter from the base end fixed to the earphone main body to the cord derivation | leading-out end which led the cord outside, the derivation | leading-out part was demonstrated. Even if the structure is such that the diameter gradually increases from the base end to the center portion and gradually decreases from the center portion toward the cord lead-out end, it is included in “substantially the same outer diameter”.

-Although the ornament of the structure which fixed the decoration member to the fastening member which formed the elastic fastening part and the positioning part is demonstrated, even if it makes it form an elastic fastening part and a positioning part directly in a decoration member Good.
-The attachment surface provided in the fastening member is for improving the fixing strength and the like, and may be provided as necessary.

It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the earphone set containing the earphone which covered the ornament which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an expansion perspective view of one thing of a pair of right and left earphones. It is a perspective view which isolate | separates and shows an ornament and an ear pad from the earphone same as the above. It is a front view of an earphone same as the above. It is a side view of an earphone same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view of the ornament for earphones which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The fastening member which comprises a part of the ornament is shown, (A) is one side view, (B) is the front view, (C) is the other side view. A decorative member is shown, (A) is the front view, (B) is the other side view. It shows a state in which a decorative article is mounted on the lead-out portion of the earphone same as above, (A) is a side view showing a part of the state during the mounting, and (B) is a state of completion of the mounting. FIG. It is a side view of the fastening member which concerns on a 1st modification. The fastening member which concerns on a 2nd modification is shown, (A) is the one side view, (B) is the front view, (C) is the other side view. The fastening member which concerns on a 2nd modification is shown, (A) is the one side view, (B) is the front view, (C) is the other side view. It is explanatory drawing of the ornament for the conventional earphone.

Explanation of symbols

11 Cord 22 Earphone body 23 Lead-out portion 23a Base end 23b Cord lead-out end 24 Interpenetrating portion 30 Fastening member 30a Positioning portion 30b Elastic fastening portion 30e Insertion groove 30g Removal prevention projection 40 Decoration member 50a Support plate member 50c Elasticity Fastening piece 50b Positioning piece A Earphone accessory

Claims (7)

In the earphone ornament, which is formed by expanding the lead-out portion for guiding the cord extending from the inside of the earphone main body,
With the attachment to the lead-out part, the elastic fastening part that elastically fastens to the lead-out part and the elastic fastening part is positioned at a predetermined fastening position by contacting a part of the lead-out part. An earphone ornament characterized by having a positioning portion for performing the operation.   The ornament for earphone according to claim 1, wherein a decorative member is fixed to a fastening member formed with an elastic fastening portion and a positioning portion. The lead-out part is of a substantially cylindrical shape formed with substantially the same outer diameter from the base end bulged to the earphone body to the cord lead-out end for leading the cord to the outside,
The fastening member is formed in a cylindrical shape with an inner diameter that can be mounted on the lead-out part, and is formed by arranging a positioning part at one end and an elastic fastening part at the other end. The earphone ornament according to claim 2.   The fastening member is formed of an elastic material, and the elastic fastening portion is configured by forming the inner diameter of the other end of the fastening member to an inner diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the lead-out portion. The ornament for earphones of Claim 3.   The fastening member is formed with an insertion groove having a width that can be inserted into an interpenetrating portion between the lead-out portion and the earphone body, and the interpenetrating portion is formed on the opposite edge portions of the insertion groove. 5. The earphone decorative article according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a pair of protrusions for preventing removal are formed by contact and locking.   6. The earphone ornament according to claim 3, wherein a flat attachment surface for attaching the decorative member is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the fastening member. The lead-out part is of a substantially cylindrical shape formed from the base end formed to bulge to the earphone main body to the cord lead-out end for leading the cord to the outside, and substantially the same diameter,
The fastening member is characterized in that an elastic fastening portion formed by a pair of elastic fastening pieces is arranged at one end of the support plate material, and a positioning portion formed by the positioning piece is arranged at the other end of the support plate material. The earphone decorative article according to claim 2.

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