WO2009071837A2

WO2009071837A2 - Headphone holder

Info

Publication number: WO2009071837A2
Application number: PCT/FR2008/052125
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yannick Intesse
Original assignee: Yannick Intesse
Priority date: 2007-11-30
Filing date: 2008-11-25
Publication date: 2009-06-11
Also published as: WO2009071837A3; EP2237696A2; FR2924567A1; EP2237696B1; ATE519393T1

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

EARPHONE SUPPORT

The present invention relates to a device adapted to fit on a headset or a headset see an audio 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, earphones or earpieces contain speakers transmitting sounds via a connector and a wired link or via means of transmission and wireless power supply (radio waves, infrared, wifi etc.) of a radio player, cd, cassette, mp3, mp4 or any other reader of a type 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

This is why the main objective of the invention is to propose a headphone decoration holder, making it possible to conceal or beautify said earpiece by means of a decoration, a jewel or others.

This decoration and its support must be firmly held or fixed on the atrium The present invention consists for this purpose in a device adapted to adapt to an earphone body, characterized in that it comprises removable fixing means on said body and in that it is adapted to be associated with an element decorative

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

Advantageously, the device according to the invention comprises a decorative element fixed on the part opposite 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 able 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 ensuring a fixation on said body

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: FIG. 1 is a perspective representation of an earphone comprising the device according to the invention,

FIG. 2 is a rear representation of an earphone comprising the device according to the invention,

FIG. 3 is a side view of the device according to the invention,

FIG. 4 is a perspective rear view of the device according to the invention,

FIG. 5 is a front view of the device according to the invention,

FIG. 6 is a perspective front view of the device according to the invention,

FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective and side views of the device according to the invention being placed on an earphone

FIGS. 9 and 10 are top and rear views of the device on an earphone,

FIG. 11 is a rear representation of the device, according to the invention, arranged on an earphone and comprising a decorative object

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

Generally, an earphone or a headset 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-auπculaire 4 said earpiece

The body 2 has a rear part intended to be placed on the outside of an ear and a front part comprising the receptacle 4 intended 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 earpiece 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 its rear part of the body 2.

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 decoration type, 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 protruding element 14 or a male element

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

Preferably, said projecting element is disposed centrally on the rear outer face 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, such as decoration, jewel, fashion accessory or sports or disguise or the like, removably

It may be provided that the envelope 14 forms a snap-on element or a clip capable of cooperating with a hole or opening or female element (not shown but of a type known per se) of the said element of decoration. 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 earpiece 1 Thus the decorative element 13 can take all the desired positions around the body 2, 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.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are front view and front view 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 clamps 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 one-piece molding (monobioc) 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.

Figures 7 and 8 are perspective and side views 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, the iong of said body 2 of the earphone 1 and this stably thanks to said holding means 6.

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 translated rotatably (or laterally) 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.

Figure 11 is a rear view of the device according to the invention arranged on an 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 earphone user 1 can install the support according to the invention as it wishes, that is to say, place it at a desired height and lateral position on the body 2 of said earphone but also arranging the decorative element 13 around rotation axis (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.

LEGEND

Earpiece Body of the earpiece Earphone cord Earpiece receiver Holder or device according to the invention Means for holding the support Side of the support Other side of the support Front face of the support Rear face of the support Upper face of the support Lower face of the support Element of decoration Element protruding from the support

Claims

1. Support (5) adapted to adapt to a body (2) of earphone (1), comprising fixing means (6), removable on said body (2) and adapted to be associated with a decorative element ( 13), characterized in that it comprises a male element (14) or a female element, opposite said fixing means (6) adapted to cooperate with, respectively, a female element or a male element of said decorative element (13) to form an axis of rotation perpendicular to said body (2).

2. Support (5) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it is of generally annular shape, its ends are fixing means (6).

3. Support (5) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said fixing means (6) are blunt ends forming lips or clamps.

4. Support (5) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a decorative element (13) fixed on the portion opposite said lips (6).

5. Support (5) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said male element (14) is a lug or a pin or a generally circular element.

6. Support (5) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is formed by molding in one piece.

7. Support (5) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it is made of flexible or flexible material, while providing a fixation on said body (2).