1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headphone device and in particular, to a headphone device with stabilized wearability.
2. Description of the Related Art
To start with, the construction of the conventional headphone device shown in
This headphone device 1 is comprised of a headband assembly 2 worn on the head and a headphone main body 3 that is attached to at least one end of the headband assembly 2.
The headband assembly 2 is comprised of an arch-shaped headband 4 and a hanger 5 linked to one end of the headband 4. A headphone main body 3 is attached to the inside at the lower end of the hanger 5.
The hanger 5 can be adjusted by a sliding expansion/contraction adjustment with respect to the headband 4. In other words, the position of the headphone main body 3 can be freely adjusted by adjusting the expansion/contraction of the hanger 5 with respect to the headband 4.
The headphone main body 3 includes an internal speaker unit contained in a housing 6 that is fixed to the hanger 5 and a sponge-like ear pad 7 is attached in such a manner that it covers the sound emitting surface of the speaker unit.
In the
As shown in
A conventional headphone device as described above however, can easily slip when worn. In particular, there have been many occurrences in which the headphone device slips down feel from the head of the user due to vibrations when worn for a long period of time while the user is moving.
Moreover, as shown in
For this reason, a conventional headphone device had disadvantages of a strange feeling when worn and sound escaping from the gap that exists between the headphone main body 3 and the ear e thereby reducing the sound quality.
The object of the present invention is to provide a headphone device that can solves these types of problems and can improve the feeling when worn and sound quality by means of matching the headphone main body to the inclination of the ear.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a headphone device comprised of a headband assembly worn on the head, and a headphone main body that is attached to at least one end of the headband assembly and has an internal speaker unit, wherein the headphone device is provided with an ear device that hangs on the ear to prevent slipping when worn.
By providing this ear device the headphone device of the present invention can have stabilized wearability without its slipping when worn.
In the following an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
This headphone device 11 is a so-called headset and includes by a headband assembly 12 that is worn on the head, a headphone main body 13 that is attached to at least one end of the headband assembly 12, and a microphone device 14 disposed in such a manner that it extends from the headphone main body 13, as shown in
The headband assembly 12 is comprised of an arch-shaped headband 15 that are both molded and a hanger 16 linked to one end of the headband 15. The headphone main body 13 is attached to the inside at the lower end of the hanger 16.
The hanger 16 can be adjusted by a sliding expansion/contraction adjustment with respect to the headband 15. In other words, the position of the headphone main body 13 can be freely adjusted by means of adjusting the expansion/contraction of the hanger 16 with respect to the headband 15 in a rotatable manner.
As shown in
In the figure, 20 denotes a cord. The speaker unit 18 internally contained in the housing 17 of the headphone main body 13 and a microphone unit internally contained in the microphone device 14 are electrically connected to an acoustic device through this cord 20.
In addition, as shown in
The ear device 21 is formed of a piece of plastic material integrated with the hanger 16 and comprises an arm 22 that extends from the upper portion of the hanger 16 downward. As shown in
As shown in
Further, because the ear device 21 acts to securely maintain the wearing state of the headphone device 11 even if the user moves about while wearing the headphone device 11, stabilized wearability can be obtained without the headphone device slipping down from the head.
Various shapes for the ear device 21 other than the shape shown in
In addition, as shown in
Namely,
As shown in
Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above, this invention is not limited to those examples.
For instance, although there have been disclosed examples in which the present invention is applied to a headphone device that has the headphone main body 13 only on one end of the headband assembly 12, the present invention can also be applied to a headphone device that has the headphone main body 13 on both ends of the headband assembly 12. In this case, the beneficial effect of the present invention is especially enhanced, as shown in
Furthermore, the structure and shape of the ear device 21 is not limited to the examples described above and in short it can be a device that hangs on the ear when wearing a headphone device.
Moreover, the ear device 21 can also freely be attached or detached.
Having described preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and that various changes and modifications can be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.
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P2000-263495 | Aug 2000 | JP | national |
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