1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headphone, and more particularly to a multimedia speaker headphone that has earphone speakers and speakers allowing a user to listen to music with or without wearing the multimedia speaker headphone.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional headphone comprises a headband having two ends and two ear-covers mounted respectively on the ends of the headband. Each ear-cover has an earphone mounted inside the ear-cover. The headphone is used with a stereo system or computer to broadcast the music or sounds. The headband is worn on a person's head with the ear-covers fitted over the ears to allow the person to listen to the music in privacy, that is people nearby are not bothered by the music. This is particularly true when the listener wants to enjoy the music at a loud level. However, after a certain amount of time listening via the headphones, the user will feel discomfort and fatigue from the ear covers. Some persons may carry with them simultaneously the headphone and a speaker so they can use the speaker when getting tired after wearing the headphone for a while. However, the speaker is large and inconvenient for the person to carry.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a multimedia speaker headphone to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the invention is to provide a multimedia speaker headphone that has earphone speakers and audio speakers allowing a user to listen to music with or without wearing of the multimedia speaker headphone.
A multimedia speaker headphone has a headband, two ear-covers and a control and transmission device.
The ear-covers are mounted pivotally on the headband and each has an earphone speaker and an audio speaker.
The control and transmission device has a controller and a transmission apparatus. The controller is connected one of the ear-covers and has a switch to selectively switch on the earphone speakers or the audio speakers. The transmission device has at least one transmission cord having a terminal.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The headband (10) has two joint ends (11) and two cover mounts (12). The cover mounts (12) are semi-circular, are mounted pivotally and respectively at the joint ends (11) and each cover mount (12) has two ends.
The ear-covers (20) are mounted pivotally and respectively between the ends of the cover mounts (12) of the headband (10) and are connected electrically to each other. Each ear-cover (20) has a casing (21), an audio speaker (25), a retainer (26), an earphone speaker (27) and a cover (28).
The casing (21) is annular and hollow and has an inside open end and an outside open end and an inner surface (211). The audio speaker (25) is mounted on the outside open end of the casing (21) and has a housing (251) and a first socket (252) defined in the housing (251). The retainer (26) is mounted on the inner surface (211) of the casing (21). The earphone speaker (27) is mounted on the retainer (26) in the casing (21). The cover (28) is mounted on the inside open end of the casing (21) opposite to the audio speaker (25) and has an inside surface and a soft pad. The soft pad is mounted on the inside surface of the cover (28).
The control and transmission device is connected electrically to one of the ear-covers (20) and has a controller (30) and a transmission apparatus (40).
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The transmission apparatus (40) is connected electrically to the controller (30) and has at least one transmission cord and a second socket (41). The at least one transmission cord is mounted to the transmission apparatus (40) and has distal end and a terminal (42) mounted on the distal end. The second socket (41) is defined in the transmission apparatus (40).
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The multimedia speaker headphone is used with an audio system such as an MPEG audio layer 3 (MP3) player with the terminal (42) of the at least one transmission cord plugged into a socket of the MP3 player. The switch selectively enables the user to switch on the earphone speakers (27) or the audio speakers (25). Alternatively, the multimedia speaker headphone is used with a computer or a recorder and the microphone (29) allows a wearer to input sound into the computer or the recorder.
The multimedia speaker headphone has the earphone speakers (27) and audio speakers (25) so a user can select the audio speakers (25) to listen to music or broadcast without wearing the multimedia speaker headphone. Furthermore, the arrangement of the multimedia speaker headphone can be changed to be especially compact for storage.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.