Patents Examined by Oyesola A Ojo
  • Enhanced comfort earbud
    Patent number: 9992588
    Abstract: An earbud that uniformly conforms to the ear canal and maintains a constant and comfortable radial pressure on the ear canal regardless of size. The earbud is designed to extrude distally when placed inside a small canal and yet still conforms to the canal while maintaining the aforementioned comfortable radial pressure. A wax bridge may be added to provide an added layer of wax protection to the earbud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney A. Higgins, Timothy Daniel Trine