Patents by Inventor Richard Sanpei

Richard Sanpei has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080002145
    Abstract: An audio earplug adaptor configured to be received on a leg of an eyewear device for a human being in which a body having a support member configured to engage an earplug having a speaker assembly, which earplug communicates with an audio signaling device; and the body selectively attached to a leg of an eyewear device, whereby an earplug positioned in the support member is selectively oriented relative to an ear of a human being for communicating sound from the audio signaling device, the adaptor one of a plurality of adaptors selected for use depending on the configuration of the earplug to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Sanpei
  • Publication number: 20070253588
    Abstract: An eyewear device in which a front guard member includes a lens portion and a bridge portion to support the lens portion from the nose of the human being, with a pair of temples hingedly connected to opposing ends of the front guard member and having a right and a left hearing assembly, each assembly including an arm member that slides into the tubular shaped end of the temple and a leg member pivotally attached to the arm member and the leg member including an audio earplug attachment means whereby an audio earplug is attached to the leg member for communicating an audio signal from a sound source. In an alternate embodiment, the audio earplugs attach to a signal carrier held within a band that attaches at opposing ends to the temples. A sound source selectively connects to the audio earplugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventor: Richard Sanpei