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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120070027 | Headset With Magnetically Attached Ear Pad A headset (1) comprising at least one earphone (2, 3) with at a first earphone side (39) and earphone attachment means (14) for detachably attaching an ear pad (8) with co-operating ear pad attachment means (16) to the first ear... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051576 | EAR PAD An ear pad for use with a headphone apparatus. The ear pad comprises a pad portion comprising an outer circumference and an inner circumference defining an opening. The pad portion comprises an upper width between the outer and inner circumferences along a vertical mid-... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110176699 | EARPHONE WITH A FIXED FUNCTION AND EARPLUG WITH A FIXED FUNCTION An earphone with a fixed function includes an earphone housing having a holding portion and an earplug sleeved around the holding portion. The earplug has a sleeved portion, a fixed portion and an abutting portion. The fixed portion extended from a periphery of the slee... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110135134 | HEADSET WITH SIDE SUPPORT A headset with side support is provided, where a speaker module is coupled to a side support by means of an elongate resilient spring such that the speaker module and the side support are placeable at each their side of a users head and where the spring provides a holdi... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110110552 | Headphones With Reduced Tangling And Methods A headphone having reduced tendency to tangle comprises an input portion for receiving electrical signals from an output device, an output portion for providing audio signals to a user in response to the electrical signals, a plurality of wires coupled to the input port... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110026754 | EARPHONE ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME An earphone assembly includes a casing, at least one secondary cable, at least one earphone, and at least one reel mechanism. The casing includes an assembly chamber. The earphone electrically connects to the casing by the secondary wire. The reel mechanism is received ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110007926 | HEADPHONE DEVICE A headphone device includes: a driver unit held in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus of an ear; and an arm in a predetermined shape formed integrally with the driver unit and extending from the driver unit, wherein an end of the arm is kept abutting on a part... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002497 | HEADPHONE DEVICE A headphone device is provided which includes a housing including a speaker unit, and a band formed of a series of links and connected to the housings at an end of the band, each link being connected to one another by a joint. The each link includes an angle limiter for... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100284559 | UNDER-CHIN HEADPHONE SET There is provided an under-chin band headphone set comprising two earpiece bands (OB) and two earplugs (OS) which are respectively secured to an ear-side end (OB1) of the two earpiece bands (OB). A respective ball joint (K) is provided at the ear-side end (OB1... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100254562 | EARPHONE VIA DRUMHEAD A bowl-shaped cover (1) with a hole at the bottom replaces the cover with a sound hole of the conventional earphone, thus creating a constant space. The earphone sound vibrates the cover (1) by beating the inside of the cover (1) and then the vibrat... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING HEADPHONE TRANSDUCERS A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100183183 | HEADSET FOR USER SPECIFIC AUDIO SERVICE AND METHOD FOR USER SPECIFIC AUDIO SERVICE USING THE SAME Provided are a headset for a user specific audio service and a method for a user specific audio service using the same. The headset for a user specific audio service includes: a sensing unit sensing whether or not the headset is put on; an information collecting unit de... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100158301 | EARPHONE, HEADSET AND EAR PAD An earphone, a headset, and an ear pad for an earphone. The ear pad may having the sealing integrity guaranteed. The headset may have portions with different degrees of softness or firmness.... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100135515 | HEADPHONES A headphones arrangement comprising an ear piece arranged to accommodate at least a part of an audio player and storage device therein along with a loud speaker, the housing incorporating a peripheral seal as an effective moisture barrier to ingress of moisture within t... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100086165 | Universal Earbud Adapter The invention discloses a universal earbud adapter apparatus comprised of a wire frame and coating, and including an earbud stem support loop, earbud cradle and earslide component.... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100054491 | NOISE-CANCELING HEADSET FOR A CHILD A headset for use by a child, such as an infant or small child. The headset includes a front headband sized and shaped to fit over a front portion of the head of the child and a rear headband sized and shaped to fit over a rear portion of the child's head and coupled to... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100034414 | Headphone There is provided a headphones capable of giving an optimum mounting feeling to the head of everybody by merely being mounted and without special adjustment, and also capable of being mounted for many hours without giving stress to the user. A headphone cabinet 5... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090290742 | Touch Sensitive Controls With Weakly Conductive Touch Surfaces A touch activated control useful for incorporation into, e.g., a DON/DOFF sensor of a communications headset or a touch pad for a cell phone, includes a weakly conductive electrode and a sensor coupled to the electrode and operative to detect a change in parasitic capac... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090274335 | Shoulder/neck supporting electronic application A shoulder/neck supporting electronic appliance includes a wireless head set wherein the head set includes a supporting unit adapted for wearing on a user's collar from behind, a wireless audio device comprising a wireless transceiver supported by the supporting unit fo... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090262952 | EARPHONE AND HEADSET There is thus provided an earphone comprising a housing (20) for receiving an electroacoustic transducer, and an ear cushion unit (10) having an ear cushion material (11) and a first ring (1). The housing has a sealing ring (2) and a l... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090226023 | HEADPHONE A headphone with a configuration that prevents breaking of components and failure to play sounds properly due to a pressure change within spaces in the headphone, comprising: a baffle board; an ear pad provided at a periphery of the baffle board and surrounding an area ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090202096 | Wireless earring assembly A wireless or “Bluetooth” earpiece assembly configured to physically contact a user substantially exclusively at an outer ear location of a user's ear when in use. For example, the outer ear location may be an ear lobe providing the assembly with an appearance of an... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090154754 | EARPHONE, HEADSET AND EAR PROTECTOR There is provided an earphone comprising a hoop (1) with a first and a second pivot point (A0, B0) at least one end of the hoop (1). The earphone has at least one earpiece (3) for receiving at least one electroacoustic transducer. The ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090115599 | AUTOMATED AUDIO OPERATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHODS A body-mounted electronic audio device playing prerecorded audio statements automatically issued as directed by wirelessly connected stationary computer decision-making using input from wearers and devices within the workplace environment to support to improve operation... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090060248 | EARPHONE STRUCTURE WITH A COMPOSITE SOUND FIELD An earphone structure including one or more composite chambers is described. Each of the composite chambers includes sub-speakers. The sounds generated by these sub-speakers are uniformly distributed in the composite chamber and a composite sound field is generated by t... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090046884 | HEADSET MADE FROM RECYCLABLE ISOLATING MATERIALS Headset made from recyclable, disposable and isolating materials such as, for example, paper, cardboard and the like. The headset may comprise ear-members integrated with ear-fasteners and an oblong connecting strip made from isolating materials that may be connected to... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090041267 | HEADSET CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS EXTERNAL SPEAKER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OUTPUT AN THEREOF A headset used as an external louder speaker and a method for adjusting an output of the speaker transducers are disclosed. The headset includes a signal receiver, speaker parts, hinge parts, and amplifiers. The speaker parts change their direction through the hinge par... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090010475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING HEADPHONE TRANSDUCERS A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090003616 | HEADPHONING A noise reducing headset has one or more of the following features: (a) pair of earcups each seated in a yoke assembly mechanically coupled by a headband enclosing a flat spring formed with a slot that runs the length of the spring accommodating electrical wires electri... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090003641 | HEADSET WITH ON-EAR DETECTION A headset including a body configured to be affixed to an ear of a user, and a speaker for reproducing an audio signal, the speaker representing part of the body such that when the body is affixed to the ear, the speaker is positioned proximate the ear canal of the user... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080304689 | Mount For an Acoustic Device A headset (10, 20, 30, 40) able to function with earplugs (15) or ear phones (25) is disclosed. The headset includes a pair of protrusions (16) able to be grasped by a single hand to expand the free ends (14) of the arms (11) wh... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080253603 | Hanging type wireless earphone for carrying digital music player A hanging type wireless earphone for carrying a digital music player includes a pair of speaker bases and a hanging frame. The two speaker bases are respectively mounted on two ends of the hanging frame. When the hanging frame is worn on a user's head, the two speaker b... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080205683 | EYEGLASS-MOUNTABLE AUDIO SYSTEM The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for attaching earphones to eyeglass and similar frames. In one or more embodiments, the apparatus of the present invention comprises an earphone that comprises an elongated support arm that supports the earphone ele... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080175426 | Method and Means For the Emission of an Air Current in the Direction of the Breathing Zone of a User A method and means for the emission of an air current in the direction of the breathing zone of a user (10) of, for instance, an airplane seat. Sound is emitted from a sound emitting position (a, b) adjustable by the user. An air current is emitted from an air em... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080170738 | ADJUSTABLE EARPHONES FOR PORTABLE DEVICES An earphone arrangement may be provided with at least one speaker arrangement including an earpiece adapted to be attached to the user's ear, and a speaker arranged in the earpiece so that the speaker faces the entrance of the ear canal of a user when the earpiece is op... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080159579 | EARPHONE DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL An earphone device for a portable terminal, including a body connected to the terminal; an earphone having a pair of ear speakers, a connection plug, and a cable joining the ear speakers to the connection plug; a fixed member fixedly positioned on the cable; and a coupl... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080159580 | Slidable bluetooth earphone structure A slidable Bluetooth earphone includes a main body having a first body with an accommodating space in which a sound transmission device is mounted, a pair of positioning pieces being oppositely protruded from both lengthwise sides of the first body, a second body being ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080137268 | Personal audio player case and integrated wireless adapter An integrated personal audio player case and wireless adapter includes a rigid main body and a rigid closable top that are sized to receive and encase a selected personal audio player, such as a digital personal audio player having a user control structure and at least ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080125044 | Audio output system and method for mobile phone An audio output system and method for a mobile phone that enables a sound effect to be applied to an audio signal at a headset are provided. The audio output method for a portable device outputting a sound through a sound output device includes establishing a communicat... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080089545 | WIRELESS INTERACTIVE HEADSET A wearable wireless audio device includes a support, an electronics circuit, and a speaker. The support includes a first ear stem and an orbital, and is configured to support at least one lens in a wearer's field of view. The electronics circuit is supported by the supp... | 04/17/2008 |
