US 11,806,762 B2
Earphone cleaning device
Patrick Behrbom, Alpine, UT (US)
Filed by Patrick Behrbom, Alpine, UT (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,145.
Application 17/713,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/536,497, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,292,033.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226867 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B08B 1/00 (2006.01); A47L 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/12 (2006.01); B08B 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 1/002 (2013.01) [A47L 25/00 (2013.01); B08B 1/007 (2013.01); B08B 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); A46B 2200/30 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3073 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. An apparatus for cleaning earphones, comprising:
a housing configured to retain an earphone, the housing comprising:
a positioning element comprising a feature to maintain the earphone in a first substantially fixed position relative to the positioning element, wherein the positioning element is selectively coupled to and removable from the housing;
an aperture defined in the positioning element proximate to the feature to maintain the earphone in the first substantially fixed position; and
a brush element that extends into the aperture to contact the earphone to remove debris therefrom when the earphone is seated on the positioning element and when the positioning element is coupled to the housing.