US 11,902,730 B2
Cushion configured to be secured to an ear cup of a headset and/or hearing protection device
Andreas Bruun Larsen, Copenhagen Ø (DK); Dennis Normann Andersen, Olstykke (DK); Jesper Rye Bønnelykke, Valby (DK); and Morten Berg Arnoldus, Frederiksberg C (DK)
Assigned to INVISIO A/S, Hvidovre (DK)
Appl. No. 17/423,517
Filed by INVISIO A/S, Hvidovre (DK)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052294
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157200, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19154750 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124422 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1008 (2013.01) [A61F 11/14 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cushion configured to be secured to an ear cup of a headset and/or hearing protection device, wherein the cushion defines an inner opening and comprises
a contact surface along a periphery proximal part of the cushion, the contact surface configured to abut against and contact a user's head around an ear of the user when the headset and/or hearing protection device is worn by the user,
wherein
the contact surface of the cushion has a predetermined height profile where respective height values of the predetermined height profile at a plurality of locations of the contact surface vary about the inner opening and/or a centre or centre point of the cushion,
a first height of the predetermined height profile is a globally largest height of the respective height values at the plurality of locations, where the plurality of locations is located at least nearest or towards and about the inner opening and/or the centre or centre point and where the first height is located in an upper front-facing part of the cushion, and
wherein the contact surface is a generally flat surface in radial or transverse directions away from or towards the inner opening and/or the centre or centre point of the cushion.