US 12,323,754 B2
Headphone cover and fastener therefor, and headphone cover mounting method
Masayuki Hayashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Fifty Square Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/041,874
Filed by Fifty Square Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/031248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038706, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319451 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1008 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headphone cover used covering an ear pad of an around ear type headphone, characterized by comprising:
a fabric including at least one opening and configured to cover the ear pad from an outer peripheral surface of the ear pad to an inner peripheral surface of the ear pad;
an elastic body that is provided in an opening peripheral edge portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of the opening and configured to fix the opening peripheral edge portion to an outer peripheral surface of the ear pad or an outer peripheral surface of a housing; and
a fixing member that is disposed in a recessed space formed inside the ear pad and configured to fix a part of the fabric to an inner peripheral surface of the ear pad or a vicinity of inner peripheral surface,
the fixing member being a belt-like member having flexibility, and including
a plurality of first locking portions formed on one surface of the belt-like member,
a second locking portion formed on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the belt-like member, the second locking portion being in a locked state with any one of the plurality of first locking portions; and
a holding portion configured to slidably hold the belt-like member, wherein
the first locking portion and the second locking portion are configured in a shape in which the belt-like member is slidable only in one direction in which a length from an end portion of the belt-like member in a longitudinal direction to the portion held by the holding portion is shortened in a state in which the one portion of the belt-like member is held by the holding portion.