US 12,336,885 B2
Customizable hearing protection devices with interchangeable inserts and accessories
Jeremiah Smith, Dayton, OH (US)
Assigned to YOU TUNE HEARING PROTECTION LLC, Dayton, OH (US)
Filed by You Tune Hearing Protection LLC, Dayton, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,306.
Application 17/590,306 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/050,971, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/539,182, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151833 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 11/08 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 11/085 (2022.01) [G10K 11/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A customizable hearing protection device, comprising:
a body portion;
a channel defined through the body portion from a distal side of the body portion to a proximal side of the body portion opposite the distal side;
a sound modifying insert removably inserted into an outer portion of the channel adjacent to the distal side of the body portion, the outer portion having a first diameter;
an adapter insert removably inserted into an inner portion of the channel adjacent to the proximal side of the body portion, the inner portion having a second diameter, the second diameter being less than the first diameter; and
an eartip mounted to a mounting portion of the adapter insert that protrudes from the proximal side of the body portion;
wherein:
the channel comprises a middle portion connecting the outer portion and the inner portion, the middle portion having a third diameter, the third diameter being less than the second diameter;
the adapter insert has a sound path defined through the adapter insert from an entrance end of the adapter insert to an exit end of the adapter insert;
the outer portion of the channel comprises a first main portion with the first diameter, and an accessory grasping portion with a fourth diameter, the fourth diameter being greater than the first diameter; and
the inner portion of the channel comprises a second main portion with the second diameter and an insert grasping portion with a fifth diameter, the fifth diameter being greater than the second diameter.