US 12,413,892 B2
Inverted balloon system and inflation management system
John Patrick Keady, Fairfax Station, VA (US)
Assigned to ST TipTech, LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed by ST TipTeCh, LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,163.
Application 17/407,163 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/549,410, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,159,876.
Application 16/549,410 is a continuation of application No. 15/791,038, filed on Oct. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,455,315, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/791,038 is a continuation of application No. 14/669,602, filed on Mar. 26, 2015, granted, now 9,843,854, issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Application 14/669,602 is a continuation of application No. 12/578,461, filed on Oct. 13, 2009, granted, now 8,992,710, issued on Mar. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/103,923, filed on Oct. 8, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385569 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1058 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/301 (2013.01); B29C 66/5221 (2013.01); B29C 66/532 (2013.01); B29C 66/53245 (2013.01); H04R 2201/105 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1051 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An earpiece comprising:
an instrument package, wherein the instrument package includes at least one microphone and a speaker, wherein the instrument package includes a pump coupled to a pneumatic tube, wherein the pneumatic tube includes a deformable third valve; and
a detachable ear manifold, where the ear manifold includes an inflation element and a first valve and a second valve, wherein the instrument package is configured to be attached to the ear manifold, and wherein the ear manifold is configured to be pneumatically separate from the instrument package when the ear manifold is detached from the instrument package, wherein the inflation element is coupled to an inflation tube, wherein when the ear manifold is attached to the instrument package the inflation tube is coupled to the pneumatic tube, wherein the first valve and second valve are configured so that when the inflation element is inflated using the pump and the instrument package is removed from the ear manifold the inflation element remains inflated.