US 12,439,198 B2
Ring-shaped earphone
Kyle Richard Sarbou, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Kyle Richard Sarbou, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,802.
Application 18/380,802 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/831,410, filed on Jun. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,832,045.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,094, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048891 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1075 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ring-shaped earphone comprising:
a flexible ring-shaped housing comprising an outer cylindrical surface and an inner cylindrical surface;
a circuit board located in the flexible ring-shaped housing;
a rechargeable battery located in the flexible ring-shaped housing, the rechargeable battery being electrically connected to the circuit board;
a speaker within the flexible ring-shaped housing, the speaker being electrically connected to the circuit board and being electrically connected to the rechargeable battery; and
one or more control buttons on the outer cylindrical surface of the flexible ring-shaped housing,
wherein the inner cylindrical surface defines a through-hole configured to receive a digit of a hand, the through-hole allowing the ring-shaped earphone to be stored on the digit, and
wherein the ring-shaped earphone is configured to be contorted into a nonsymmetrical shape and worn in a concha of an ear with the speaker oriented to project sound into an ear canal.