US 12,470,076 B2
Charging container for storing and charging an in-ear audio listening device
Axel Bluhme, Stockholm (SE); Daniel Andersson, Stockholm (SE); André Hedh, Stockholm (SE); and Johan Anséhn, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Marshall Group AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/755,374
Filed by Marshall Group AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080234
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/083931, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1951243-3 (SE), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376530 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 15/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0044 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); A45C 15/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); A45C 11/001 (2025.01); H02J 2310/22 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging container configured to store and charge a pair of wireless earbuds, the charging container comprising:
a first part comprising a molded part including a recess to receive the pair of wireless earbuds for placement of the pair of wireless earbuds, wherein a shape of the recess corresponds to a shape of the pair of wireless earbuds; and
a second part attached to the first part to form a lid for enclosing the pair of wireless earbuds when the second part faces the first part, and wherein at least a portion of the second part is flexible,
wherein the charging container is configured to charge the pair of wireless earbuds when the pair of wireless earbuds is positioned in said recess,
wherein the second part is removably attached to the first part to form the lid,
wherein the second part is pivotally hinged with the first part by a magnetic hinge, and wherein:
the second part comprises a protruding hinge part at a side of the second part, the protruding hinge part being provided with at least one first magnetic element; and
the first part comprises a recessed hinge part at a side of the first part, the recessed hinge part being provided with at least one second magnetic element; and wherein
the recessed hinge part is shaped to receive the protruding hinge part to form the magnetic hinge through magnetic attraction established between the first and second magnetic elements when the protruding hinge part is positioned in the recessed hinge part.