A headphone comprises an earphone for each ear, a first inner headband forming a flat large diameter curve extending between the earphones and adapted to engage against the top of the wearer's head during use, and a second headband of a smaller diameter curve than the first headband, extending between each side of the wearer's head and connected adjacent each end to the first headband. An elastic suspension extends between the connection of the first and second bands to the respective earphones,...

A headphone assembly adapted for engaging a user's head includes an adjustable headband having first and second ends. A right ear piece is attached to a first end, and a left ear piece is attached to a second end of the headband. Each ear piece is substantially semi-circular shaped, and has a substantially inverted U-shaped shell having an inverted U-shaped inner wall. The U-shaped inner wall defines an acoustic cavity having a bottom end opening for receiving approximately the top half of the u...

A baffle, which supports a driver for converting an input electrical signal into an acoustical output signal, is mounted to a headphone cup via a first cushion which sufficiently spaces the baffle from an outer ear to avoid contact. The baffle defines a front cavity and a rear cavity. A second cushion which forms an oval opening large enough to encompass the outer ear is mounted on the headphone cup for establishing an air seal between the front cavity and a region outside the headphone cup.

A stereo headphone has a generally "U"-shaped head band provided with a pair of head band support rails at opposite ends thereof. End portions of the head band are received for sliding extension and retraction withing the support rails. A speaker support frame is secured to each of the support rails. A conventional speaker is mounted within each of the support frames. A pair of mounting bars are connected to each of the speaker support frames. An adjustable linkage allows compound adjustment of ...

A headphone cushion comprises two concentric rings of nonliquid gelatin-like silicone on a layer of soft, slow recovery foam enclosed in a thin stretchable layer of polyurethane skin.

A headphone device and to a technique that makes the headphone device both easy to wear and comfortable when being worn. The headphone device is constructed in such a manner that the positional relationship between driver units and auricles does not change and includes one driver unit and a headband having flexibility and resilience for supporting the driver unit. The headband is arranged around the occipital region of the head when put on the head in such a manner that the driver unit is presse...

First and second direct sound generator circuits 3a and 3b generate direct sound audio signals corresponding to a sound which travels from an imaginary sound source R and reaches directly to the user's ears. When distances from the imaginary sound source R to the left and right ears are different from each other, the generated audio signals are made to have a specified delay time between the first and second direct sound generator circuits 3a and 3b. First and second reflection sound generator c...

A headphone apparatus is presented so that a sound image of game sound outputted from an on-line game machine having a communication function is localized at one or more positions out of the head of the listener wearing a headphone while a sound image of an opponent player's voice outputted from the game machine is localized at a position in the head of the listener.

A headphone pillow includes a support portion. The support portion is flexible and has a first end and a second end. A first pillow portion has a first pillow ear portion connected to the first end of the support portion. The first pillow portion has a first pillow receive portion. A second pillow portion has a second pillow ear portion connected to the second end of the support portion. The second pillow portion has a second pillow receive portion. The first pillow portion and the second pillow...

An adjustable headphone comprising a pair of self-adjusting earpieces interconnected by a headpiece that includes a stiff resilient headband assembly and a soft flexible headstrap resting against a wearer's head. The headstrap is anchored at least at one end to a corresponding sliding block movably joined with the headband assembly having a bifurcated gear rack on its inner surface. The sliding block is equipped with at least one spring-loaded detent coming in contact with the gear rack. The hea...