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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Ricky Wayne Purcell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott M. Belliveau, Plainfield, IL (US);
Thomas A. Wozny, Westchester, IL (US);
Kenneth Michael Ross, Chicago, IL (US);
Ricky Wayne Purcell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott M. Belliveau, Plainfield, IL (US);
Thomas A. Wozny, Westchester, IL (US);
Kenneth Michael Ross, Chicago, IL (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder where the chamber is in communication with the shaft and the resilient bladder has a wall portion and is deformable from an at-rest position to an in-ear position. The resilient bladder has a variable strength profile in the wall portion of the bladder.