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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Crest Turdjian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Crest Turdjian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Moldex-Metric, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A two piece dual mode earplug including an integrally molded elongated member having a nose end and an open rear end and a channel extending through. An integrally molded insert member is formed with a base portion and a rod portion and with the rod portion seated within the open rear end of the elongated member and includes an attenuation filter integrally molded as part of the rod portion and includes first and second openings located on each side of a chamber and with the size and length of the openings together with the chamber providing attenuation of impulse noise. The insert member also includes the base portion integrally molded to have a third opening larger than the first and second openings in the rod portion and with the first, second and third openings together forming a passageway through the insert member to the channel extending through the elongated member.