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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Daniel R. Schumaier, Elizabethton, TN (US);
David M. Campbell, Ii, Johnson City, TN (US);
Jerry V. Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Harry S. Strothers, Iv, Chamblee, GA (US);
Allison Guyton, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Jason R. Herman, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Christopher S. Kudika, Duluth, GA (US);
Scott A. Lutz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stephen J. Drabant, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Katherine A. King, Gainesville, GA (US);
Daniel R. Schumaier, Elizabethton, TN (US);
David M. Campbell, II, Johnson City, TN (US);
Jerry V. Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Harry S. Strothers, IV, Chamblee, GA (US);
Allison Guyton, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Jason R. Herman, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Christopher S. Kudika, Duluth, GA (US);
Scott A. Lutz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stephen J. Drabant, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Katherine A. King, Gainesville, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An earplug shaping device compresses a compressible earplug prior to insertion of the earplug into a user's ear canal. The device includes a first member and a second member which rotate with respect to each other. The outer surface of the first member and inner surface of the second member define a space that decreases in size as the first and second members rotate with respect to each other, thereby compressing the compressible earplug. Various embodiments of the earplug shaper employ a ratchet mechanism permitting substantially only one direction of rotation.