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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicants:
Natan Bauman, Hamden, CT (US);
Ralph T. Campagna, Danielson, CT (US);
Inventors:
Natan Bauman, Hamden, CT (US);
Ralph T. Campagna, Danielson, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 11/08 (2006.01); H03G 3/04 (2006.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/08 (2013.01); G10K 11/175 (2013.01); G10K 11/1788 (2013.01); H03G 3/04 (2013.01); A61F 2011/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound attenuator that allows a user to adjust the amount of attenuation in a variable, continuous fashion or in a discrete controlled fashion from zero attenuation to maximum attenuation without removing the device from the ear. The ear attenuator includes a housing having a passageway, the passageway allowing for sound to pass through the housing and a variable control, the variable control able to control the size of the passageway through the housing and the amount of attenuating material located within the passageway through the housing.