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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Jacob H. Ely, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/06 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A61F 11/08 (2006.01); A61F 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); A61F 11/08 (2013.01); A61F 11/12 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hearing article having an acoustic decoupling section is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a hearing article described herein includes a tether having a first end attached to a first hearing device, a first acoustic decoupling section proximate the first end, and a substantially straight intermediate section. The acoustic decoupling section comprises a predetermined shape.