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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
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); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10K 11/178 (2013.01); A61F 2011/145 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An hearing protection device is provided. The hearing protection device can include a speaker to relay sounds, such as conversations, to the user of the hearing protection. The hearing protection device can include an electronics package that can filter out undesirable sounds, such as to improve the user's ability to hear conversations around them while still protecting the user's ears.