Headset with sheathed insulated-conductors for connection of earphones

Claim 1

A headset, having a headband, a pair of casings having earphones therein, and insulated conductors connecting said earphones, with said headband being formed of two complemental parts, of which one part is a longitudinally curved spring of a given length with opposite ends, with opposite half-lengths of said spring being symmetrical, said casings being hingedly connected with said ends, respectively, of said spring, and the latter establishing the resilient flexibility of the headband, and the other part is a flexible conduit having opposite partial lengths extending to the respective ends of the conduit, and another partial length intermediate and continuous with said opposite partial lengths and shorter than the length of said spring, said conduit being with said intermediate partial length mounted on a symmetrical intermediate length of said spring, and said conduit ends extending into the respective casings and being anchored to the latter therewithin, with said opposite partial conduit lengths being of equal longitudinal extents and forming outward loops between said spring and the respective casings, and said insulated conductors extending through said conduit and having sliding freedom therein.