US4918757A
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Hearing aid headband support
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-01-30
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Granted: 1990-04-24
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Expires: 2009-01-30
Abstract
Abstract In a hearing aid support, an elongated adjustable headband surrounds the head from the forehead hairline in the vicinity of the ears to the nape of the neck. Strip forming slits in the headband at the predetermined position of the skull bone support a bone conduction oscillator to make contact with the mastoid bone.
Inventors
- 👤 Gwen V. Janssen
- 👤 Roy C. Rowland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R25/00; H04R25/02; H04R2225/00; H04R2225/021; H04R2225/0213; H04R2460/00; H04R2460/13; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S2/00; Y10S2/11
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A hearing aid support, comprising: an elongated flexible headband having a length capable of surrounding a user's head from the forehead hairline across the position of the mastoid bones to the nape of the neck in end overlapping relation and having a width selected in accordance with the dimensions of a hearing aid to be supported; means including a tube or patch strip securing a bone conduction oscillator or air receiver hearing aid to said headband in a manner for contact between the oscillator and the user's skull bone, said headband having a plurality of longitudinal parallel spaced-apart slits at the position of the mastoid bone forming a lateral strip on either side of a center strip, the tube being resilient, flexible and coextensive with the headband width and transversely threaded through the headband slits and gripped by the strips; and, a hearing aid unit within the bore of said tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A hearing aid support, comprising: an elongated flexible headband having a length capable of surrounding a user's head from the forehead hairline across the position of the mastoid bones to the nape of the neck in end overlapping relation and having a width selected in accordance with the dimensions of a hearing aid to be supported; means including a tube or patch strip securing a bone conduction oscillator or air receiver hearing aid to said headband in a manner for contact between the oscillator and the user's skull bone, said headband having a plurality of longitudinal parallel spaced-apart slits at the position of the mastoid bone forming a lateral strip on either side of a center strip, the tube being resilient, flexible and coextensive with the headband width and transversely threaded through the headband slits and gripped by the strips; and, a hearing aid unit within the bore of said tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The hearing aid support according to claim 1 and further including: means anchoring the respective end portions of said tube with the lateral strips, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The hearing aid support according to claim 2 in which said lateral strips are interposed between the respective end portions of said tube and the head of the user and the wall of the tube is provided with an opening between the lateral strips exposing an adjacent portion of the hearing aid for intimate contact with the user's skull.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The hearing aid support according to claim 3 in which said tube is further characterized by an aperture in its wall diametrically opposite the opening and further including: at least one section of material of predetermined thickness secured to the inner surface of the center strip in register with the tube aperture.
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