US 11,706,557 B2
Earphone and ribbon cord identifier adaptor
Ernest Chrispino Cherry, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Untangled Sound LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/97,264.
Application 18/097,264 is a continuation of application No. 17/591,596, filed on Feb. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,558,684.
Application 17/591,596 is a continuation of application No. 17/023,105, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,277,680, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,880, filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/916,784, filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,115, filed on May 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156392 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); B65H 75/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1033 (2013.01) [B65H 75/10 (2013.01); B65H 2701/34 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An identifying adaptor configured for use on a ribbon type cord, where the width of the cord is at least twice the thickness of the cord, wherein the identifying adaptor is structured to be anchored to or removed from the ribbon type cord via an open-ended anchor slot and is configured to remain secured to the ribbon type cord during use and storage of the ribbon type cord, comprising:
an external surface or surfaces defining the exterior surface of the body of the identifying adaptor;
an anchor slot defined along the exterior surface of and extending into the body of the identifying adaptor; wherein the anchor slot has an anchor slot first open side and an anchor slot second open side, each open side opening on the exterior surface of the body of the identifying adaptor;
wherein the anchor slot has a first type of cord passageway and a second type of cord passageway; wherein each type of cord passageway is defined by opposing sides that are rigid and wherein each type of cord passageway is configured to receive a ribbon type cord and is defined between and through the anchor slot first open side and the anchor slot second open side; and
wherein the first type of cord passageway is defined by one pair of opposing sides that define a ribbon cord conduit; and
wherein the second type of cord passageway is defined by a first pair of opposing sides and a second pair of opposing sides that define a ribbon cord chamber; and wherein the first pair of opposing sides of the ribbon cord chamber is configured to grip a ribbon type cord received into the ribbon cord chamber; and
wherein a first conduit end of the earphone cord conduit opens onto the surface of the identifying adaptor to provide an anchor slot ribbon cord entrance into the anchor slot; and
wherein a second conduit end of the ribbon cord conduit connects, at a connection point, to and opens into a first side of the first pair of opposing sides of the ribbon cord chamber to provide a cord passageway extending from the anchor slot ribbon cord entrance into the ribbon cord chamber; and
wherein the second conduit end is positioned along the first side of the ribbon cord chamber away from each of the second pair of opposing sides of the ribbon cord chamber; and
wherein at least a first section of the ribbon cord chamber slants at a first angle away from a first one of the opposing sides of the ribbon cord conduit to provide a slanted transition area below the connection point that facilitates the transition of a ribbon type cord from the ribbon cord conduit to the ribbon cord chamber.