EARBUD CORD ADAPTOR FOR SHARED LISTENING

摘要

An earbud cord as for an audio player is provided with a supplemental, parallel receptacle for connecting a second plug for a second earbud cord, so as to provide signals from the audio player to a second set of earbuds without interrupting or disrupting the listening of the first user. The plug, earbuds, receptacle, and cord can be of any convenient construction, as a mini-phono plug, mini-USB port, Firewire, or the like.

主权项

1. In a first earbud set for a first user's listening to audio information from an output receptacle on a player, the first earbud set comprising an earbud for engaging with said user's ear, a plug for engaging with said receptacle on the player and for connecting to least one audio channel generated by or through said player, and a conductive cord connecting the plug and the earbud electrically to provide said information and music to the user's ear, an improvement for adapting the cord of the first earbud set to accept a second plug connected electrically to a second earbud set of a second user, the improvement comprising:
a second output receptacle carried on and electrically connected into the cord of the first earbud set and to the audio channel from the player carried on the conductive cord; whereby a second earbud set may selectively be connected to the first earbud set and the player without interrupting the listening of the user of the first earbud set.