Headphones with reduced tangling and methods

摘要

A restraint device for a pair of headphones having a pair of earphones, an audio plug, and a pair of wires coupling the pair of earphones to the audio plug, wherein the restraint device includes a body of a material, wherein the material includes an interior channel, wherein the interior channel is configured to have the pair of wires be slidably disposed therein, wherein the interior channel is configured to have the audio plug be removably disposed therein, wherein the interior channel is configured to restrain relative movement of the pair of wires with respect to the audio plug when the pair of wires and the audio plug are disposed adjacently within the interior channel.

主权项

1. A method for a using a restraint device comprises:
receiving a pair of head phones comprising a pair of ear buds, an audio jack, and headphone cables, wherein a first ear bud is coupled to the audio jack with a first headphone cable, and wherein a second ear bud is coupled to the audio jack with a second headphone cable; receiving a restraint device separate from the pair of headphones, wherein the restraint device is configured to adjacently restrain the audio jack, wherein the restraint device comprises a body portion including at least one internal path, wherein the one internal path comprises an opening, wherein the one internal path is configured to restrain movement of the restraint device relative to at least the first ear bud when the first headphone cable is disposed within the one internal path and when the audio jack is adjacently restrained by the restraint device, and wherein the one internal path is configured to not appreciably restrain movement of the restraint device relative to at least the first ear bud when the audio jack is not adjacently restrained by the restraint device; disposing at least the first headphone cable through the opening thereby disposing the first headphone cable within the one internal path; and sliding the restraint device to a plurality of positions along the first headphone cable including a position proximate to the first ear bud.