Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head-mounting device to mask ambient sounds for sleeping
- Patent Title (中): 头戴式装置,用于屏蔽环境声音进行睡眠
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Application No.: US12799155Application Date: 2010-04-20
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Publication No.: US08306237B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Robert A. Connor
- Applicant: Robert A. Connor
- Applicant Address: US MN Forest Lake
- Assignee: Medibotics
- Current Assignee: Medibotics
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Forest Lake
- Main IPC: H04R3/02
- IPC: H04R3/02 ; H04R25/00

Abstract:
This invention is a wearable device that masks and/or cancels annoying ambient sounds to help a person sleep. It includes a soft and stretchable member, such as a headband or hat, that contains one or more sound-conducting tubes. Sound that is emitted from the one or more tubes helps to mask and/or cancel annoying ambient sounds. Advantages of this device over prior art include: no speakers or other rigid components over a person's ears that can be uncomfortable or unsafe when the person sleeps on their side; a relatively wide sound-emitting area to accommodate different size and shape heads; and a stretchable wearable member that gently clings to the person's head to avoid having sound-emitting areas shift away from the person's ears as they toss and turn in their sleep.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110257469A1 Hushband(™): Device to mask ambient sounds for sleeping Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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