- Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 3,272,926
- Filed: 24 April 1963
- In the name of: Gustave F Falkenberg
- Title: Headphone Assembly
- What’s claimed: “In a headphone for a headset, the combination of: an outer shell forming a housing that has a peripheral rim defining an open end, said rim having apertures at two oppositely disposed points; an earcup extending over the open end of said outer shell and including a peripheral wall nesting with in the peripheral rim of said outer shell and having apertures at two points each in alignment with an aperture in the outer shell, a depressed panel portion inward of and adjacent to said peripheral wall, an inner ridge defining the inner extent of said panel portion and forming a channel with said panel por tion and said peripheral wall, and an ear receiving cavity to the inside of said inner ridge; a speaker within said headphone and mounted upon the rear of said earcup panel portion; a resilient cushion disposed in said channel; and a resilient bail with ends inserted through the aligned apertures in the peripheral rim of said outer shell and the peripheral wall of said earcup, which bail ends are urged toward one another by the resilience of the same.”
- Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to be one of the earliest relating to the headphone, although this source suggests that this was not the first pair to be invented. For more information, see here.
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