Wearable action sports audio system

Abstract

A garment may be built with a compartment in or adjacent to the neck collar to mount and immobilize a personal audio device, and provide for the routing of audio transducers and wires. The configuration of the mounting provides for an unobtrusive listening experience for the user, is readily removable to allow for garment cleansing and personal audio player maintenance, maximizes the potential for freedom-of-motion required in various sports-related activities, and addresses safety issues not accounted for in the prior art. The garment may also be equipped with a mechanism (such as a hook and loop closure) to capture and immobilize audio transducers and wires when not in use.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention is in the field of clothing that incorporates a personal audio player and provides for the routing of audio transducers and wires. Personal audio player includes MP3 players, CD players, Bluetooth devices, cell phones, smartwatches, action cams, and the like.DESCRIPTION[0002]The present invention provides for a wearable and removable personal audio system integrated into a garment in a manner that is designed to maximize range-of-motion for the wearer, while also providing safety advantages over the prior art. The invention is comprised of a specially constructed garment containing a compartment to house a personal audio player and provide for the routing of transducer audio wires, a personal audio player, ‘earbuds’ or ‘headphones’ (hereafter referred to as “audio transducers”) with conductive wire (hereafter referred to as “transducer wire”). The personal audio player is detachably affixed within a compartment constructed within or adjacent...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]It is an objective of the present invention to provide for a mounting between personal audio player and garment that addresses these shortcomings in the prior art, and therefore presents greater utility and enhanced safety to the user. The construction of the personal audio player compartment in the current invention provides a significant advancement over the prior art for those involved in action sports, since its presence is rendered relatively unobtrusive to the user, allowing them to focus more intently on the activity at hand. Furthermore, the location and positioning of transducer wires minimizes the likelihood of wire entanglement and dislodgement, while simultaneously being easily removable to allow for garment cleansing.

Problems solved by technology

However, prior art does not disclose or inform of the incorporation of a personal audio player within a compartment located within or adjacent to the posterior neck collar of a garment such that said player is unobtrusive to the wearer, the movement of said player is restricted, yet allows for movement of both the mounting and transducer wiring.

Prior art also provides for the routing of transducer wires, however much of the prior art does so in a manner that may hinder the participant in action sports.

For example, the routing of transducer wires along the lateral edge of a garment may be problematic for the reason that the wires may bind when the action sport participant engages in movements that entail a lateral bending of the body.

For action sports that require the wearing of a harness (as in, for example, kiteboarding or windsurfing) the routing of the transducer wires may result in an increased likelihood of said wire dislodgement from the audio jack of a personal audio player, presenting a potentially lethal distraction.

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