ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,150, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Audio headset with removably coupled earphones" was invented by Thomas George Andrikowich (Whitinsville, Mass.) and Alexander Stefanov Petrov (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include audio headsets. In one implementation an audio headset includes: a pair of earphones; a headband connecting the pair of earphones; and a cable connecting the pair of earphones through the headband, where the earphones are removably coupled with one another such that the audio headset is operational with only one of the earphones."

The paten...