ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,022, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Raised feature on earbud body" was invented by Richmond Andrew Real (Uxbridge, Mass.) and Colin Taylor Mosgrove (Needham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects describe a raised feature to help a user remove an in-ear audio output device from a case. Aspects describe a device comprising an earbud housing shaped to fit in a concha of an ear of a wearer of the device, and a body coupled to the earbud housing, the body extending away from an ear canal of the wearer and oriented outside of the ear when the device is worn, the body comprising a top cap comprisi...