ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,823, issued on May 6, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Pivot attachment for headphones" was invented by Allen T. Graff (Sutton, Mass.), Daniel C. Haferman (Lynn, Mass.), Zhen Xu (Milford, Mass.) and Daniel P. Baker (Warwick, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Headphones include a cushion assembly and a slider telescopically coupled to the cushion assembly. The slider includes a proximal end that is disposed within the cushion assembly and a distal end extending outward from the cushion assembly. A pivot mount is disposed within an opening at the distal end of the slider. A pivot is supported in the pivot mount. The h...