ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,888, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Wearable audio device with modular component attachment" was invented by Thomas George Andrikowich (Whitinsville, Mass.) and Michael Camille Salame (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects include wearable audio devices enabling modular component attachment and detachment. In certain implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a headband for contacting a head of a user; an earpiece coupled with the headband for positioning proximate an ear of the user, the earpiece having an electro-acoustic transducer configured to output audio sig...