ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,884, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kiran Kumar (Northville, Mich.).
"Adjustable headphone system for hearing safety and ambient awareness" was invented by Kiran Kumar (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable headphone system includes a headband configured to be worn on a user's head and one or more speaker modules that are adjustable between a proximate position adjacent to the user's ear and an offset position spaced apart from the ear. In the offset position, the speaker modules are configured to deliver audio while allowing ambient sound to reach the user's ear through an open acoustic path. In some emb...