Carrying case for headphones

Abstract

A carrying case for headphones includes first and second opposed shell shaped, molded plastic case members hinged along one side and connected on the opposite side by means of magnetic material. Overlapping peripheral walls of the case members and projecting tabs facilitate separation of the magnetically closed case.

1 . A carrying case for a headphone, said headphone including a first and a second ear speaker and an arcuate bridge connected to said first and second ear speakers, and further including a speaker lead wire with a plug for attachment to an audio source socket, said plug including a connector pin, said case comprising in combination: 
 a first lower, polymeric, molded case member generally in the form of a shell with a central recess, a peripheral wall extending about the central recess, said wall having a generally straight hinge section, an arcuate front wall section opposite the straight hinge section with first and second arcuate side wall sections connecting the hinge section to the arcuate front wall section and a flat circumferential top edge surface;    an inwardly extending land generally at the midpoint of the arcuate front wall section with a magnetic material embedded therein generally flush with the surface of the land, said land and the edge surface of the peripheral wall being generally coplanar,    a second, upper, polymeric molded case member comprising a generally mirror image of the first case member, said first and second case members joined by a hinge in the hinge wall sections thereof and maintainable in a closed position by the respective magnetic material with the edge surface of the peripheral walls in generally flush contact,    said first and second case members including respectively a first and a second edge projection tab generally off center of the midpoint of the arcuate front wall section, said first and second tabs providing a manual torsion release element;    said second case member peripheral edge wall surface at least in part extending peripherally outwardly over the peripheral edge wall surface at least in part of the first case member; and    an interior socket molded into the inside wall of a case member for retention of a pin socket adapter.    
   
   
       2 . The case of  claim 1  wherein the first case member has a generally flat bottom surface.  
   
   
       3 . The case of  claim 1  including a headphone retained within the case.  
   
   
       4 . The case of  claim 3  wherein the headphone is in part compressible and said first and second case members compress the headphone within the closed case, and said magnet material retains the case members in the closed position.  
   
   
       5 . The case of  claim 1 , wherein the second case member peripheral edge surface projects outwardly over the first case member peripheral edge surface along the arcuate wall section and first and second side wall sections of said first case member.  
   
   
       6 . A carrying case for a headphone, said headphone including a first and a second ear cover speaker and an arcuate bridge connected to said first and second ear cover speakers, and further including a speaker lead wire with a plug for attachment to an audio source socket, said plug including a pin connector, said case comprising in combination: 
 a first lower, polymeric, molded case member generally in the form of a shell with a central recess, a peripheral wall extending about the central recess, said wall having a generally straight hinge section, an arcuate front wall section opposite the straight hinge section, first and second arcuate side wall sections connecting the hinge section to the arcuate front wall section, and a flat circumferential top edge surface;    an inwardly extending land generally at the midpoint of the arcuate wall section with a magnetic material embedded therein generally flush with the surface of the land, said land and the edge surface of the peripheral wall being generally coplanar,    a second, upper polymeric molded case member comprising a generally mirror image of the first case member, said first and second case members joined by a hinge in the hinge wall sections thereof and maintainable in a closed position by the respective magnetic material with the edge surface of the peripheral walls in generally flush contact,    said first and second case members each including respectively a first and a second edge projection tab generally off center of the midpoint of the arcuate front wall section, said first and second tabs providing a manual torsion release element;    said second case member peripheral edge wall surface extending peripherally along the side wall sections and front wall section outwardly over the peripheral edge wall surface of the first case member.    
   
   
       7 . A carrying case for a headphone, said headphone including a first and a second ear cover speaker and an arcuate bridge connected to said first and second ear cover speakers, and further including a speaker lead wire with a plug for attachment to an audio source socket, said case comprising in combination: 
 a first lower, polymeric molded case member generally in the form of a shell with a central recess, a peripheral wall about the central recess, said wall having a generally straight hinge section, an arcuate front wall section opposite the straight hinge section first and second arcuate side wall sections connecting the hinge section to the arcuate front wall section, and a flat circumferential top edge surface;    an inwardly extending land generally at the midpoint of the arcuate front wall section with a magnet embedded therein flush with the surface of the land, said land and the edge surface of the peripheral wall being generally coplanar,    a second, upper polymeric molded case member comprising a generally mirror image of the first case member, said first and second case members joined by a hinge in the hinge wall sections thereof and maintainable in a closed position by the respective magnets with the edge surfaces of the peripheral walls in flush contact,    said first and second case members each including respectively a first and a second edge projection tab generally off center of the midpoint of the arcuate front wall section, said tabs providing a manual torsion release element; and    said second case member peripheral edge wall surface at least in part extending peripherally outwardly over at least in part of the peripheral edge wall surface of the first case.