Waterproof Cover for Personal Music Player

Abstract

A waterproof enclosure for use with a personal music player having an earphone jack has a case formed of a flexible material and creates a watertight interior space sized to receive the personal music player. The case can have a lineout having a proximal end coupled to the case and a distal end with a waterproof sound emitting component. The case can have an audio adapter coupled to the case and to the sound emitting component and having a stem projecting into the interior space, the stem sized to connect with the earphone jack. The lineout can be integrally molded with the case.

1 . A waterproof enclosure for use with a personal music player having an earphone jack, the enclosure comprising:
 a case formed of a flexible material and configurable to create a watertight interior space sized to receive the personal music player;   a lineout having a proximal end coupled to the case and a distal end, the lineout integrally molded with the case;   a waterproof sound emitting component at the distal end of the lineout; and   an audio adapter coupled to the case and to the sound emitting component and having a stem projecting into the interior space, the stem sized to connect with the earphone jack.   
     
     
         2 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , wherein the case has a first part and a second part that together define the interior, wherein the case can be opened to expose the interior and can be closed along a joint, a watertight seal provided along the joint between the first and second parts when closed. 
     
     
         3 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 2 , wherein the watertight seal extends circumferentially around the case and is provided in part on each of the first and second parts of the case. 
     
     
         4 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 2 , wherein the watertight seal and the first and second parts of the case are integrally molded from a stretchable liquid silicone rubber material. 
     
     
         5 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 4 , wherein a tether is integrally molded with and connects the first and second part of the case. 
     
     
         6 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 4 , wherein the lineout is integrally covered by the flexible material forming the case. 
     
     
         7 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , wherein the audio adapter has a retainer that prevents the stem from being pulled from the case and a lineout extending from the jack adapter. 
     
     
         8 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 7 , further comprising a wire lead extending within the lineout from the audio adapter to the waterproof sound emitting component, wherein the lineout is integrally formed from the flexible material as part of the case. 
     
     
         9 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , further comprising one or more wire leads extending from the audio adapter to the sound emitting component, wherein the one or more wire leads are encased in the flexible material integrally molded as part of the case. 
     
     
         10 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , wherein the lineout is integrally formed from the flexible material as part of the case, and wherein part of the audio adapter and the waterproof sound emitting component are encased in the flexible material with the lineout. 
     
     
         11 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , wherein the case is formed from a stretchable liquid silicone rubber material. 
     
     
         12 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 1 , further comprising a thin walled section on the case having a wall thickness thinner than a thickness of the material of the case surrounding the thin walled section, wherein the thin walled section of the case permits actuation of the at least one control device through the case. 
     
     
         13 . A waterproof enclosure for a personal music player having at least one control device on an exterior surface for operating a function of the player, the enclosure comprising:
 a case formed from a resilient flexible material and configurable to create a watertight interior space shaped and sized to receive the personal music player;   a sound emitting component coupled to a lineout extending from the case; and   a thin walled section on the case having a wall thickness thinner than a thickness of the material of the case surrounding the thin walled section,   wherein the case and an outer sheath of the lineout are integrally molded with one another, and   wherein the thin walled section of the case permits actuation of the at least one control device through the case.   
     
     
         14 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 13 , wherein the case further comprises two parts configurable between a watertight closed configuration and an open configuration, the two parts joined along a watertight seal when in the closed configuration. 
     
     
         15 . A waterproof enclosure according to  claim 13 , wherein the flexible material is a stretchable liquid silicone rubber material.