Wearable action sports audio system

Abstract

A garment may be built with a compartment in or adjacent to the neck collar to mount and immobilize a personal audio device, and provide for the routing of audio transducers and wires. The configuration of the mounting provides for an unobtrusive listening experience for the user, is readily removable to allow for garment cleansing and personal audio player maintenance, maximizes the potential for freedom-of-motion required in various sports-related activities, and addresses safety issues not accounted for in the prior art. The garment may also be equipped with a mechanism (such as a hook and loop closure) to capture and immobilize audio transducers and wires when not in use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A garment of any material, cut, or style comprising:
 A compartment comprising an elongated passageway constructed from, embedded within, affixed to, or located adjacent to the neck collar of the garment that contains and limits the motion of an electronic device such as a personal audio player, and   An aperture, hole, grommet, slit, button hole, passage, channel, or any other type of opening or combination of openings or other passage in said compartment to allow for ingress and egress of transducer wire leading to an audio transducer, and   A loop, tube, hook and loop enclosure, section of fabric, hollow lanyard, or series of such attached to or around the neck collar wherein the transducer wire leading to an audio transducer threads through, and   One or more apertures, holes, grommets, slits, button holes, passages, channels, or any other type of opening or combination of openings or passageways through the neck collar to allow for transducer wire to thread through from the interior of the garment to the exterior   
     
     
         2 . The combined garment, personal audio player, transducer wire and audio transducer, or any set of such, as specified in claim one, wherein a separable fastener is attached to said garment to contain and immobilize an audio transducer (or set of such) when not in use 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein legs are attached to the garment, as in a wetsuit or shorty wetsuit, famer john, spring suit, drysuit or any other cut of cloth or combination of materials regardless of style or fashion. 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein a hood is attached or integrated, or any other cut of cloth or combination of materials regardless of style or fashion. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the aperture, hole, grommet, slit, button hole, passage, channel, or any other type of opening or combination of openings or passageways that allows for ingress and ingress of transducer wire to and from the personal audio player compartment is eliminated 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the loop, tube, hook and loop enclosure, section of fabric, hollow lanyard, or series of such attached to or around the neck collar to contain and direct transducer wires is eliminated 
     
     
         7 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein one or more apertures, holes, grommets, slits, or passageways through the neck collar to allow for the conductive wire to thread through from the interior of the personal audio player compartment to the interior of the garment is eliminated 
     
     
         8 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein audio transducers are paired to a personal audio player via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A2DP, AirPlay, DLNA, NFC or any other form of audio streaming protocol. 
     
     
         9 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the personal audio player is controlled by Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A2DP, AirPlay, DLNA, NFC or any other electronic signal or streaming protocol through a paired button, switch, bracelet, or any other form of electromechanical device 
     
     
         10 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein audio from the personal audio player is transmitted to another electronic or electromechanical device (for example, but not limited to, a camera, video recorder, action cam, cellphone or memory storage device) via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A2DP, AirPlay, DLNA, NFC or any other form of audio and/or video streaming protocol.