HOWARD STIG LEIGHT
Pilots at Van Nuys St, San Diego, CA

6148446, Nov 21, 2000

Apr 17, 2000

9/550759

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Bacou USA Safety, Inc. - San Diego CA

A61F 1114

2209

A noise-blocking banded earmuff wherein the earmuffs (12, 14) are fixed against rotation about a horizontal axis (34) with respect to the band (24), and wherein the band can extend upwardly around the top of the head, downwardly (24A) around the neck, or rearwardly (24B) behind the head, using earmuffs of moderate size. Instead of each earmuff aperture being of a vertically elongated oval shape, each aperture has four 90. degree. concave corner segments (46-49) lying at the corners of an imaginary square (36), and four connecting segments (41-44) that each connects two concave segments. The middles (56) of the connecting segments lie closer to the aperture axis (34) than the middles (50) of the concave corner sections. The connecting segments can be largely straight to form an earmuff aperture of largely square shape with rounded corners. The connecting segments can be convex (181-184) to form an earmuff aperture of largely cloverleaf shape.

5824966, Oct 20, 1998

Oct 22, 1997

8/955919

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Bacou USA Safety, Inc. - DE

H04R 2502

181130

A noise blocking band earplug has a band (12) with outer portions (44, 46) that are bent to prevent the ear-engaging pods (20, 22) from touching the ground, whether placed right-side-up or upside-down on the ground. When the middle region (32) of the band rests on a horizontal surface (64), a band inner end part (70) extends at an upward incline (C) with its outer end forming a second bend (80) so the outer end part (72) extends at a downward incline (D), with the second bend preventing the pods from touching the ground when the earplug is laid upside-down. At the second bend (80), the largely vertical height (J) of the band is increased and its outer surface (102) is made convex to provide pods for more readily pressing the pods against the outside of the ear canals.

6138790, Oct 31, 2000

Oct 19, 1998

9/174839

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Bacou USA Safety, Inc. - San Diego CA

H04R 2502

181130

A noise blocking band earplug has a band (12) with outer portions (44, 46) that are bent to prevent the ear-engaging pods (20, 22) from touching the ground, whether placed right-side-up or upside-down on the ground. When the middle region (32) of the band rests on a horizontal surface (64), a band inner end part (70) extends at an upward incline (C) with its outer end forming a second bend (80) so the outer end part (72) extends at a downward incline (D), with the second bend preventing the pods from touching the ground when the earplug is laid upside-down. At the second bend (80), the largely vertical height (J) of the band is increased and its outer surface (102) is made convex to provide pads for more readily pressing the pods against the outside of the ear canals.

D426880, Jun 20, 2000

May 4, 1998

D/087470

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Howard Leight Industries - San Diego CA

2404

D24106

D402482, Oct 27, 1998

Oct 22, 1997

D/078231

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Howard S. Leight and Associates, Inc. - San Diego CA

2404

D24106

D455217, Feb 9, 1999

Jun 23, 1997

D/072718

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Bacou USA Safety, Inc. - San Diego CA

2404

D24106

5811742, Sep 22, 1998

Oct 2, 1997

8/944094

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Howard S. Leight and Associates, Inc. - San Diego CA

A61B 702, A61F 1100

181135

An elongated earplug of slow recovery material has one end portion (14) for use in large ear canals to effectively block noise therein and an opposite end portion (16) for use in small diameter ear canals to block noise while maintaining a moderate comfort level for the wearer. The opposite end portions of the earplug are of different colors, to enable a person picking up the earplug to quickly determine which end to place in the ear as well as to identify the earplug as a dual type. The larger end is preferably of a lighter color such as yellow, then the darker end which is of a darker color such as medium to dark green or orange, to emphasize the largeness of the large end and the smallness of the small end. One dual earplug has a small end portion which is tapered along most of its length, at an included tapered angle (B) of about 15. degree. , with the end portion progressively increasing in diameter until merges with the large end, without a step in diameters thereat, which facilitates rolling of slow recovery material in the fingers prior to insertion.

5727566, Mar 17, 1998

Dec 20, 1996

8/770407

Howard S. Leight - San Diego CA

Howard S. Leight and Associates, Inc. - San Diego CA

A61F 1100

128857

An earplug is described, which includes an elastic earplug body (12) and a metal part (14) mounted to the body to form an earplug that can be detected by a metal detector. The metal part (14) is in the form of a band that is clamped around the body. Where the body includes a narrow stem (24) and at least one flange (34) extending from a position (56) on the body and at a radially outward and rearward incline therefrom, the band can be attached to a location (62) lying a small distance rearward of the position where the flange emerges from the stem, so the band is hidden and is prevented from directly engaging a person's ear canal.