EAR COVERING PROTECTOR

Abstract

An illustrated view of an exemplary ear protection device for protecting an outer ear. The ear protection device is useful for protecting the outer ear from being subject to cuts or nicks from scissors or other sharp articles, unwanted dye or other hair solution on ear skin, burns from styling equipment, hair clippings or other items during the cutting of the hair affecting the ear skin, etc. Additionally, the ear protection device helps alleviate bug, such as mosquitos, flies, etc., from entering the ear while sitting at a camp site, front yard, back yard, etc. The ear protection device has an ear-plug and a cover and an ear-plug integrated to an inner face of the cover. A logo may be on an outer face of the cover.

Claims

1. An ear protective device for protecting an ear, the device comprising: a cover, the cover comprising: an inner face; an outer face, the outer face having a lip, wherein the lip being for coupling to the outer edge of the outer ear; and an ear-plug, the ear-plug being integral to the inner surface of the cover, wherein the ear-plug for coupling to an ear canal.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the cover being made of a foam material.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the material being flexible.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the ear-plug being made of a foam material.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device being a same size of an ear.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the outer face having a logo on a center portion of the outer face.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] FIG. 1 is an illustrated view of an exemplary ear protection device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0012] The phrases in one embodiment, in various embodiments, in some embodiments, and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms comprising, having, and including are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.

[0013] Above, adhesive, affixing, any, around, both, bottom, by, comprising, consistent, customized, enclosing, friction, in, labeled, lower, magnetic, marked, new, nominal, not, of, other, outside, outwardly, particular, permanently, preventing, raised, respectively, reversibly, round, square, substantial, supporting, surrounded, surrounding, threaded, to, top, using, wherein, with, or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.

[0014] Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0015] Referring to FIG. 1, an illustrated view of an exemplary ear protection device 100 for protecting an outer ear. The ear protection device 100 is useful for protecting the outer ear from being subject to cuts or nicks from scissors or other sharp articles, unwanted dye or other hair solution on ear skin, burns from styling equipment, hair clippings or other items during the cutting of the hair affecting the ear skin, etc. Additionally, the ear protection device 100 helps alleviate bug, such as mosquitos, flies, etc., from entering the ear while sitting at a camp site, front yard, back yard, etc.

[0016] The ear protection device 100 has an ear-plug 200 and a cover 300. The ear-plug 200 is useful for being coupled to an ear canal to protect the ear canal from injury, protect items from entering the ear, to reduce noise being heard or to help ease various ailments such as ringing of the ears. The ear-plug 200 is preferably made of a foam material, but other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, rubber, plastic, etc.

[0017] The cover 300 has an inner face 301, an outer face 302, an outer edge 303, a center 304 and a lip 305. The cover 300 is preferably a size of an ear. The cover 300 is preferably made of a foam material, but other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, rubber, plastic, cloth, etc. The material is preferably flexible.

[0018] The cover 300 is placed over the outer ear and coupled to the outer edge of the outer ear. The lip 305 of the outer edge 303 of the cover 300 is coupled to an outer edge of the outer ear.

[0019] The ear-plug 200 is coupled to the inner face 301 of the cover 300, thus it is integrated into the ear cover 300.

[0020] Optionally and/or additionally, a logo 306 may be embossed onto an upper portion 307 of the outer face 302 of the cover 300.

[0021] In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a component or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with a or an, e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called dependent clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of independent clauses to which they refer or other features described above.

[0022] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.

[0023] The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0024] Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.