ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,853, issued on July 21, was assigned to GN AUDIO A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Headband for a headset" was invented by Frank Lin (Ballerup, Denmark), Felix Carlsson (Ballerup, Denmark), Mikael Collin (Ballerup, Denmark), Lars Kristensen (Ballerup, Denmark), Jon Grane Madsen (Ballerup, Denmark), Bill Zeng (Ballerup, Denmark) and Zongyi Zhao (Ballerup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headband for a headset is disclosed. The headband is configured to carry at least one earcup of the headset. The headband comprises a carrier and a foam padding. The carrier is curved to conform to a wearer's head and has a central carrier region. The...