ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,159, issued on March 31, was assigned to Snik LLC (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Magnetic earphones holder" was invented by Rob Honeycutt (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more earbuds comprise one or more external connectors for removably coupling the earbuds with an additional article. The one or more earbuds are additionally able to comprise magnets for removably coupling with each other. In some embodiment, the one or more earbuds are configured to removably couple with a base unit. Based on a coupling and decoupling of the one or more earbuds with the base unit, a signal is sent to control a remotely located electro...