ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,410, issued on April 7, was assigned to SONOS INC. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Mechanical slider for headphones" was invented by Tristan Taylor (Boston), Sam Prentice (Glasgow, Great Britain), Alexia Delhoume (Boston), Roderick George William Philip (Inverness, Great Britain) and David Keating (Glasgow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear-travel mechanical switch for use in a headphone device comprises a user button attached to a plunger. The plunger extends into a body of the headphone device. A travel pathway extends in a first linear direction from the plunger and in a second, opposite linear direction from the plunger. A...