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This is a personal earphone assembly comprised of a flexible, elongate tube having open ends and a central lumen therethrough. Earphones are disposed at each open end of the tube, each earphone having a neck projecting therefrom and a wire passing from the neck, through the lumen, to a central apert

This is a personal earphone assembly comprised of a flexible, elongate tube having open ends and a central lumen therethrough. Earphones are disposed at each open end of the tube, each earphone having a neck projecting therefrom and a wire passing from the neck, through the lumen, to a central aperture in the tube. In a stereophonic embodiment, the earphone wires run parallel from the central lateral aperture to a plug adapted to engage a stereo jack on a signal source. In a monaural embodiment, the earphone wires join a single double-strand lead to a mono jack. Lateral slits are provided adjacent the open ends of the tube for receipt of the temple ends of a pair of eyeglasses. The portions of the tube between the lateral apertures and the open ends wrap over and around the forward portions of a user's ear, and the earphones lodge in the outer ear canal. The assembly may also be worn without eyeglasses. In an alternative embodiment, a bead slidingly mounted on a doubled portion of the tube allows adjustment for a snug fit.

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[ I claim:] [22.]22. A personal earphone assembly, comprising:a. a flexible, elongate tube having opposed, open, first and second ends;b. a central lumen through said tube;c. a central aperture in said tube, passing into said lumen;d. a first earphone disposed at said tube's first open end;e. a seco

[ I claim:] [22.]22. A personal earphone assembly, comprising:a. a flexible, elongate tube having opposed, open, first and second ends;b. a central lumen through said tube;c. a central aperture in said tube, passing into said lumen;d. a first earphone disposed at said tube's first open end;e. a second earphone disposed at said tube's second open end;f. a first wire, a distal end of said first wire being connected to said first earphone and passing from said first earphone into said first open end of said tube, through said lumen of said tube and out through said lateral aperture, a proximal end of said first wire including means for connecting said first wire to a signal source;g. a second wire, a distal end of said second wire being connected to said second earphone and passing from said second earphone, into said second open end of said tube, through said lumen of said tube and out through said central aperture, a proximal end of said second wire being connected to said signal source connecting means, said first and second wires being bound together in parallel alignment from said signal source connecting means to a point where they pass, respectively, through said central aperture;h. a first lateral slit in said tube adjacent said tube's first open end, said first lateral slit passing into said lumen, said first lateral slit being dimensioned to receive a first temple end of a pair of eyeglasses;i. a second lateral slit in said tube adjacent said tube's second open end, and between said second open end and said lateral aperture, said second lateral slit passing into said lumen, said second lateral slit being dimensioned to receive a second temple end of a pair of eyeglasses.