Over-the-ear type headset

• US 20030114201A1
• Filed: 01/03/2002
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inktek Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: InkTec Company Limited
• Inventors: Kang, Seong, Lee, Nam Chul, Chung, Kwang Chun, Kim, Hyeong Hu, Cho, Jeong Hyeong, Song, Byung Yong
• Application Number:
  US10/038,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20030114201A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection

Abstract

An over-the-ear type headset having a hanger capable of being selectively bent and positioned to afford easy and comfortable wearing regardless of a size and a shape of the ear, and an end-cap having a bulging portion adapted to rest on a recess region below a user'"'"'s ear to assure stable support of the headset is disclosed. The headset includes a headset body containing an earphone and a microphone, and a hanger coupled to the headset body, which is adapted to be bent along a back of a user'"'"'s ear.

Claims

1. An over-the-ear type headset comprising:

a headset body containing an earphone and a microphone; and

a hanger coupled to the headset body, which is adapted to be bent along a back of a user'"'"'s ear.

2. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 1, further comprising an electrical wire connected to the earphone and the microphone for allowing audio signals to be transmitted to and from the earphone and the microphone.

3. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 1, further comprising an end-cap coupled to an end of the hanger and having a bulging portion which is radially enlarged.

4. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 3, in which the bulging portion is provided only at an area of the end-cap which faces toward a user'"'"'s head when the hanger is bent along a back of a user'"'"'s ear.

5. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 1, in which the headset body comprises a housing containing the earphone at an upper part and the microphone at a lower part.

6. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 5, in which the housing is provided with a bulging portion at an inner surface corresponding to an ear hole of a user'"'"'s ear.

7. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 1, in which the hanger comprises a core having an internal passage which is comprised of an iron wire wound into a spiral spring shape, a filler wound on the core to be positioned in a groove between adjacent loops of the wire, and a sheath surrounding the core and the filler.

8. The over-the-ear type headset as set forth in claim 7, in which the sheath is made from polyethylene.