WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HEADSET WITH EXCHANGEABLE ATTACHMENTS

• US 20040132509A1
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cardo Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cardo Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Glezerman, Abraham
• Granted Patent: US 7,409,234 B2
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A communications headset for use with a wireless telephone comprises a mount and a first and second attachment shaped to secure itself to the mount, wherein the first attachment is configured to secure itself around the ear of a user and wherein the second attachment includes a top portion to secure itself to the frame of a pair of glasses worn by the user. Optionally, the mount includes a slot formed through the housing of the communication headset and the first and second attachments include a downwardly dependent leg shaped and sized for receipt in the slot. Also optionally, the mount and the first and second attachment are secured to one another using a magnet attached to either of the housing or the attachments.

Claims

1. A wireless communications kit for use with a cellular telephone, comprising:

a communications headset having a mount;

a first attachment shaped to secure itself to the mount and configured to seat itself about an ear of a user; and

a second attachment shaped to secure itself to the mount and including a top portion arranged to attach to a temple member of a pair of glasses.

2. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the communications headset includes a housing attached to the mount, the housing including a microphone, a speaker, a rechargeable battery and communications circuitry therein, the microphone and speaker being in communication with the cellular telephone, the communications circuitry having the microphone as an input and the speaker as an output.

3. The wireless communications kit of claim 2, wherein the mount comprises a slot through the housing of the communication headset.

4. The wireless communications kit of claim 3, wherein the first and second attachments include a downwardly dependent leg shaped and sized for receipt in the slot.

5. The wireless communications kit of claim 4, wherein the leg is frictionally fit within the slot.

6. The wireless communications kit of claim 4, wherein the leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion slightly transposed from the upper portion.

7. The wireless communications kit of claim 4, wherein the slot includes a series of constrictions and the leg includes a protuberance, the protuberance being urged past the series of constrictions upon insertion and withdrawal of the leg and wherein each constriction individually secures the attachment from separation from the housing of the communication headset.

8. The wireless communications kit of claim 7, wherein the leg includes a series of protuberances.

9. The wireless communications kit of claim 2, wherein the mount includes a magnet secured to the housing.

10. The wireless communications kit of claim 9, wherein the first and second attachments include a magnetically permeable mount portion shaped to be seatable on the mount.

11. The wireless communications kit of claim 2, wherein the mount includes a magnetically permeable portion secured to the housing.

12. The wireless communications kit of claim 11, wherein the first and second attachments include a magnet positioned to be seatable on the mount.

13. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the top portion includes:

a face with serrations to securely engage to a temple member of a pair of glasses; and

a cooperating mechanism operative to move relative to the face between an open and a closed position.

14. The wireless communications kit of claim 13, wherein the cooperating mechanism is a clip.

15. The wireless communications kit of claim 13, wherein the cooperating mechanism is a spring-loaded lever.

16. The wireless communications kit of claim 13, wherein the cooperating mechanism locks into a closed position to secure the communications headset to the temple member.

17. The wireless communications kit of claim 2, wherein the mount comprises a post having a free end extending from the housing of the communication headset.

18. The wireless communications kit of claim 17, wherein the first and second attachments include a downwardly dependent leg shaped and sized for receipt about the post so as to secure the leg to the post.

19. The wireless communications kit of claim 18, wherein the leg is frictionally fit about the post.

20. The wireless communications kit of claim 18, wherein the post includes a series of protuberances and the leg includes a protuberance, the protuberance being urged past the series of protuberances upon placement of the leg about the post, and wherein each protuberance individually secures the attachment from separation from the housing of the communication headset.

21. The wireless communications kit of claim 18, wherein the post includes an inner channel having a bent portion for receiving the leg.

22. The wireless communications kit of claim 2 further comprising a transceiver connectable to a communications jack on the cellular telephone by wires, the communications circuitry within the communications headset communicating in a wireless manner with the transceiver.

23. The wireless communications kit of claim 22, further comprising a fastener on each of the transceiver and the cellular telephone that secures the transceiver and the cellular telephone together.

24. A wireless communications kit for use with a cellular telephone, comprising:

a communications headset having a housing;

a housing attachment component having a lower end secured to the housing and an upper end having an extension;

an eyeglass attachment component arranged to attach to a temple member of a pair of glasses; and

a magnetic securement arranged to magnetically secure the extension to the eyeglass attachment component.

25. The wireless communication kit of claim 24, wherein the lower end of the housing attachment is hingeably secured to the housing.

26. The wireless communications kit of claim 24, wherein the housing attachment component is permanently affixed to the housing.

27. A method for wireless communication between a communication headset and a cellular telephone, comprising the steps of:

securing an attachment to a mount on the communication headset, the attachment being selected from the group of an ear loop and a securement configured to grasp the temple member of a pair of glasses;

engaging the attachment to one of a user'"'"'s ear and the temple member so as to position the communication headset proximate to the user'"'"'s ear; and

communicating through the communications headset.