Headset receiver and sanitizing storage system therefor
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1. The combination of a headset receiver and storage system therefor for use in an aircraft passenger entertainment system comprising:
- a housing including means for receiving electromagnetic signals and for converting the electromagnetic signals into audible signals;
means coupled to said housing for supplying the audible signals to a listener'"'"'s ears; and
a case having at least one port for receiving and storing said housing in said case, and sanitizing means positioned adjacent said port for sanitizing said housing and said audible signal supplying means when received in said case.
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Abstract
The combination of headset receivers (10) and storage system (50) therefor is used in an aircraft passenger entertainment system. Each receiver comprises a housing (12) including electronics for receiving infrared wireless transmission, which is converted into audible signals and supplied to a listener'"'"'s ears through stems (14). Storage of the receivers is in a case (56, 58, 72) having grid plates (74, 76) and a slitted sanitizing pad (78), for receiving and storing the receivers, and for sanitizing their housings and stems.
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27 Claims
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1. The combination of a headset receiver and storage system therefor for use in an aircraft passenger entertainment system comprising:
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a housing including means for receiving electromagnetic signals and for converting the electromagnetic signals into audible signals; means coupled to said housing for supplying the audible signals to a listener'"'"'s ears; and a case having at least one port for receiving and storing said housing in said case, and sanitizing means positioned adjacent said port for sanitizing said housing and said audible signal supplying means when received in said case. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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8. The combination of a headset receiver and storage system therefor for use in an aircraft passenger enertainment system comprising:
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a plurality of housings; a case having a plurality of ports and holders for receiving at most an equal plurality of said housings; each of said housings being configured generally as a thin parallelepiped having front and rear surfaces joined by edge surfaces, in which said front and rear surfaces are relatively large with respect to said edge surfaces for permitting respective insertion of said housings at their edge surfaces through respective ones of said ports, and including means for receiving electromagnetic signals and for converting the electromagnetic signals into audible signals; means coupled to each of said housings for supplying the audible signals to a listener'"'"'s ears; and means adjacent said ports for sanitizing said housings and audible signal supplying means upon insertion thereof into said case. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. The combination of headset receivers and a storage system therefor for use by listeners in an aircraft passenger entertainment system comprising:
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a plurality of housings, and acoustical stems secured to each of said housings for supplying the audible signals to the listeners'"'"' ears; a case having a plurality of ports and holders for receiving at most an equal plurality of said housings and acoustical means in which said case holders include parallel pairs of channels into which said housings respectively slide and fit for holding said housings respectively within said case, each of said channel pairs being aligned with a respective one of said ports; means adjacent said ports for sanitizing said holders and said acoustical stems upon insertion thereof into said case; and each of said housings being configured generally as a thin parallelepiped whose front and rear surfaces are relatively large with respect to its edge surfaces, for permitting insertion of each of said housings at one of its edge surfaces through a respective one of said ports, and including means for receiving electromagnetic signals, for converting the electromagnetic signals into audible signals, and for supplying the audible signals through said acoustical stems to a listener'"'"'s ears.
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20. A housing for a headset receiver which is adapted to receive electromagnetic signals, to convert the electromagnetic signals into audible signals and to enable supply of the audible signals to a listener'"'"'s ears, comprising:
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an enclosure configured generally as a thin parallelpiped having smooth exterior surfaces including front, rear and edge surfaces, in which said front and rear surfaces are relatively large with respect to said edge surfaces and have generally rectangular configurations with relatively long base and top edges and relatively short side edges to configure said edge surfaces into relatively thin elongated base and top surfaces and relatively thin short side surfaces; and recessed openings formed by recesses in said edge surfaces and by portions of said front and rear surfaces overlapping the recesses for receiving and enclosing at least one battery and for enclosing control knobs to enhance the smoothness of said exterior surfaces by reducing the number of exterior discontinuities, said recessed battery opening extending into said base surface and said recessed control knob openings extending respectively into said side surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for enabling a headset receiver to be reused by a pluraliy of listeners, comprising the steps of:
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providing a case with sanitizing and storing facilities; retaining the receiver generally in fixed position in the case; and sanitizing the receiver while being retained and stored in the case when the receiver is not in use. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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