Wrist-worn phone and body-worn data storage device

• US 6,801,476 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2003
• Issued: 10/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel A. Gilmour
• Original Assignee: Daniel A. Gilmour
• Inventors: Gilmour, Daniel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lindinger, Michael L.
• Application Number:
  US10/410,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20030194084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/13
• US Class Current: 368/13
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head

Abstract

A wrist-worn phone is disclosed which includes a main housing with a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface including speaker holes, the front surface having a display. The wrist-worn phone further includes a first strap attached to a first end of the main housing, the first strap having an outer end. A second strap may be attached to the second end of the main housing, the second strap having an outer end, the outer end of the first strap for connecting with the outer end of the second strap. The second strap may be made from a shape retaining material for forming a generally elongated C shape such that the rear surface of the main housing is on an interior of the C shape. The wrist-worn phone may include an ear latch for hanging the main housing upon a human ear. A body-worn data storage device may include a plug mounted onto a strap of the device for insertion into a port of a computing device.

Claims

1. A wrist-worn phone comprising:

a main housing having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface including speaker holes, the front surface having a display;

a first strap attached to a first end of the main housing, the first strap having an outer end area;

a second strap attached to the second end of the main housing, the second stray having an outer end area, the outer end area of the first strap for connecting with the outer end area of the second strap;

wherein the second strap is made from a shape retaining material for forming a generally elongated C shape, wherein the rear surface of the main housing is on an interior of the C shape; and

,

an ear latch attached to the main housing for hanging the main housing on a human ear, wherein the ear latch includes a curved body having an attached end pivotally attached to the main housing and a free end, the free end adjacent to the main housing in a closed position and separated from the main housing in an open position.

2. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 further comprising a microphone placed within the outer end area of the second strap.

3. The wrist-worn phone of claim 2 further comprising a conductor connecting the microphone to a radio transceiver within the main housing.

4. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 wherein the first strap contains an antenna.

5. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 further comprising a speaker within the main housing, the speaker positioned adjacent the speaker holes.

6. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 further comprising buttons for dialing a telephone number, the buttons surrounding a periphery of the display.

7. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 further comprising a connector for releasably connecting the free end of the ear latch to a connecting location on the main housing.

8. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 further comprising a pivot for pivotally attaching the attached end of the ear latch to the main housing, the pivot having position memory.

9. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 wherein the ear latch is ergonomically shaped to conform to a rear of a human ear.

10. The wrist-worn phone of claim 1 wherein the main housing includes a timekeeping circuit, a transceiver, and a display.