Releaseable hardhat mount for speaker/mike
First Claim
1. A speaker hardhat mount assembly for mounting a speaker device on a hardhat that has front and rear hardhat ends and opposite hardhat sides, comprising:
- an inner mount part for mounting on one of said sides of the hardhat, said inner mount part having a mount pivot connection part;
said speaker device having a frame with a frame pivot connection part;
a linkage that connects said pivot connection parts;
said linkage having at least a first rigid link and having opposite linkage ends each pivotally connected for pivoting about pivot axes to the mount pivot connection part and to the frame pivot connection part;
said pivot axes each extends primarily in forward and rearward directions, whereby to enable fine adjustment of the height, angle and orientation of the speaker device with respect to the ear of a wearer of said hardhat.
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Abstract
A hardhat mount assembly (12) is provided for mounting a speaker device (14) on a hardhat (10), that allows adjustment of the speaker device position to allow the worker to choose a comfortable position. The mount assembly includes an inner mount part (50) for mounting on the hardhat, a linkage (100) having an upper end pivotally connected to the inner mount part and a lower end pivotally connected to the speaker device, both pivot connections having pivot axes extending in forward and rearward directions. One inner mount device includes a pair of wings (52, 54) with Velcro (74) on their inner surfaces that attach to Velcro pads (80, 82) that have been mounted with contact adhesive on a side of the hardhat. Another inner mount device includes a pair of plates (210, 212) with adjacent edges (214, 216) hinged together and distant ends (220, 222) that can be latched together to clamp a sweatband (202) of the hardhat lining between them. Another inner mount device (130) has a U-shaped part that straddles a thickened lip (132) at the side of a hardhat, and has at least one screw (150) that screws against the hardhat at a location adjacent to the stepped thickness of the hardhat lip.
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12 Claims
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1. A speaker hardhat mount assembly for mounting a speaker device on a hardhat that has front and rear hardhat ends and opposite hardhat sides, comprising:
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an inner mount part for mounting on one of said sides of the hardhat, said inner mount part having a mount pivot connection part;
said speaker device having a frame with a frame pivot connection part;
a linkage that connects said pivot connection parts;
said linkage having at least a first rigid link and having opposite linkage ends each pivotally connected for pivoting about pivot axes to the mount pivot connection part and to the frame pivot connection part;
said pivot axes each extends primarily in forward and rearward directions, whereby to enable fine adjustment of the height, angle and orientation of the speaker device with respect to the ear of a wearer of said hardhat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A speaker hardhat mount assembly for mounting a speaker device on a hardhat that has a hard shell with an outside surface and with front and rear shell ends and opposite shell sides, including:
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an inner mount part having a pair of elongated wings for lying against a side of the outside surface of the shell, said wings having proximal ends that merge and distal ends that are spaced apart, said distal ends lying above said merged proximal ends, and said inner mount device having a lug extending from substantially said merged proximal ends;
said speaker device being held on an end of a linkage that is pivotally coupled to said lug. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A speaker hardhat mount assembly for mounting a speaker device on a hardhat that has front and rear hardhat ends and opposite hardhat sides, comprising:
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an inner mount part for mounting on one of said sides of the hardhat, said inner mount part having a pivot connection part;
said speaker device having a frame with a pivot connection part;
a linkage that connects said pivot connection parts;
said linkage having at least a first link and having opposite linkage ends each pivotally connected about a pivot axes to the pivot connection part of said inner mount part and to the pivot connection part of said frame;
said pivot axes each extends primarily in forward and rearward directions, whereby to enable fine adjustment of the height, angle and orientation of the speaker device with respect to the ear of a wearer of said hardhat;
said inner mount part includes a pair of wings for lying against a side of the outside of the hardhat, said wings having proximal ends that merge and distal ends that are spaced apart, with one distal end lying forward and above said merged proximal ends and the other distal end lying rearward and above said merged proximal ends. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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