Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit

• US 7,292,823 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2005
• Issued: 11/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Kuo
• Original Assignee: Charles Kuo
• Inventors: Kuo, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson; Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAO, MINH D
• Application Number:
  US11/099,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20060019718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/575.1, 455/575.2, 455/575.6, 455/575.9, 455/90.3, 455/128, 455/347, 455/573, 455/569.1, 379/330, 379/431, 379/447
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

A Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit has a main body having an end formed into a pivoted plug for plugging in a cigarette lighter on a vehicle to obtain a power supply, and another end into a holding seat for a wireless Bluetooth headset to seat therein. The holding seat is provided with at least one connecting port, such as a USB port, to electrically connect to the Bluetooth headset and the plug, so that power is supplied from the vehicle via the plug to charge the Bluetooth headset. The main body is provided with speaker and microphone electrically connected to the connecting port, so that the headset in-car holder car kit with the wireless Bluetooth headset seated therein forms an in-car Bluetooth handsfree kit, enabling a user to listen and speak via the speaker and the microphone on the main body without putting on the Bluetooth headset.

Claims

1. A Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit, comprising:

a main body provided at an end with a pivoted plug for plugging in a cigarette lighter socket on a vehicle to obtain a power supply from said vehicle, and at an opposite end with a holding seat for a wireless Bluetooth headset to seat therein; and

said holding seat being provided with at least one connecting port for electrically connecting with said wireless Bluetooth headset seated in said holding seat;

a speaker provided in said main body to electrically connect with said connecting port on said holding seat and, accordingly, said wireless Bluetooth headset seated in said holding seat for outputting sounds received via said wireless Bluetooth headset, enabling said wireless Bluetooth headset and said in-car holder car kit to work together as a Bluetooth handsfree apparatus, via which a user to talk in the car wirelessly; and

without putting said wireless Bluetooth headset on one ear; and

a microphone provided on said main body to electrically connect with said connecting port and, accordingly, said wireless Bluetooth headset seated in said holding seat for sending a user'"'"'s voice to a remote caller via said microphone, enabling said wireless Bluetooth headset and said in-car holder car kit to work together as a Bluetooth handsfree apparatus for the user to talk in the car wirelessly.

2. The Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holding seat is adapted to serve as a charging stand to charge said wireless Bluetooth headset seated therein when said pivoted plug is plugged in said cigarette lighter socket on the vehicle;

and wherein said main body is provided with a charge switch for controlling power supply from the vehicle via said plug to said main body for charging said wireless Bluetooth headset seated in the said in-car holder car kit seat.

3. The Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting port is selected from the group consisting of USB connecting ports and other types of electric connecting ports.

4. The Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body has a microphone externally connected thereto, and wherein said microphone and said speaker provided on said main body respectively replace a microphone and a earpiece provided on the said wireless Bluetooth headset seated in said main body, so that sounds received via said wireless Bluetooth headset is output via said speaker on said main body, and a user'"'"'s voice is sent to a remote caller via said microphone on said main body, enabling said Bluetooth headset in-car holder/car kit with said wireless Bluetooth headset seated therein to form a complete in-car Bluetooth handsfree kit.