Wireless communication headset with exchangeable attachments

• US 7,409,234 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cardo Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cardo Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Glezerman, Abraham
• Primary Examiner(s): Harper; Vincent P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHAI MINH
• Application Number:
  US10/605,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20040132509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,755 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.2, 455/575.1, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 381/381, 381/430, 381/336, 381/366, 381/361, 381/367, 381/364, 381/380, 381/376, 381/374, 379/330
• US Class Current: 455/569.1
• 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 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;

wherein the mount comprises a slot through the housing and wherein the slot includes a series of constrictions;

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,

wherein the first and second attachments include a downwardly dependent leg shaped and sized for receipt in the slot and wherein 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.

2. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the leg is frictionally fit within the slot.

3. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion slightly transposed from the upper portion.

4. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the leg includes a series of protuberances.

5. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the mount includes a magnet secured to the housing.

6. The wireless communications kit of claim 5, wherein the first and second attachments include a magnetically permeable mount portion shaped to be seatable on the mount.

7. The wireless communications kit of claim 1, wherein the mount comprises a post having a free end extending from the housing of the communication headset.

8. The wireless communications kit of claim 7, 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.

9. The wireless communications kit of claim 8, wherein the leg is frictionally fit about the post.

10. The wireless communications kit of claim 8, wherein the post includes an inner channel having a bent portion for receiving the leg.

11. The wireless communications kit of claim 1 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.

12. The wireless communications kit of claim 11, further comprising a fastener on each of the transceiver and the cellular telephone that secures the transceiver and the cellular telephone together.

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

a communications headset having a mount;

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;

wherein the mount comprises a post having a free end extending from the housing of the communication headset;

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,

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,

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.