Lips blockers, headsets and systems
First Claim
1. A system for inhibiting access to the lips of a speaking person comprisinga sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks,a blocker positionable adjacent the lips of the person speaking for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking, andmaterial addition apparatus adjacent the blocker for adding added material near the lips of the person speaking.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for inhibiting access to the lips of speaking person including a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker connected to the device for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking; and, in some aspects, such a blocker with a material addition apparatus to provide added material for the breath of a person speaking, e.g., for preventing the spread of disease or to freshen a speaker'"'"'s breath. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).
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20 Claims
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1. A system for inhibiting access to the lips of a speaking person comprising
a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker positionable adjacent the lips of the person speaking for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking, and material addition apparatus adjacent the blocker for adding added material near the lips of the person speaking.
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14. The system of 1 wherein the blocker has thereon information viewable by a person other than the person speaking.
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17. A method for selectively blocking lips of a person who is speaking with a blocker, the blocker movably connected to a member for selective movement to block a view of the lips of the person who is speaking, the person using a sound device including an apparatus into which the person speaks, the sound device including the member to which the blocker is movably connected, at least part of the sound device positionable adjacent the lips of the person, the sound device including material addition apparatus for adding added material near the lips of the person speaking, the method comprising
positioning at least part of the sound device adjacent the lips of the speaker, connecting the blocker to the sound device in proximity to the lips of the person, said connection being a movable connection of the blocker to the sound device so that the blocker is movable with respect to the sound device, moving the blocker into position in front of the lips of the person so that, when the person speaks and the person'"'"'s lips are moving, reading the lips of the person is inhibited by the blocker blocking the view of the lips of the person, and with the material addition apparatus, adding material near the flips of the person.
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