Hang up magnet for radio microphone

• US 10,616,672 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2018
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inovative Products D (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Inovative Products D (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Schreiber, Bryan J., Tinter, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Sean H
• Application Number:
  US15/964,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20180249236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/83 Use of a magnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/08 Mouthpieces; Microphones; Attachments therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/021 Transducers or their casings adapted for mounting in or to a wall or ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles

Abstract

A system is disclosed for safely and efficiently removing or returning a radio microphone from a mounting surface. The system includes a first magnet attached to the rear side of a radio microphone and a second magnet located at a desired mounting position on the mounting surface. The second magnet preferably includes an outer vinyl layer to prevent breaking or cracking of the first second magnet when returning the radio microphone to its mounting position.

Claims

1. A conversion kit for a radio handset microphone having a mechanical mounting system, the conversion kit capable of converting the mechanical mounting system to a magnetic mounting system comprising:

a magnetic handset adapter configured to attach directly to a pre-existing mechanical hang-up clip of the radio handset microphone, the pre-existing mechanical hang-up clip being on an exterior of and extending from the radio handset microphone, the handset adapter configured to mount to the hang-up clip without any disassembly of the handset microphone, the magnetic handset adapter including at least one of a magnet and a magnetically attractable material, said handset adapter being an extension of the mechanical hang-up clip when attached, the magnetic handset adapter and the at least one of a magnet and a magnetically attractable material being disposed on the exterior of the radio handset microphone when attached to the pre-existing mechanical hang-up clip;

a mounting assembly configured to attach to a mounting surface and engage the handset adapter through magnetic attraction; and

an electrical flow path configured to close by the mounting of the handset adapter to the mounting assembly and configured to open by the removal of the handset adapter from the mounting assembly;

whereby the handset adapter is configured to mount the radio handset microphone to the mounting surface via the mechanical hang-up clip through a magnetic attraction between the handset adapter and the mounting assembly, the magnetic handset adapter configured to remain attached to the mechanical hang-up clip of the radio handset microphone as the radio handset microphone is mounted to and removed from the mounting assembly.

2. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the handset adapter includes a generally circular disk defining a slot and a groove.

3. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the electrical flow path extends between the handset adapter and the mounting assembly.

4. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly comprises a conductive element defining a portion of the electrical flow path.

5. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the handset adapter comprises a conductive element defining a portion of the electrical flow path.

6. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the electrical flow path includes at least one conductive element.

7. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the electrical flow path includes first and second conductive elements.

8. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the electrical flow path is closed by the engagement of the handset adapter with the mounting assembly.

9. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly comprises the mounting assembly magnet and the electrical flow path comprises a conductive element that contacts the mounting assembly magnet.

10. The conversion kit of claim 1, wherein the electrical flow path includes an electrically conductive coating on at least one of the handset adapter and the mounting assembly.

11. The conversion kit of claim 10, wherein the electrically conductive coating is non-magnetic and is sufficiently thin so as not to interrupt the magnetic field created by the kit.

12. The conversion kit of claim 10, wherein the electrically conductive coating is one of adhered to or sprayed on the at least one of the handset adapter and the mounting assembly.

13. A conversion kit for a radio handset microphone having a mechanical mounting system, the conversion kit capable of converting the mechanical mounting system to a magnetic mounting system comprising:

a handset adapter configured to attach directly to a pre-existing mechanical hang-up clip, the hang-up clip disposed on the exterior of the radio handset microphone, the handset adapter configured to be affixed to the mechanical hang-up clip without any disassembly of the handset microphone, said handset adapter being an extension of the mechanical hang-up clip when attached to the mechanical hang-up clip, the handset adapter including one of an adapter magnet and an adapter magnetically attractable material; and

a mounting assembly including one of a mounting assembly magnet and a mounting assembly magnetically attractable material, the mounting assembly configured to attach to a mounting surface and engage the handset adapter through magnetic attraction; and

an electrical flow path configured to close by the engagement of the handset adapter to the mounting assembly and configured to open by the disengagement of the handset adapter from the mounting assembly;

whereby the handset adapter is configured to mount the radio handset microphone to the mounting surface via the mechanical hang-up clip through a magnetic attraction between the handset adapter and the mounting assembly, the handset adapter being removable from the mounting surface by separating the handset adapter from the mounting assembly while the handset adapter remains attached to the mechanical hang-up clip and the mounting assembly remains attached to the mounting surface.

14. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein the mounting assembly comprising the mounting assembly magnet and a housing supporting the mounting assembly magnet, wherein the mounting assembly magnet is secured to the housing with a friction fit.

15. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein the mounting assembly comprises the mounting assembly magnet, and the handset adapter comprises the adapter magnet disposed on a side of the adapter opposite a slot and a groove for magnetically mounting the handset microphone to the mounting assembly magnet.

16. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein the electrical flow path extends between the handset adapter and the mounting assembly.

17. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein at least one of the handset adapter and the mounting assembly comprises a conductive element defining a portion of the electrical flow path.

18. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein the electrical flow path includes at least one conductive element.

19. The conversion kit of claim 18, wherein the mounting assembly comprises the mounting assembly magnet and the at least one conductive element contacts the mounting assembly magnet.

20. The conversion kit of claim 13, wherein the electrical flow path includes an electrically conductive coating on at least one of the handset adapter and the mounting assembly.