Patent ID: 7257422
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable radiotelephone apparatus comprising: a portable housing; a line retraction mechanism in said housing; a two-wire electrical line operatively coupled to said line retraction mechanism inside said housing and presenting respective outer ends of said two wires outside said housing, said line being extensible from said housing; an earpiece shaped and dimensioned to be retained hands-free in a user's ear and containing a speaker on the outer end of one wire of said line, said one wire of said line providing a direct connection of said earpiece to said line retraction mechanism and being obstruction-free between said retraction mechanism and said earpiece to enable the positioning of said earpiece in immediate proximity to said housing when said line is retracted into said housing; a small microphone on the outer end of the other wire of said line, said other wire of said line providing a direct connection of said microphone to said line retraction mechanism and being obstruction-free between said retraction mechanism and said microphone to enable the positioning of said microphone in immediate proximity to said housing when said line is retracted into said housing, and said microphone being physically disconnected from said earpiece except by said line when the line is extended from said housing; and attachment means coupled rigidly to said microphone for physically attaching the microphone to the user's clothing so that the position of the microphone is determined by the position of said attachment means independent of the position of said earpiece; said line when extended from said housing enabling the positioning of said microphone by said attachment means on the user's clothing to receive the user's voice during use of the radiotelephone and the separate positioning of said earpiece hands-free in the user's ear; and said retraction mechanism being selectively operable to retract said line into said housing and position said earpiece and said microphone in immediate proximity to said housing when the radiotelephone is not in use.