Patent ID: 7564968
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A voice containment device for a telephone, said telephone having a voice pick-up mechanism within a casing, said device comprising: a housing including: attachment means for attaching said voice containment device, said attachment means including an elastic band configured to press onto said telephone having said voice pick-up mechanism and against a wall of said housing; wherein a pouch like shape is at least partially imparted by the elastic band to said housing, thereby causing said housing to capture a majority of voice utterances of a user of the voice containment device and prevent said majority of voice utterances of said user from escaping to an area surrounding said user; wherein said opening is a curved opening to match generally a curve of a human face adjacent to a mouth defined by said human face; and wherein said housing is made of a flexible fabric and said elastic band gathers said flexible fabric at said opening to provide said curved opening.