Patent ID: 9143853
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A headset comprising a housing with headset electronics and an ear hook for attaching the headset to a users ear, and for switching the headset from an active, power on state, to a passive, standby or power off state, wherein the headset comprises a switch, an actuating member, which is turnable in relation to the housing about a first axis, the ear hook is attached to the actuating member, the ear hook can be arranged in a right ear mode for wearing the headset at the right ear and a left ear mode for wearing the headset at the left ear, wherein the passive state has the ear hook and the housing are substantially overlapping in a compact storage position, and the active state has the ear hook rotated generally orthogonal to the housing, in a user wearable position, the switch switches the headset electronics from an active state to a passive state, when the actuating member is turned about the first axis in a first direction from an active position to a first passive position and from the passive state to the active state, when turned in a second opposite direction from the first passive position to the active position, wherein the switch switches the headset electronics from the active state to the passive state when the actuating member is turned about the first axis in the second direction from the active position to a second passive position and from the second passive state to the active state when turned in the first direction from the second passive position to the active position, wherein the housing comprises an inner side facing the user's ear during use and an outer side facing away from the user's ear during use, and the headset further comprises a speaker tower extending from the inner side along the first axis, and wherein the actuating member constitutes a turnable part of the speaker tower.