Patent ID: 6055312
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
A telephone handset transformable into a telephone headset, including a main unit (10) fitted with a receiver (20) and a microphone (18), a movable unit (12) being movable in relation to the main unit (10) and a connecting component (14) linking said units (10, 12), this connecting component (14) including at least two flexible and curved arms (26, 28), the arms (26, 28) being at least partially retractable by sliding into at least one of said units (10, 12), characterized by the fact that the arms (26, 28) are connected to one another by at least one means of articulation (30) that allows relative rotation of the arms with respect to each other thereby allowing movement of said units (10, 12) between a handset position in which the movable unit (12) is received in a housing (15, 15A, 91) formed in a rear face or on the side of the main unit (10) and the arms (26, 28) are, at least partially, retracted into each of said units (10, 12), and a headset position, in which the two arms (26, 28) are positioned in extension one from the other and are taken out from said units (10, 12) to a length suited to the anatomy of the head of the user.