Patent ID: 6654966
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A61F,H04R

Abstract:
A headset assembly which is adapted to engage a user's head and ears to provide noise protection, cold protection or listening to sound signals; including in combination:ear-cup members for engagement with user's ears; a headband portion comprised of a pair of side arm members, each side arm member having a proximal end and a distal end, with said side arm members coupled together at their proximal end by a first hinge assembly, with each of said distal ends having a second hinge assembly coupled to a support member, with said support member structurally arranged to receive and mount said ear-cup members; wherein said ear-cup members are operatively connected to said support member by a third hinge assembly; and whereby said first hinge assembly permits said side arm members to articulate between a collapsed position and an operating position, with said first hinge assembly including a cam member which selectively biases said headband portion into and in said collapsed position.