Patent ID: 6130953
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
A headset comprising:a housing,a resilient, convex headband fixed to the housing,an earphone fixed to the housing and displaceable relative to one end of the headband,a microphone fixed to a swivel arm that is fixed to the housing;the headband having first, second and third segments which pivot outwardly into an operating position defined by a generally continuous arcuate shape and which pivot inwardly into a closed position such that the first and third segments lay over the second segment with inner surfaces of the first and third segments generally facing the inner surface of the second segment;a retainer for locking the headband in the closed position;wherein two of said segments of the headband are pivotable on the hinge joints into the closed position in which all the segments of the headband are positioned adjacent the housing; andan infrared transmitting diode and an infrared receiving diode arranged in the earphone, and wherein the earphone is rotatable relative to the housing about an axis so that the transmitting and receiving diodes are directable in the line of sight of the wearer and form an infrared transmission line to a base station.