Patent ID: 6510311
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A phone amplification and privacy device, comprising:(a) a U-shaped cradle into which a cellular phone or public phone fits; (b) a rectangular shaped housing that is hinged at one end to the bottom portion of said U-shaped cradle; (c) a speaker attached to the U-shaped cradle that is disposed at the top of and parallel with respect to the microphone portion of said cellular phone or public phone; (d) a microphone and amplifier circuit enclosed within said rectangular housing wherein said microphone and amplifier circuit is adapted to receive and to amplify a human voice so as to produce an amplified human voice and to output said amplified human voice through said speaker sufficient to permit detection of said amplified human voice by said microphone portion of said cellular phone or public phone; (e) an on/off switch and battery located within said rectangular housing; and (f) a privacy shield hingably attached to one edge of the outside surface of said rectangular housing.