Patent ID: 6456721
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A headset adapted for use on a head of a user so as to position a speaker and microphone spaced apart from an ear of the user, comprising:an elastic headband capable of running round both a back part or a top part of the head of the user, said headband being provided with opposite end portions; a pair of head pads carried by said opposite end portions of said headband having a linear portion with a side wall adapted to be held in abutting contact with opposite side parts of the head of the user by the headband; a bone conduction speaker and a microphone both of which are carried by at least one of said head pads spaced apart laterally from the ear of the user; wherein said speaker directly engages the head of the user; wherein said bone conduction speaker is mounted on a front end portion of a speaker mounting arm extending from said head pad; wherein said speaker mounting arm is rotatably mounted on said head pad in a plane through the speaker mounting arm the head pad and the bone conduction speaker.