Patent ID: 7110535

Claim:
A compact headset communication unit wearable on and supported by a users ear comprising a housing having a first surface having at least one transducer thereon, and a microphone arm suspended from said housing said microphone having longitudinal dimension, said housing having an outer peripheral edge which defines a boundary of the housing, and also having an earhook for securing the communication unit to the head of a user, said earhook extending from said housing, wherein the microphone arm is pivotally connected to the housing by a hinge link on said housing having a single pivoting axis generally orthogonal to said longitudinal dimension and generally parallel with said first surface, and such that the microphone arm being moveable between a first folded position in which it lies up against the housing, and a second open position in which it unfolds extending away from the housing, and that the microphone arm is of a length such that, when in the folded position does not extend generally beyond the outer periphery of the housing, so that when said microphone arm is in said folded position, a compact unit is formed with the microphone being substantially within the peripheral boundary.