Patent ID: 6940984

Claim:
A megaphone having: a headset including a microphone assembly, said microphone assembly including a microphone, a curved member for attaching the microphone assembly to the head of a user, and a stalk connecting the microphone to the curved member and being capable of being bent to position the microphone adjacent to the user's mouth for hands-free operation; a body pack incorporating a belt for securing the body pack about the waist of the user, the belt including an elongate flexible panel having opposite ends; an output horn which is mounted proximate the centre of the panel to be forwardly-directed in use, a battery pack mounted on said panel, separately from said output horn, between the output horn and one of said ends, and an electronic module mounted on said panel, separately from said output horn, between the output horn and the other of said ends, which is powered by the battery pack through electrical conductors incorporated in said panel, and provides an audio frequency amplifier having a low signal level input and a high signal level output arranged to supply audio frequency power to the output horn through further electrical conductors incorporated in said panel; and a flexible cable connecting the microphone assembly to the body pack.