IP Library Granted Patent US 8,571,251
Granted Patent B2
US 8,571,251 · App. 12/923,798 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Headset

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Patent No.
US 8,571,251
App. No.
12/923,798
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A headset having a loudspeaker housing and a microphone which are interconnected by a microphone boom arm that includes two opposed spaced apart arm parts, and wherein a name tag display is seatable between the arm parts and retaining tongue and grove pairs are provided at the arms and/or at the name tag display.

Claims (17)

1. A headset which comprises:

a loudspeaker housing,

a microphone,

a boom arm connected between said loudspeaker housing and said microphone, said boom arm comprising two arm parts separated by an oblong, through-going opening,

a name tag display attached between said two arm parts, said name tag display comprising a transparent window above a cavity and defining a slit-formed opening leading to said cavity, said slit-formed opening being blocked by said two arm parts when said name tag display is attached therebetween, and

attachment means between respective sides of said name tag display and said two arm parts, said attachment means comprising cooperating tongue and groove pairs.

2. The headset as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transparent window part is arranged to face away from a user's head when the headset is mounted on a user's ear.

3. A headset as claimed in claim 1 , including retaining tongue or groove elements at the microphone boom arms adjacent to the loudspeaker housing.

4. The headset as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a holder part is arranged generally perpendicular to the window part, and where the holder part comprises tongues or grooves corresponding to the tongues/grooves at the headset.

5. The headset as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a spacer element is adhered at the name tag display and arranged to project towards a user's cheek when the headset is mounted at the ear.

6. The headset as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the spacer element is loop shaped and provided integrally with the holder part.

7. A headset which comprises:

a loudspeaker housing,

a microphone,

a boom arm connected between said loudspeaker housing and said microphone, said boom arm comprising two arm parts separated by an oblong, through-going opening,

a name tag display attached between said two arm parts, said name tag display comprising a transparent window above a cavity, said transparent window being flush with or retracted from surfaces of the two arm parts facing away from a user's cheek when the name tag display is attached between the two arm parts and the headset is mounted on a user's ear, and

attachment means between respective sides of said name tag display and said two arm parts, said attachment means comprising cooperating tongue and groove pairs.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE INCORRECTLY RECORDED ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055878 FRAME: 0039. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 17, 2021
From: SENNHEISER COMMUNICATIONS A/S
To: EPOS GROUP A/S
Reel/Frame 056619/0836 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: SENNHEISER COMMUNICATIONS A/S
To: EPOS GROUP A/S
Reel/Frame 055878/0039 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2011
From: JENSEN, LARS T.
To: SENNHEISER COMMUNICATIONS A/S
Reel/Frame 026113/0395 →