Raymond J Collins

US Patent:

40397653, Aug 2, 1977

Filed:

Oct 26, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/735622

Inventors:

Thomas H. Tichy - Mount Prospect IL
Raymond W. Collins - Schaumburg IL

Assignee:

Shure Brothers, Inc. - Evanston IL

International Classification:

H04M 105

US Classification:

179156A

Abstract:

A communications headset in which a unidirectional microphone at the end of a support boom is adjustably secured in a position selected by the wearer. The support boom is clamped under adjustable compression in a ball-and-socket arrangement which, at reduced compression, allows the boom to be moved longitudinally, pivoted about its axis, or pivoted about the center of the ball. The wearer turns a knob to compress the ball-and-socket joint to secure the boom in the position desired. A tube transmitting sound from the receiver to an ear plug is adjustably attached to the headset by means of a second ball-and-socket joint. A pivoting clamp attached to a pivoting temple member permits the microphone support assembly to be switched from one side of the head to the other as desired.