Microphone accessory, microphone accessory assembly and method of using a microphone

A microphone accessory for use with a hand-held microphone (400), the microphone accessory comprising:

• the hand-held microphone having an elongated handle, a head coupled to the end of the elongated handle and a microphone windshield attachable to the head
• wherein the microphone accessory is additionally characterized by:
• at least one display member (104, 132) attached, permanently or removably, to at least one item selected from the group comprised of the head of the hand-held microphone and the microphone windshield,
• where the microphone accessory is further characterized such that
• a first communication (131) attached to the windshield (127) may display at least one communication and
• the at least one display member extends substantially radially outwardly from the at least one item where the display member may be adjacent to the display face (128) or the first communication
• and where the microphone accessory is additionally characterized in that
• the at least one display member, extending substantially radially outward from the at least one item and adjacent to the display face or the first communication, is selected from a group comprised of at least one static display suitable for displaying a static non-electronically variable communication and at least one non-static electronically variable display device suitable for displaying or projecting at least one electronically variable communication
• and where the at least one display face, which may be permanently or removably attachable to the windshield (127), is selected from a group comprised of at least one static display suitable for displaying a static non-electronically variable communication and at least one non-static electronically variable display device suitable for displaying or projecting at least one electronically variable communication
• and where the microphone accessory is moreover characterized in that the at least one display member and the at least one display face is a shaped display member or a shaped display face, where the display member and the display face is shaped like and is selected from a group comprised of geometric shape, two-dimensional shape, three-dimensional shape, regular shape, irregular shape, organic shape, indicia, logo, product, trademark, brand, trade name, device, image, object, advertisement, message and communication
• and where the microphone accessory is furthermore characterized by
• a camera (420, 126) that is configured to film the hand-held microphone and the microphone accessory and to transmit the filmed images to an audience for viewing.

A method of using a microphone accessory for use with a hand-held microphone (400), the method comprising:

• the hand-held microphone having an elongated handle, a head coupled to the end of the elongated handle and a microphone windshield removably attachable to the head
• wherein the method of using the microphone accessory is characterized by
• attaching at least one display selected from the group comprised of at least one display member (104, 132) and at least one display face (128), permanently or removably, to at least one item selected from the group comprised of the head of the hand-held microphone and the microphone windshield,
• such that the at least one display member extends substantially radially outwardly from the at least one item,
• and where the at least one display may be selected from a group comprised of at least one static display suitable for displaying a static non-electronically variable communication and at least one non-static electronically variable display device suitable for displaying or projecting at least one electronically variable communication
• and where the method is additionally characterized such that
• the at least one display is a shaped display where the shaped display is shaped like, and is selected from, a group comprised of geometric shape, two-dimensional shape, three-dimensional shape, regular shape, irregular shape, organic shape, indicia, logo, product, trademark, brand, trade name, device, image, object, advertisement, message and communication,
• and wherein the method is moreover characterized by using a camera (420, 126) configured to film the hand-held microphone and the microphone accessory and to transmit the filmed images to an audience for viewing.