# US 2014/0193021 A1 · One-Piece Headband For A Bluetooth Headset

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- Number: US 2014/0193021 A1
- Document ID: US20140193021A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/734,113
- Filed: 2013-01-04
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04
- Inventors: Melissa P. Bailey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193021A1

## CPC

- H04R 5/0335: {Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests (for monophonic headphones H04R1/105)}
- H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles}
- H04R 1/105: {Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
- H01Q 1/273: {Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals}
- H04B 1/385: {Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets}
- H04B 2001/3866: {carried on the head}
- H04M 1/05: specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
- H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
- H04R 2430/01: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A headset for use with electronic communications devices such as a cellular telephone and which includes a unitary, one-piece headband that includes a hair comb. The one-piece headband also includes a volume control and an on/off switch and an aerial wire intertwined with the teeth of the comb. Earbuds are also attached to the one-piece headband to be integral and unitary therewith.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A headset for an electronic communications device comprising:
A) a unitary, one-piece body which includes
a headband that is adapted to fit on top of a user's head when the headset is in use, a headband first end located to be positioned adjacent to the user's ear when the headband is positioned on the user's head, a headband second end located to be positioned adjacent to the user's ear when the headband is positioned on the user's head, a volume control located in the headband first end, an on/off switch located in the headband second end, a hair comb mounted on the headband to engage the user's hair when the headband is positioned on the user's head and maintain the headband in place on the user during use, the hair comb having a multiplicity of teeth which are spaced apart from each other;
B) a first earbud mounted on the headband first end;
C) a second earbud mounted on the headband second end;
D) an aerial wire intertwined among the teeth of the hair comb; and
E) wire mounts on the headband in which the aerial wire is mounted to be mounted on the headband.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The headset defined in claim 1 further including control circuitry located in the one-piece headband to be one-piece with the body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The headset defined in claim 2 wherein the control circuitry includes circuitry which is adapted to connect the earbuds to a smart phone via an over-the-air connection.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The headset defined in claim 3 further including jewelry wire wrapped around the comb and interposed between the teeth of the comb.