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US 4,060,697 AGranted
Microphone mounting and control system
AssigneeSamuel R. Carter
InventorWillie Neal
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AssigneeSamuel R. Carter
InventorWillie Neal
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The system includes a holder for a microphone, a mounting structure for mounting the holder from a dashboard in the drivers compartment of a vehicle, and mechanisms for operating the microphone while operating the vehicle. The operating mechanisms include a lever arm pivotally mounted on the holder with a plate portion of the lever arm located adjacent to and spring biased outwardly from a control button extending from one side of the microphone situated in the holder, a trigger which is mountable on a control arm extending from a steering column of a vehicle and a cable connected between the trigger and the lever arm. Typically the vehicle control arm is one used by a handicapped person having limited use of his legs and includes acceleration and brake controls. The system permits a vehicle operator to operate the microphone without removing his hands from the steering wheel and control arm of the vehicle while operating the vehicle.
Microphone mounting and control system for use in the driver's compartment of a vehicle especially adapted for operation by a handicapped person, said system being operable during operation of a vehicle and comprising a holder for a microphone, said holder having an opening in the side thereof through which a control button on a microphone positioned in said holder can extend, means for supporting said holder from a dashboard of a vehicle and at a location within the normal voice range of an operator of the vehicle, mechanical control means on said holder for engaging the control button of a microphone in said holder, trigger means for operating said mechanical control means to depress the control button, means for mounting said trigger means on an acceleration and brake control arm extending from a steering column for steering a vehicle and means connecting said trigger means to said mechanical control means.
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