Adjustable tension support band for headset
AssigneeTelex Communications, Inc.
InventorDean W. Flygstad
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Abstract
Apparatus for adjustably varying the tension intermediate the downwardly depending ends of a spring headband in a headset includes a longitudinally extending spring member having an arcuate shape and radius less than the intermediate portion of the headband, that is disposed on the top of the intermediate portion of the headband and stationarily connected to the headband at one end, a tension adjusting slider is disposed around the headband and the spring member for longitudinal movement so that the tension intermediate the lower ends of the headband is varied as the slider is repositioned.
Claims11
An adjustable headband tensioner for a headset comprising in combination;
- an arcuate shaped, elongated spring headband having means at each end for supporting a headphone ear cup;
- coaxially disposed, longitudinally elongated spring means having two ends and one of said ends stationarily disposed on said headband and having a longitudinally arcuate shape of lesser radius than said headband;
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- adjusting means having a slot dimensioned to slidably receive said headband and said spring means and operable to be slidably positioned intermediate the ends of said spring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.