AM/FM radio with sunglass housing
OwnerBruce A. Gallimoreinventor
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Abstract
In an AM/FM radio, a housing in the form of sunglasses including a pair of temples, the housing including a hollow top frame and a bottom frame supporting a pair of tinted lenses. An AM/FM radio with its electrical components is mounted within the top frame and includes an electrical output lead connected to a pair of jacks. A pair of electronic speakers are slidably mounted upon the temples adapted for registry with the user's ears, each speaker having a flexible lead interconnecting a speaker with one of the jacks.
Claims4
In combination, a housing in the form of sunglasses including a pair of rearwardly extending pivoted temples, the housing including a hollow top frame and a bottom frame;
- an AM/FM radio with its electrical components mounted and enclosed within said top frame and including an output lead;
- a pair of spaced jacks adjacent the ends of said housing and connected to said lead respectively;
- right and left electric speakers slidably mounted upon said temples respectively, adapted for registry with the user's ears;
- a flexible electrical lead interconnecting each speaker with one of said jacks;
- said top frame including a battery compartment for storing an electrical power source connected to said radio;
- a removable panel forming a part of said top frame normally closing said compartment;
- an ON/OFF switch connected to said radio and having a movable control slidably projected through a slot in said top frame for manual access thereto;
- an AM/FM switch connected to said radio and including a slidable selector projecting through a slot in said top frame;
- an electrical tuner including a variable capacitor connected to said radio and having a rotative control projected through a slot in said top frame;
- an stereo control switch connected to said radio output lead and including a movable control arm extending through a slot in said top frame;
- a volume control switch including a variable potentiometer connected to said radio output lead and including a control arm projected through a slot in said top frame;
- all of said slots being in longitudinal alignment along the length and upon the front of said top frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.