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US 5,467,324 AGranted
Wristwatch radiotelephone with deployable voice port
AssigneeTimex Corporation
InventorJohn T. Houlihan
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Abstract
A wristwatch radiotelephone is usable as a radiotelephone without the need to remove the apparatus from the user's wrist and without the need to plug any additional elements into the apparatus. During radiotelephone use, simultaneous placement of microphone and speaker ports adjacent the user's mouth and ear, respectively, is facilitated by having at least one of these ports deploy from the remainder of the apparatus to increase the distance between the two ports.
Claims20
Wristwatch radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
- a strap structure adapted to at least partly encircle a wrist of a user of the apparatus, said strap structure lying in a plane which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of said wrist;
- a combined watch and radiotelephone structure mounted on said strap structure for viewing and operation by said user and for use by said user to transmit the user's voice by radio transmission from said apparatus and to receive via radio transmission another person's voice which said apparatus renders audible by the user;
- said combined watch and radiotelephone structure including a voice input port for receiving said user's voice and a voice output port for outputting said other person's voice as said apparatus has rendered it audible, at least one of said ports being deployable from said combined watch and radiotelephone structure but remaining secured to said combined watch and radiotelephone structure during such deployment, said deployment being from a first position in which said at least one of said ports is relatively close to the other of said ports to a second position in which said at least one of said ports is relatively far from said other port, said second position facilitating simultaneous placement of one of said ports adjacent the user's mouth and a second of said ports adjacent an ear of the user without removal of said apparatus from said wrist.
Wristwatch radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
- a strap structure adapted to at least partly encircle a wrist of a user of the apparatus, said strap structure lying in a plane which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of said wrist;
- a watch structure mounted on said strap structure for viewing and operation by said user;
- a radiotelephone structure mounted on said strap structure for use by said user to transmit the user's voice by radio transmission from said apparatus and to receive via radio transmission another person's voice which said apparatus renders audible by the user, said radiotelephone structure including a voice input port for receiving said user's voice and a voice output port for outputting said other person's voice as said apparatus has rendered it audible, at least one of said ports being deployable from a first position in which it is relatively close to the other of said ports to a second position in which it is relatively far from said other port, said second position facilitating simultaneous placement of one of said ports adjacent the user's mouth and a second of said ports adjacent an ear of the user without removal of said apparatus from said wrist;
- a flexible tether member for connecting said at least one port to said second port;
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- a tether dispenser for selectively alternately dispensing and retracting said tether member.
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Wristwatch radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
- a strap structure adapted to at least partly encircle a wrist of a user of the apparatus, said strap structure lying in a plane which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of said wrist;
- a watch structure mounted on said strap structure for viewing and operation by said user;
- a radiotelephone structure mounted on said strap structure for use by said user to transmit the user's voice by radio transmission from said apparatus and to receive via radio transmission another person's voice which said apparatus renders audible by the user, said radiotelephone structure including a voice input port for receiving said user's voice and a voice output port for outputting said other person's voice as said apparatus has rendered it audible, at least one of said ports being deployable from a first position in which it is relatively close to the other of said ports to a second position in which it is relatively far from said other port, said second position facilitating simultaneous placement of one of said ports adjacent the user's mouth and a second of said ports adjacent an ear of the user without removal of said apparatus from said wrist;
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- a telescoping structure having a first end which is secured to said strap structure and a second end which moves away from said first end when said telescoping structure is telescopically extended and which moves toward said first end when said telescoping structure is telescopically retracted, said at least one of said ports being disposed on said telescoping structure adjacent said second end.
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