US1463810A - Head set - Google Patents

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Aug. 7, 1923.

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Application ru s December 2c, 1919. Serial No. matir.

To oll'wiwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. F. Ginson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwood, in the county of Bergen, State of 6 New Jersey,'haveinvented certain new and useful- Improvements in Head Sets, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and eiract description; r

This 1 invention: relates generally to tele- W phone head sets andparticularly to an improved-form of support for the receiving instruments-J It has been the practice in making up devices cit-this generalvnature to mount the receivers in relativel permanent relation on the supporting hea gear employed. This arrangement has not been wholly satisfactory in that'itgave'rise to difi'iculty in making a change ofreceivers for any purpose and in 'adj'usting'the'receivers in the position best adapted for use by the individual operator? This has been particularly the case with headsets such as-have been used by aviators wherein the emergencies and exigencies of dying frequently require a hurried exchange of instruments and always require the best possible adjustment of the ear pieces to the head of the user. The objects oi the invention are to overcome the objections referred to and to provide readily detachable and adjustable supporting means for holding the receivers in position in the head gear.

The invention consists in mounting the receivers on a suitable head gear by means of readily se arable fasteners, so as to provide for ma mg a rapid removal, interchange or replacement of instruments with a minimum of trouble and without'the use or tools of any description. 'The parts of the head gear which directly support the receivers preferably take the term of adjustable elastic straps which, in combination with flexible seats for the receivers and an arrangement of the fasteners that provide for changes in the relative position of the receivers on their seats, produces an efiective means for securing any desired degree of closeness of adjustment of the receivers to the ears of the operator.

In the drawing, Figure 1, is a view in perspective of a telephone head set embodying a preferred form of the invention; and Figure 2 is a similar view on an enlarged lid till

scale of a receiver, showing in-detail-the he means for attaching it to its seat.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown in Figure 1 an instrument-supporting head harness in which a broad leather band or skull-cap member 1 is arranged to fit'closely to the median line of the head of the wearer from the base of the skull to the forehead, and act as the'main supporting member for two elastic bands 2 and 3 with'which the cap member 1 is equipped. Suitable loopsea and 5 serve to attach the'elastic banded and 3 to the cap member 1 and provide a--' longitudinal sliding movement of the-band therethrough for adjusting *puiti odes. it will be seen that the elastic ban a 2- anddt'o are arran ed to cross each other-substan tially at right angles at oints adjacent'the ears of the wearer, an at the points "of intersection receiver-supporti or seat members 6 are provided, whic are pre- We .ferably formed of flexible material'such as fabric or leather. 1' L i The seat members 6 havethe general-dorm of a disc and are stitched or otherwise pas manently attached to the o positely disposed W points of intersection of the bands 2 and 3.

ormed to cooperatively engage the seat members 8 are similar disc-shaped members 7 carried by the bases of the soft rubber cup members 8 in which the receiving instru a ments 9, surrounded by inner cup members 10 of sponge rubber, are mounted and shielded from extraneous noise.

In order to provide for a secure and, at the same time, easily disconnected support- W mg engagement of the disc members Z carried by the cup members 8 and the seat members 6 carried by the head bands, the complemental parts 11 and 12 of readily-Se arable fastening members, such as a we l- W? lrnown type of glove fastener, are mounted on the respective disk members in position to be brought into mutual interlocking engagement in the manner shown in Figure-Q of the drawing. Preferably as many as four 1 sets of fasteners are mounted along the margins of the disc members in the manner in-. dicated, and a greater number may be used if desired. lit will be seen that not only are easily and quickly detachable means thus 11 provided for securing the receivers in posi tion on the seating members 6, but the rela tive. position or orientation of the receivers Q almanac receivers to the ears of the user can be ebtained, the chin strap 15 assisting materially in providing a firm contact of the forward portions of the cup members with the operators head, so as to prevent the entrance of rushing air to the interior of the cup.

It will be seen that the head harness shown in Figure 1 is particularly adapted for use under an aviators helmet, -although it is clearly adapted for use in an situation where telephone head sets are emp oyed. By mounting the receivers in a readily detachable position in a head harness eparate from p the usual helmet, instead of mounting the receivers in fixed positions in pockets formed for the purpose in the walls of the helmet itself, it is possible to use the head harness and receivers without the helmet and, on the other hand, to employ the helmet without the harness and receivers, or merely without one or both receivers, as the operator may desire.

What is claimed is:

1. In a telephone head set, a leather skull cap, a woven elastic head harness adj ustably associated therewith, means for supporting a pair of receivers consisting of an outer leather cap and an mner sponge rubber member, fastening means consisting of two part,

snap fasteners secured symmetrically on two seat members, one of which members is integrally associated with said supporting means, the other of which members is integrally associated with said head harness.

2. In a telephone head set, elastic supporting means for a receiving instrument, a seat for the receiving instrument carried by said elastic sup rtlng means, a holder for a receiving instrument, and circularly arranged rows of snap fastener members on said holder and said seat, whereby the p081- tiordi of said holder on said seat may be'var1e 3. In a telephone head set, soft pliable leather band supportin means for areceiving instrument, a flexib e seat for the receiving instrument carried by said supporting means, and means for securing the receiving instrument to said flexible seat.

4. In a telephone head set, a flexible skullcap adapted to fit the head of the user, an elastic band secured to said cap for support ing a receiver, a flexible seat carried b the elastic band, a flexible cup in which t ereceiver is supported, and readily detachable" means for securing said cup to said flexible seat. In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 23rd day of December, A.

ALBERT F. r. GILSON.

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