Headset

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11937036-B2
Application number	US-202117536034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2021
Priority date	Dec 1, 2020
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A headset has earmuffs connected by a connection element. The earmuffs have inner sides facing each other and outer sides facing away from each other in a first transverse direction. The earmuffs extend from a bottom side to a top side in a vertical direction. The earmuffs extend from a first to a second longitudinal side in a second transverse direction. At least one of the earmuffs has a positioning pocket at the outer side with a button arranged therein. The positioning pocket extends across a width in second transverse direction that corresponds to at least 50% of a width of the at least one of the earmuffs. The positioning pocket has a bottom end and a top end and extends in vertical direction from the bottom end to the top end. The top end of the positioning pocket forms a stop edge for fingertips of an operator's hand.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A headset comprising:
a first earmuff and a second earmuff;
a connection element connecting the first earmuff and second earmuff to each other;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each have an inner side and an outer side, wherein the inner sides of the first and second earmuffs are facing each other in a first transverse direction, and wherein the outer sides of the first and second earmuffs are facing away from each other in the first transverse direction;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each comprise a bottom side and a top side and each extend from the bottom side to the top side in a vertical direction;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each comprise a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side and each extend from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side in a second transverse direction;
wherein at least one of the first and second earmuffs comprises a positioning pocket arranged at the outer side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs;
wherein a button is arranged in the positioning pocket;
wherein the positioning pocket extends across a width in the second transverse direction, wherein the width of the positioning pocket corresponds to at least 50% of a width of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs measured in the second transverse direction;
wherein the positioning pocket comprises a bottom end and a top end, wherein the positioning pocket extends in the vertical direction from the bottom end to the top end;
wherein the top end of the positioning pocket forms a stop edge providing a rest for fingertips of a hand of an operator;
wherein the stop edge comprises a depth measured in the first transverse direction, wherein the depth of the stop edge corresponds to a maximum distance measured in the first transverse direction between a base surface forming the outer side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs and a bottom surface of the positioning pocket;
wherein the at least one of the first and second earmuffs comprises a depth corresponding to a maximum distance measured in the first transverse direction between the inner side and the outer side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs;
wherein the depth of the stop edge amounts to at least 5% of the depth of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs.

2. The headset according to claim 1 , wherein the button arranged in the positioning pocket is a connection button, wherein the connection button extends across at least 50% of the width of the positioning pocket and is the only button arranged in the positioning pocket.

3. The headset according to claim 2 , wherein the connection button is configured to connect the head set to a computer.

4. The headset according to claim 3 , wherein the computer is a smart phone.

5. The headset according to claim 1 , wherein two or more of said button are arranged in the positioning pocket.

6. The headset according to claim 5 , wherein the two or more buttons are separated from each other by a separation web, respectively.

7. The headset according to claim 5 , wherein the two or more buttons include a first button and a second button, wherein the first button is recessed relative to the second button in the positioning pocket in a direction toward the inner side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs.

8. The headset according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the first and second earmuffs comprises a lateral button arranged outside of the positioning pocket, wherein an arrangement of the lateral button and of the positioning pocket relative to each other is configured to enable the operator, in a basic position of the hand of the operator on the at least one of the first and second earmuffs, to actuate the button arranged in the positioning pocket and the lateral button without having to reposition the hand.

9. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein the positioning pocket comprises three of said button, wherein the arrangement of the lateral button and of the positioning pocket relative to each other is such that the three buttons arranged in the positioning pocket and the lateral button are actuatable by the operator without having to reposition the hand.

10. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein the lateral button is arranged between the bottom side and the second longitudinal side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs.

11. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein, in a viewing direction looking on the outer side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs along the first transverse direction, the at least one of the first and second earmuffs comprises a first center of area and the lateral button comprises a second center of area, wherein a distance measured in the vertical direction between the first center of area and the second center of area amounts to at least 20% of a height of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs measured in the vertical direction.

12. The headset according to claim 11 , wherein the distance amounts to at least 30%.

13. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein the lateral button comprises three knob-type elevations.

14. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein the lateral button is a circular function button.

15. The headset according to claim 14 , wherein the circular function button is a push-to-talk button or a mute button.

16. The headset according to claim 8 , wherein the lateral button of the first earmuff comprises three knob-type elevations and wherein the lateral button of the second earmuff is a circular function button.

17. The headset according to claim 16 , wherein the circular function button is a push-to-talk button or a mute button.

18. The headset according to claim 1 , wherein the button arranged in the positioning pocket of the first earmuff is a connection button, wherein the connection button extends across at least 50% of the width of the positioning pocket of the first earmuff and is the only button arranged in the positioning pocket of the first earmuff, wherein in the positioning pocket of the second earmuff a plurality of said button are arranged and the plurality of said button are separated from each other by a separation web, respectively.

19. The headset according to claim 18 , wherein the connection button is configured to connect the head set to a computer.

20. The head set according to claim 1 , wherein the stop edge is a stop surface.

21. A headset comprising:
a first earmuff and a second earmuff;
a connection element connecting the first earmuff and second earmuff to each other;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each have an inner side and an outer side, wherein the inner sides of the first and second earmuffs are facing each other in a first transverse direction, and wherein the outer sides of the first and second earmuffs are facing away from each other in the first transverse direction;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each comprise a bottom side and a top side and each extend from the bottom side to the top side in a vertical direction;
wherein the first and second earmuffs each comprise a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side and each extend from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side in a second transverse direction;
wherein at least one of the first and second earmuffs comprises a positioning pocket arranged at the outer side of the at least one of the first and second earmuffs;
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Assignees

• Stihl Ag & Co Kg Andreas

Inventors

• Mang Harald
• Langhammer Maren
• Danner Julian
• Conrad Nils

Classifications

• H04R1/1008 Primary

  Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/1041 Primary

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• A61F11/14

  external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs · CPC title

• A61F11/145

  electric, e.g. for active noise reduction · CPC title

• H04M1/05

  specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast · CPC title