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Extendable telephone handset with flexible electrical interconnection and matched impedance acoustical interface

US5586183A · kind A · utility

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35Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1996
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/0237
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compact telephone handset, when not in use, is shorter in length than the distance between a user's ear and mouth and has an extendable boom for lengthening the telephone to a length equal to the distance between the user's ear and mouth. The handset has a receiver device and a microphone device with one of the devices being located on the main body of the handset and the other device being located on a slidable boom which is extendable and retractable relative to the main body.

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