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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1995
Thomas H Stanford, Escondido, CA (US);
Farhad Noroozi Sahne, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas P Riches, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert O'Neill, San Diego, CA (US);
HM Electronics, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The transducer support assembly includes a transducer secured to a U-shaped strap having a pair of chest engageable leg portions connected integrally to a curved neck engageable portion by a pair of twisted intermediate portions for engaging the body of the user. The chest engageable leg portions are adapted to fit over the shoulders and to lie substantially flat against the chest of the user. A wide portion of the neck engageable portion extends in overlying substantially continuous engagement with the neck or back of the user to resist the chest engageable leg portions from swinging away from the chest. A gripping material forms an underside surface of the strap to frictionally engage the user, thereby inhibiting the strap from moving relative to the body of the user. Another transducer support assembly includes a flexible U-shaped neck support having a chest engageable portion. A transducer secured within a transducer support is coupled slidably to the chest engageable portion to enable it to be selectively positioned relative to the chest engageable portion.