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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
Vernon C. Lenz, Union Gap, WA (US);
Chris Roose, Yakima, WA (US);
Vernon C. Lenz, Union Gap, WA (US);
Chris Roose, Yakima, WA (US);
Golden West Communications, Inc., Union Gap, WA (US);
Abstract
A hardhat mount assembly () is provided for mounting a speaker device () on a hardhat (), that allows adjustment of the speaker device position to allow the worker to choose a comfortable position. The mount assembly includes an inner mount part () for mounting on the hardhat, a linkage () having an upper end pivotally connected to the inner mount part and a lower end pivotally connected to the speaker device, both pivot connections having pivot axes extending in forward and rearward directions. One inner mount device includes a pair of wings () with Velcro () on their inner surfaces that attach to Velcro pads () that have been mounted with contact adhesive on a side of the hardhat. Another inner mount device includes a pair of plates () with adjacent edges () hinged together and distant ends () that can be latched together to clamp a sweatband () of the hardhat lining between them. Another inner mount device () has a U-shaped part that straddles a thickened lip () at the side of a hardhat, and has at least one screw () that screws against the hardhat at a location adjacent to the stepped thickness of the hardhat lip.