HANDS-FREE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

A hands-free personal communication device is worn about a user's neck. The communication device includes an elongated elastic neckband for supporting t he communication device about the user's neck. The elastic neckband has memory characteristic and is bendable along its length such that the neckband is formable into and out of various selectable positions. An acoustic output device is attached to the neckband and positioned near an ear of the user wh en the communication device is worn about the user's neck. A microphone is attached to an end of the neckband. A detachable earbud may be attached to a n end of the neckband.