Patent Application
20190201770
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The disclosure and prior art relates to mount devices and more particularly pertains to a new mount device for continuously aligning a whistle with a mouth.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a head band that is worn around a head. A mount is coupled to the head band and the mount extends around a face when the head band is worn. Additionally, the mount is comprised of a rigid material. A whistle is coupled to the mount and the whistle is aligned with a mouth. Thus, the whistle is continuously positioned to be blown.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A first band 22 is coupled to the strap 16 and the first band 22 extends along the side of the user's face 24 when the head band 12 is worn. The first band 22 has a first end 26 and a second end 28 and the first end 26 of the first band 22 is coupled to the first end 18 of the strap 16. A second band 30 is coupled to the strap 16 and the second band 30 extends along the side of an opposite side of the user's face 24 from the first band 22 when the head band 12 is worn. The second band 30 has a first end 32 and a second end 34 and the first end 32 of the second band 30 is coupled to the second end 20 of the strap 16. Each of the first band 22 and the second band 30 is comprised of a flexible material such as rubber tubing or the like.
A mount 36 is provided and the mount 36 is coupled to the head band 12. The mount 36 extends around the user's face 24 when the head band 12 is worn. Additionally, the mount 36 is comprised of a rigid material. The mount 36 includes a first member 38 that is coupled to the first band 22 and the first member 38 is positioned on the use's face 24 when the head band 12 is worn. The first member 38 has a primary end 40 and a secondary end 42 and the primary end 40 is coupled to the second end 26 of the first band 22. Moreover, the first member 38 is curved between the primary end 40 and the secondary end 42 such first member 38 curves around a front side 44 of the face 24.
The first member 38 has a sequence of bends 46 thereon and the bends 46 are spaced apart from each other. The bends 46 define a first portion 48 of the first member 38 that is oriented parallel to a second portion 50 of the first member 38. The first portion 48 extends away from the first band 22 along a lower edge 52 of the user's jaw 54. The second portion 50 is positioned above the user's chin 56 and the secondary end 42 is aligned with the user's mouth 58.
The mount 36 includes a second member 60 that is coupled to the second band 30 and the second member 60 is positioned on the user's face 24 when the head band 12 is worn. The second member 60 has a primary end 62 and a secondary end 64 and the primary end 62 of the second member 60 is coupled to the second end 34 of the second band 30. Additionally, the second member 60 is curved between the primary end 62 and the secondary end 64 of the second member 60 such that the second member 60 curves around the front side 44 of the user's face 24.
The second member 60 has a sequence of bends 66 thereon and the bends 66 on the second member 60 are spaced apart from each other. The bends 66 on the second member 60 define a first portion 68 of the second member 60 that is oriented parallel to a second portion 70 of the second member 60. The first portion 68 of the second member 60 extends away from the second band 30 along the lower edge 52 of the jaw 54. The second portion 70 of the second member 60 is positioned above the user's chin 56 and the secondary end 64 of the second member 60 is aligned with the user's mouth 58.
A whistle 72 is provided and the whistle 72 is rotatably coupled to the mount 36. Thus, the whistle 72 is continuously aligned with the user's mouth 58 when the head band 12 is worn thereby facilitating the whistle 72 to be blown. The whistle 72 has a housing 74 and a mouthpiece 76 and the housing 74 has a first lateral side 78 and a second lateral side 80. The secondary end 42 of the first member 38 is rotatably coupled to the first lateral side 78 and the secondary end 64 of the second member 60 is rotatably coupled to the second lateral side 80. Moreover, the whistle 72 may be a referee's whistle of any conventional design.
In use, the head band 12 is worn during officiating of the sports event. Each of the first band 22 and the second band 30 are extended over the official's ears. The mount 36 is manipulated to align the whistle 72 with the official's mouth 58. Thus, the whistle 72 may be blown immediately upon the official observing a foul, or the like, without loosing the time required to grip and position a conventional whistle 72 in the official's mouth 58. Thus, the official makes more efficient use of the time on the clock of the sports event.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
