Appeal No. 1998-1328
Application No. 08/341,500
for long periods of time. The microphone boom allows for
placement of the microphone near the user's mouth and which is
rugged enough to avoid fracturing or breaking even after being
repeatedly bent over long periods of time. The boom includes
an inner conductor having a plurality of support strands, a
first insulator disposed about an inner conductor, an outer
conductor disposed about the first insulator to shield the
inner conductor and an outer jacket disposed about the outer
conductor. This arrangement allows for the boom to be
positioned to fit a plurality of users. A support wire from a
plurality of different strands of wire allows the flexible
cable to be repeatedly bent without fracture. 1
Independent claim 1 is as follows:
1. A microphone boom comprising:
an inner conductor including:
a microphone wire strand in electrical communication with
a microphone; and
a plurality of wire strands;
a first insulator concentrically disposed about said
inner conductor;
1 See page 3 of the specification.
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