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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007