Joshua H Latendresse

US Patent:

8335335, Dec 18, 2012

Filed:

Feb 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/370305

Inventors:

Jordan Reiss - San Francisco CA, US
Kurt Dammermann - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua LaTendresse - Emeryville CA, US
Adam Barry - San Francisco CA, US
Dana Krieger - Seattle WA, US
Brett Lovelady - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

Astro Gaming, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

H04R 5/033

US Classification:

381375, 381371

Abstract:

A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.

US Patent:

20090238397, Sep 24, 2009

Filed:

Dec 17, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/337526

Inventors:

Jordan Reiss - San Francisco CA, US
Kurt Dammermann - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua LaTendresse - Emeryville CA, US
Adam Barry - San Francisco CA, US
Dana Krieger - Seattle WA, US
Brett Lovelady - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

ASTRO GAMING, LLC - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

H04R 25/00

US Classification:

381375

Abstract:

A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.