US 12,250,506 B2
Modular communication device
Lucca Riccio, Southington, CT (US); Michael Riccio, Southington, CT (US); Daniel Dean Briere, Mansfield Center, CT (US); and Timothy Corcoran Repp, Barkhamsted, CT (US)
Assigned to LUCCA VENTURES, INC., Southington, CT (US)
Filed by Lucca Ventures, Inc., Southington, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,344.
Application 18/448,344 is a continuation of application No. 17/947,547, filed on Sep. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,856,348.
Application 17/947,547 is a continuation of application No. 17/808,755, filed on Jun. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,483,640, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/808,755 is a continuation of application No. 17/672,778, filed on Feb. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,399,225, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Application 17/672,778 is a continuation of application No. 17/466,119, filed on Sep. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,284,175, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,144, filed on Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388687 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04R 1/026 (2013.01) [H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device for use with a mask, comprising:
a first housing including a microphone, the first housing having a back side and a front side;
a first magnetic attachment component disposed on the back side of the first housing, the first magnetic attachment component having an open center, and the first magnetic attachment component circumscribing a portion of the first housing configured to transmit sound to the microphone contained within the housing;
a second housing including a speaker;
a cord connecting the first housing to the second housing, wherein the microphone is operably connected to the speaker by a wired connection;
a second magnetic attachment component complementary to the first magnetic attachment component, wherein the first magnetic attachment component is releasably securable to the second magnetic attachment component to releasably secure the back side of the first housing to a front of a mask.