US 7,542,563 B2
	Retractable headset for an audio playback system
Ketul Sakhpara, Plano, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/153,196.
Prior Publication US 2006/0286932 A1, Dec. 21, 2006
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 379—430  [381/370; 455/550.1]

14 Claims

1. A headset system integrated into an audio playback system, comprising: a headset comprising an earbud operable to provide audio information and a cord operable to couple the headset to the audio playback system; a cord compartment operable to store the cord in the audio playback system, the cord further operable to be pulled from the cord compartment; a lock button capable of switching from a locked position to an unlocked position without being physically moved; a headset on/off button; a cord retractor coupled to the cord compartment, the cord retractor operable to retract the cord into the cord compartment; wherein the lock button further operable to prevent the cord from being pulled from the cord compartment when the lock button is in the locked position and to allow the cord to be pulled from the cord compartment when the lock button is in the unlocked position and further operable to switch automatically from the locked position to the unlocked position based on a triggering event.