| 20090274331 | MICROPHONE DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE WORN ON AN EAR - A microphone device includes an earpiece unit and a sound pickup unit. The earpiece unit includes a pliable ring part adapted for looping around an ear of a wearer and bendable to conform to the shape of the ear of the wearer. The sound pickup unit includes a boom component that is connected to the earpiece unit and that has a front boom section extending to a vicinity of the mouth of the wearer when the earpiece unit is worn on the ear of the wearer. The sound pickup unit further includes a sound pickup member mounted on the front boom section of the boom component. | 11-05-2009 |