ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,785, issued on Sept. 23.
"Personal communication device" was invented by Victoria C. Newton (East Haddam, Conn.) and Ralph T. Campagna (Pomfret Center, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Personal Communication Device (PCD) is provided and includes a microphone, a speaker, and a PCD body, wherein the PCD body is configured as an ear cuff and includes a body first end, a body second end and a body middle portion. The PCD body further includes sound processing electronics, such that when a sound is received by the microphone, the sound processing electronics process the sound to generate a processed sound and communicates the proce...