Parabolic sound reflecting microphone holder

Claim 1

A light weight, hand held sound reflecting parabola and microphone holder assembly comprising: a. a parabolic shell having a sound reflecting surface, b. a shaft passing through the parabolic shell parallel to but displaced from the parabolic axis, said shaft being adjustable in both senses of a direction parallel to the parabolic axis; c. means carried by the shaft on the side of the parabolic shell adjacent the sound reflecting surface to support a microphone, said means extending from the shaft towards the parabolic axis so that the microphone may be supported on the said axis; d. handle means carried by the shaft on the side of the parabolic shell remote from the sound reflecting surface to enable the human hand to grasp and support the sound reflecting parabola and microphone holder assembly; e. the parabolic shell being: 1. circular in a plane normal to the parabolic axis; 2. made of transparent cellulose acetate butyrate plastics material; 3. of a thickness of between about 0.080 and 0.125 inches; 4. of a diameter of the order of about 18 inches; and 5. of a curvature such that its focus lies in a plane containing the rim of the parabolic shell.