Multiple musical instrument stand
US6296213A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10G5/00
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A musical instrument stand holds at least one and preferably a number of musical instruments by a supporting structure that partly includes the structure of a case having top and bottom halves that are hinged together. The top and bottom halves are pivoted open to place the top half in a substantially vertical position where the top half holds a supporting yoke for holding an instrument, such as the neck of a guitar resting against a pad in the bottom half. A frame mounted to the case has two vertical legs mounted on the top half and a laterally extending support between the legs. Each leg is pivotally fastened in spaced relation to the other and is pivoted down for storage in the case or up to hold the lateral support and the instrument(s). In the pivoted-up position the legs snap resiliently into cutouts in a front edge of the top half, which provides part of the structural support for the instrument. The lateral support is coupled to and extends between the two legs at a selectable height. The respective parts are affixed frictionally by flanged split-cylinder clamping arrangements with threaded fasteners. The shaft portion of the instrument supporting yoke can form the threaded…
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