Musical instrument stand

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11250823-B2
Application number	US-201815897338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A musical instrument stand, including: a stand including a plurality of leg columns, a height of each of the plurality of leg columns being adjustable; a musical instrument mount which is installed on the stand and on which a musical instrument is to be mounted; and a connector including an elastic member and connecting the stand and the musical instrument mount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A musical instrument stand, comprising:
a stand including a plurality of leg columns, a height of each of the plurality of leg columns being individually adjustable;
a musical instrument mount which is installed on the stand and on which a musical instrument is to be mounted; and
a connector including an elastic member and connecting the stand and the musical instrument mount such that the connector including the elastic member moves together with a leg column of the plurality of leg columns whose height is being individually adjusted,
wherein the connector includes:
a plate extending along a facing surface of the musical instrument mount that faces the stand;
a first fixing member configured to fix the elastic member to the stand;
a second fixing member configured to fix the plate to the elastic member and not to fix the plate to the stand; and
a third fixing member configured to fix the plate to the facing surface of the musical instrument mount.

2. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third fixing member includes a third externally threaded portion,
wherein the plate has a through-hole that permits the third externally threaded portion to pass therethrough, and
wherein the musical instrument mount includes, on the facing surface, a third internally threaded portion which is threadedly engaged with the third externally threaded portion passing through the through-hole.

3. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third fixing member includes a third externally threaded portion which is threadedly engaged with a third internally threaded portion provided in the musical instrument mount, and the first fixing member includes a first externally threaded portion which is threadedly engaged with a first internally threaded portion provided in the stand, and
wherein, in a state in which the stand is connected to the musical instrument mount, the elastic member allows a third axial direction and a first axial direction to extend in mutually different directions, the third axial direction being an axial direction of the third externally threaded portion which is threadedly engaged with the third internally threaded portion, the first axial direction being an axial direction of the first externally threaded portion which is threadedly engaged with the first internally threaded portion.

4. The musical instrument stand according to claim 3 , wherein the first externally threaded portion is formed integrally with the elastic member.

5. The musical instrument stand according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first externally threaded portion is formed integrally with the elastic member, and
wherein the elastic member is attached to the stand by threadedly engaging the second first externally threaded portion with the second first internally threaded portion.

6. The musical instrument stand according to claim 5 ,
wherein the plate is disposed above the elastic member,
wherein the second fixing member includes a second externally threaded portion for connecting the plate to the elastic member, and
wherein the elastic member includes a second internally threaded portion which is formed integrally therewith and which is threadedly engaged with the second externally threaded portion.

7. The musical instrument stand according to claim 6 ,
wherein the third externally threaded portion passes through the through-hole formed in the plate and is threadedly engaged with the third internally threaded portion.

8. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is rubber.

9. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is disposed between a leg column of the plurality of leg columns and the musical instrument mount in a vertical direction.

10. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the musical instrument mount includes a side frame disposed above a leg column of the plurality of leg columns and to which the connector is connected.

11. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is disposed between a leg column of the plurality of leg columns and the musical instrument mount in an extending direction of the leg column.

12. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is disposed directly on the leg column.

13. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of leg columns includes a base, a cylinder extending from the base, a piston rod extending from the cylinder, and a supporter disposed on the piston rod, and the elastic member is disposed on the supporter.

14. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of leg columns includes a base, a cylinder extending from the base, a piston rod extending from the cylinder, and a supporter disposed on the piston rod, and the elastic member is disposed directly on the supporter.

15. The musical instrument stand according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member moving together with the leg column of the plurality of leg columns whose height is being individually adjusted becomes elastically deformed when the leg column of the plurality of leg columns whose height is being individually adjusted is adjusted to a height that differs from a height of another leg column of the plurality of leg columns.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Yamakoshi Tetsuya

Classifications

• G10G5/00 Primary

  Supports for musical instruments {(cellopins or components therefor G10D3/01)} · CPC title

• G10G5/005 Primary

  while playing, e.g. cord, strap or harness (rests or guards as part of the instruments, see the particular instruments, e.g. G10D3/18) · CPC title

• G10D13/08

  Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth · CPC title