WO2008033003A1

WO2008033003A1 - Musical instrument holder

Info

Publication number: WO2008033003A1
Application number: PCT/LT2006/000009
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jonas Shileika
Original assignee: Jonas Shileika
Priority date: 2006-09-15
Filing date: 2006-09-15
Publication date: 2008-03-20

Abstract

The invention relates to the holder of the musical instrument, like the saxophone, the bassoon, the bass clarinet while the instrument is being played. The holder is designed to hang the instrument onto when the instrument is being played while seated. The holder of a musical instrument consists of a chair-mounted curved stand. The new holder construction solution is characterised in a way that the top of the curved stand (1) has an arched rod (3) with instrument attachment implements attached on top, and the stand (1) mounts to the chair via a saddle (13). The curved stand (1) has at least two telescopic parts (4 and 5). The arched rod (3) at the end of the stand attaches via a swivel joint that allows vertical movement and also consists of two telescopic parts (7 and 8). Two supporting floating legs (2) can be attached to the bottom of the curved stand (1), to rest the whole stand on the floor.

Description

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDER

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to the holder of the musical instrument, like the saxophone, the bassoon, the bass clarinet while the instrument is being played. The holder is designed to hang the instrument onto when the instrument is being played while seated. By virtue of the freedom it allows the performer, the invention may be called Be Free.

Music performers are well aware of the inconveniences related to holding a weighty instrument, its support, the music papers. Usually, folding or stationary stands, telescopic props and other facilities are used to lean the musical instrument onto and to uphold the instrument. A collapsible stand for musical instrument is disclosed in patent GB 1 273 442. It consists of a sliding shank element on a support shaft with slots for swivel legs. Such a collapsible stand is used for supporting clarinets, trumpets and similar wind instruments when not in use.

European patent EP 0 729 626 describes a musical instrument stand consisting of a base, a supporting element, at least two legs and holders. This collapsible stand is designed solely for supporting the saxophone while playing and for mounting the saxophone cup on the supporting element while standing or in times of transportation.

Said stands for musical instruments are designed for supporting the instruments or hanging them when not in use.

Another well-known musical instrument stand, especially suitable for the saxophone or the guitar, consisting of a base, a lower holder and a string hook for vertical traction is disclosed in patent FR 2 821 695. That is a stationary collapsible stand for keeping the instrument upright while being played.

French patent publication FR 2 680 033 describes a rest that helps holding the musical instrument while being played. This rest consists of a tripod base with an extractive stand and a disc-shaped sieve on top. The sieve is used for mounting the musical instrument cup, thus aiding the young performers support the weight of the instrument. AU of the above stands and rests as well as special legs attached to the instrument and resting on the floor, or saddles that rest against the performer's knee restrict the performer's movement. The static position of the instrument and the performer inhibits the freedom of performance.

While playing wind instruments, for instance, the saxophone, the bassoon or the bass clarinet, performers also use straps that go around the neck and shoulder belts. The strap for the musical instrument, like the saxophone, the bassoon or the bass clarinet is disclosed in patent DE 3 719 995. The strap consists of two interlinked loops with loop-ends connected with a crosspiece. Said strap allows transferring the entire weight of the instrument on the performer's shoulders.

Likewise, the weight of the musical instrument, like the saxophone, can be placed on the shoulders and hips of the performer using the musical instrument support apparatus disclosed in patent US 5,772,091. The apparatus of two essentially rigid elements, similar to suspenders that go over the performer's shoulders, on the back connected with a clamp that attaches to the performer's belt, hi the front, the rigid elements have flexible extensions that in front of the performer are joined together with another clamp, to which the musical instrument is then attached.

The counter-balance seat-strap for supporting a bassoon is described in the patent application GB 2 330 232. The construction of the strap is such that one end of the strap is attached to the front right leg of a chair, the performer sitting on the other end of the strap, and the middle of the strap is hooked to the bottom of the bassoon via a hook.

All of the above arrangements are inevitably necessary to play the saxophone, the bassoon or the bass clarinet. However, holding instruments weighing 2.5 to 10.5 kg hanging from the back of the neck or the shoulders for 2 to 3 (or more) hours per day is not an easy tiling to do. Besides, pressure on the neck impedes blood circulation, pressure on the ribs or the chest constricts breathing, plus there is an additional load on the spinal muscles. From the technical viewpoint, the invention in question is most similar to the musical instrument holder disclosed in the JP 2003233370 application summary that consists of a holder mounted on a chair or the floor, a side-fixation unit on the upper part of the holder, consisting of a hook and a fastener, a nib with a fastener, an orifice with a fastener, a ring, a string with a stop, a wire with a stop, a threaded belt that could be used, for instance, for securing the side fixation unit of the instrument situated on the musical instrument being held.

The flaw of the above musical instrument holder is the diversity of the holder constructions: every musical instrument demands a different holder construction. The performer has relatively little freedom of movement as the holder construction only tackles the issue of supporting the weight and therefore the instrument hangs on short rigid loops that very much determine the position of the instrument and of the performer. Besides, a holder construction like that requires a special chair to which the holder stand is attached.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Said issues are addressed using the musical instrument holder of a new construction. The holder in question is more versatile that the conventional holders: the same construction may be applied to musical instruments varying in weight and in size. The flexible hanging of the musical instrument on the belt allows more freedom of movement for the performer. The holder attaches to the chair with more convenience and versatility and besides, the holder folds to a compact size, its telescopic parts telescoping into one another.

The holder of a musical instrument, the saxophone, the bassoon or the bass clarinet in particular consists of a chair-mounted curved stand. The new holder construction solution is peculiar in a way that the top of the curved stand has an arched windlass with instrument attachment implements, and the stand mounts on the chair with the help of a saddle. The curved stand has at least two telescopic parts, and therefore the height of the stand can be adjusted to the height of the performer, the chair to which the stand is being attached and to other aspects by adjusting the height of the stand, i.e. by pushing or pulling the telescopic parts in or out. At the same time, the arched windlass at the end of the stand attaches via a swivel joint that allows vertical movement and also consists of at least two telescopic parts.

The stand may be curved to the extent that it does not obstruct the performer's movements, maintaining the necessary degree of stability at the same time. Likewise, the windlass can be arched to increase the freedom of the performer's movement. Usually the windlass takes a crescent shape in the layout. Furthermore, the instrument attachment implement - normally a belt or a strap - is fastened to the end of the peg.

The musical instrument holder stand is mounted to a chair using a saddle in the inverted L shape, where the outside of the longer section has a nib with an orifice for inserting and fastening the stand end. On top of that, the wider section comes with orifices through which the fastening belt is threaded.

For the sake of stability and a higher weight-supporting capacity, at least two supporting floating legs can be attached to the bottom of the curved stand, to rest the whole stand on the floor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To elaborate the essence of the invention, figures are provided, where:

Fig. 1 - the side view of the musical instrument holder;

Fig. 2 - the top-down view of the holder windlass;

Fig. 3 - the holder stand and the holder windlass joint unit;

Fig. 4 - the holder stand with supporting legs deployed;

Fig. 5 - the holder stand with supporting legs folded;

Fig. 6 — view A under Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 - the overall view of the saddle to mount the holder stand to the chair.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS Fig. 1 shows the side view of the musical instrument holder under this invention. The holder consists of a holder stand 1 with supporting legs 2 on one end and windlass 3 on the other end. Stand 1 consists of two telescopic parts 4 and 5 of more or less similar length, equal, respectively: part 4 - 548 mm and part 5 - 640 mm. The curve of stand 1 may be R = 1,183.7 mm to R = 1,189.3 mm. The arrows indicate the possible alteration of the height of stand 1 by pushing or pulling telescopic parts 4 and 5 in or out. Windlass 3 attaches to axis 6 at the top of stand 1. Windlass 3 consists of two telescopic parts 7 and 8. The arrow at the windlass 3 joint unit indicates the possible turn of the windlass around axis 6. A belt or a strap (none shown) is attached to a hook or a tab 12 at the end of windlass 3 to fasten the musical instrument. Fig. 2 shows the top-down view of holder windlass 3. In the layout, windlass 3 takes a crescent shape. The arched part of the windlass deviates from the straight part at an angle of approximately 155-158°. The curve of the peg on the horizontal plane ranges from about R = 250 mm to R = 252.5 mm. The arrow shows the possible adjustment of the length of windlass 3 by pushing or pulling telescopic parts 7 and 8 in or out. The approximate lengths of the telescopic parts of the windlass may be as follows: part 7 - 331 mm, part 8 - 222 mm.

Fig. 3 shows the joint unit of stand 1 and windlass 3. Windlass 3 may rotate around axis 6 mounted on floating bracket 9 and may be secured in the upraised position by resting it against the cocked end of stand 1. The dotted line shows peg 3 in the raised position. The arrows show the possible movement of peg 3 and part 4 of stand 1.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 show the view of stand 1 with supporting legs 2 deployed and folded, respectively. And Fig. 6 shows view A under Fig. 4. Triangular plate 10 with grooves 11 for the slippers of legs 2 is attached to the end of stand 1. Such a method of attaching the legs allows folding legs 2 into an idle position, for instance for the purpose of transportation. The arrows show the directions in which legs 2 unfold. Leg 2 may be approximately 300 mm long.

Fig. 7 shows the overall view of saddle 13 to mount stand 1 to the chair. Saddle 13 has the shape of an inverted L. The outside of the wide section has nib 14 with orifice 15 for the inserting and fastening of the end of stand 1. In the same section, there are orifices 16 in the sides of nib 14 for the threading of the fastening belt of the strap (none shown).

In preparing to play, the performer unfolds their musical instrument holder. First of all, the end of stand 1 is inserted into orifice 15 of nib 14 of saddle 13 and fastened. Then legs 2 are deployed and saddle 13 with stand 1 is attached to the back of the chair, usually slightly to the right, by placing the narrow part of saddle 13 on the edge of the back and using the belts to strap saddle 13 to the chair. Then telescopic parts 4 and 5 of stand 1 are extended to the desired length, adjusting the position of windlass 3. Then the musical instrument is suspended on the belt attached to the hook or the tab 12 at the end of windlass 3.

Claims

1. A holder of a musical instrument, particularly the saxophone, the bassoon, the bass clarinet with a chair-mounted curved stand, characteri s ed in that an arched windlass (3) with instrument attachment implements is attached to the top of the curved stand (1), which is mounted to the chair via a saddle (13).

2. The musical instrument holder according to claim 1, wherein the curved stand (1) consists of at least two telescopic parts (4 and 5).

3. The musical instrument holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the curved stand (1) has at least two floating supporting legs (2) attached at the bottom.

4. The musical instrument holder according to claims 1 to 3, wherein the arched windlass (3) is attached to the top of the curved stand (1) via a swivel joint.

5. The musical instrument holder according to claims 1 to 4, wherein the arched windlass (3) has at least two telescopic parts (7 and 8).

6. The musical instrument holder according to claims 1 to 5, wherein the instrument is suspended by a belt or a strap.

7. The musical instrument holder according to claims 1 to 6, wherein the saddle (13) has the shape of an inverted L, where the outside of the longer section has a nib (14) with an orifice for inserting and fastening the stand end and besides, the wider section comes with orifices (16) through which the fastening belt is threaded.