Patent ID: 11869463
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A bagpipe apparatus having an adaptive air supply, the apparatus comprising:
a. a bag, having an inside, an outside and an interior volume, the bag having a chanter in fluid communication with the interior volume;
b. an air compressor, the air compressor being electrically powered, the air compressor being configured to selectably propel air into the bag interior volume;
c. a manual switch, the manual switch being operably connected to the air compressor, the manual switch being configured to start and to stop the air compressor, wherein the manual switch is a mouth-operated switch selected from the list consisting of a bite switch, a puff switch, a sip switch, and a puff and sip switch and wherein the bag has a blowpipe stock, the blowpipe stock including a perforation communicating through the blowpipe stock from the outside to the inside of the bag;
d. an air supply line in fluid communication with the air compressor, the air supply line having a first end and an air supply line connector disposed at the first end, the air supply line connector being configured for selectable attachment to the blowpipe stock and to convey air through the blowpipe stock and into the bag interior volume when air supply line connector is attached to the blowpipe stock wherein a mouthpiece is attached to the mouth-operated switch and configured to be held in the mouth of a player, the mouthpiece being elongated, the mouthpiece and the mouth-operated switch are attached to the air supply line connector and are attachable to and detachable from the blowpipe stock with the air supply line connector, wherein the blowpipe stock is annularly disposed about a blowpipe stock longitudinal axis, the elongated mouthpiece having a mouthpiece longitudinal axis, the mouthpiece longitudinal axis being parallel to or coextensive with the blowpipe stock longitudinal axis when the air supply line connector is attached to the blowpipe stock.