Patent ID: 8802951
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A combination percussion instrument support and stand assembly, the percussion instrument support and stand assembly comprising, in combination: a stand assembly, the stand assembly having a vertically upright member; a post, the post having a post axis and a cylindrical shape, the post being mounted to a percussion instrument; a sleeve, the sleeve having a sleeve axis, a cylindrical inside-cross-section, the sleeve being matable with the upright member of the stand assembly in a vertical orientation, the cylindrical inside-cross-section being sized to mate with the post such that the post and sleeve axes are coaxial; an integral gravitating annular ring, the annular ring being formed at an upper portion of the post, the annular ring having an angled lower edge and a flat ring section perpendicular to the post axis at the lower edge; and an integral gravitating sleeve end, the sleeve end being formed at the end of the sleeve, the sleeve end having an angled upper edge and flat sleeve section perpendicular to the sleeve axis, the angled upper edge of the sleeve being matable with the angled lower edge of the annular ring adjacent the upper portion of the post for causing the alignment of the percussion instrument in a consistent orientation relative to the stand assembly.