Patent ID: 6802485
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A sheet music stand accessory in combination with a folding portable sheet music stand having a generally upright rear sheet music support member with a forward projecting sheet music support ledge, said stand accessory comprising:a rectangular platform of predetermined length, width and thickness which substantially increases the usable size of said music stand support ledge; a front face of said platform incorporating a longitudinal slot engaging said sheet music support ledge; said platform comprising two substantially equal and symmetrical cleats; each said cleat having a lip of predetermined height and thickness permanently attached to a back face of said cleat and substantially at a right angle to a top face of said cleat and running the full length of said back face; each said lip incorporating a small bevel or chamfer of about 45 degrees on a top inner edge of the lip to ease the turning a book page; a means for joining said cleats together end to end on said music stand being a pin engaged in an opening in a side face of each said cleat; wherein said cleats are capable of remaining attached to said music stand when folded provided said cleats are disengaged from each other; said cleats allowing 180 degree reversibility in that said cleats can be positioned upside-down on said music stand ledge, thereby having said lips extending downward and out of the way of a user; each of said cleats incorporating a permanently fixed end cap in an outer extremity of said slots; a removable bow-hook on a front face of each said lips allowing the user to hang a bow vertically from the accessory.