Patent ID: 6281417
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A47F,G10G

Abstract:
A musical instrument stand for attachment to a wall or a floor mount, comprising:an elongated member, said elongated member having a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface;a front slot communicating with a central cavity along substantially the entire length of said front surface;said first side surface having a pair of raised edges forming a first track on said first side surface, said track having a first side slot therein said first side slot communicating with a first side cavity;said second side surface having a second pair of raised edges forming a second track on said second side surface, said second track having a second side slot therein said second side slot communicating with a second cavity;at least one instrument mounting cluster attached to said elongated member said instrument cluster consisting of a pair of upper mounting blocks and a pair of lower mounting blocks;said upper mounting blocks slidably mounted on said first side surface and said second side surface;said lower mounting blocks slidably mounted on said first side surface and said second side surface;each of said upper mounting blocks having an upper support bar, said upper support bar engaged in an upper orifice located in said mounting block, said upper support bar rotatable and laterally translatable in said orifice, said upper support bars positionable to engage the side surface of said musical instrument by slidably locating said upper mounting blocks on said first side surface and said second side surface;means to adjustably restrain said upper support bar from lateral translation and rotation;each of said lower mounting blocks having a lower support bar, laid lower support bar engaged at a first end with a lower orifice located in said lower mounting block, said lower support bar rotatable and laterally translatable in said lower orifice, said lower support bars positionable to engage the lower side surface of said musical instrument by slidably locating said lower mounting blocks toward said upper mounting blocks, on said first side surface and said second side surface;means to adjustably restrain said lower support bar from lateral translation and rotation;each of said upper support bars and said lower support bars, having an angled distal end, said angled distal end rotatable to a mounting position in front of a musical instrument to restrain it in said mounting cluster, said angled distal end rotatable to a removal position out of contact with said front of said musical instrument to allow removal of said musical instrument from said mounting cluster without having to adjust the distance between said upper mounting blocks and said lower mounting blocks; andwhereby said musical instrument may be mounted to said stand by positioning said musical instrument between said upper support bars and said lower support bars and sliding said upper and lower support bars toward each other to contact the side of said instrument wherein said upper and lower support bars may be rotated to position their respective angled ends in front of the front surface of said musical instrument to retain said musical instrument on said stand.