Patent ID: 7207532
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: F16C,F16M

Abstract:
1. A microphone boom stand uniquely adapted to provide both rigid support and vibration damping, comprising: a base; a riser stand rising from said base; a boom adapted to support a microphone in a location horizontally displaced from said riser stand; a clamp having a pivoting arrangement and having a clamping arrangement securing said boom to said stand, said clamping arrangement operative when said clamping arrangement is in a first position to permit relative motion between said boom and said riser stand and said clamping arrangement operative when said clamping arrangement is in a second position to prevent relative motion between said boom and said riser stand, said clamp having a fixed member, at least one rotary disc, and at least one elastomeric member that is in frictional engagement between said fixed member and said at least one rotary disc when said clamping arrangement is in said second position; at least one extension coupled to said riser stand and retractable and alternatively extendable relative to said riser stand; an extension lock for locking said riser stand concentrically about said extension to form a generally fixed mechanical relationship therebetween, said extension lock comprising: a cord retention clip formed unitarily with said extension lock adjacent said extension lock exterior surface, operatively extending between said first longitudinal end and said second longitudinal end, and adapted to elastically retain an electrical cord therein.