Patent ID: 8957290
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G10D,G10G

Abstract:
1. A shoulder support for a musical instrument, comprising: a holding device, by means of which the shoulder support is fixable or fixed to the musical instrument; an arm, which is fixable or fixed to the holding device; and a shoulder abutment element, which is fixable or fixed to the arm; wherein at least one of (i) the arm is held on the holding device by means of a first joint device and wherein the holding device or the arm has an opening, at which a fixing element of the arm or the holding device is insertable or inserted and a part of the first joint device is configured as said fixing element for releasable fixing of the arm on the holding device, and (ii) the shoulder abutment element is held on the arm by means of a second joint device, wherein the shoulder abutment element or the arm has an opening, in which a fixing element of the arm or of the shoulder abutment element is insertable or inserted and a part of the second joint device is configured as said fixing element for releasable fixing of the shoulder abutment element on the arm; wherein the first joint device is associated with a first fixing device, by means of which a relative position between the arm and the holding device is settable; wherein the second joint device is associated with a second fixing device, by means of which a relative position between the shoulder abutment element and the arm is settable; wherein the first joint device is configured as a ball-and-socket joint device comprising a joint socket and a joint body, which is movable in the joint socket, and the first fixing device is configured as a clamping device, by means of which the joint body and the joint socket are clampable to one another, said clamping device being arranged on the first joint device and said clamping being maintained when the arm is released from the holding device; and wherein the second joint device is configured as a ball-and-socket-joint device comprising a joint socket and a joint body, which is movable in the joint socket, and the second fixing device is configured as a clamping device, by m t socket are clampable to one another, said clamping device being arranged on the second joint device and said clamping being maintained when the arm is released from the shoulder abutment element.