Patent ID: 7256338
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: F16C,F16M,G10D

Abstract:
1. A musical instrument bracket assembly for being mounted on a top end of a post and comprising: a base for being mounted on the top end of the post and having a pivot hole defined transversely through the tongue; a pivot bracket being U-shaped, made of semi-rigid material, mounted pivotally on the tongue of the base and having a pivot pin mounted through the pivot holes in the pivot wings and the pivot hole in the tongue of the base, passing through the stationary compression fitting and having a compression knob mounted rotatably around the pivot pin between the stationary compression fitting and the nut and having a rotatable compression fitting formed on the inside surface of the compression knob, corresponding to the stationary compression fitting on the pivot bracket and, in conjunction with the pivot pin and the stationary compression fitting and squeezing the pivot wings together when the compression knob is turned, and the rotatable compression fitting having multiple compression ridges formed on and protruding from the inside surface of the compression knob around the through hole in the compression knob adjacent to each other and corresponding to the compression ridges on the pivot bracket, and each compression ridge being curved and having a standoff rod mounted slidably through the standoff hole of the pivot bracket and held in place when the pivot wings are squeezed together by the compression fittings and the pivot pin.