Patent ID: 6424723
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A microphone holder adapted to mount a microphone on a drum, the microphone including a microphone body, a connector which is connected pivotally to the microphone body, an electrical cable which is connected to the microphone body, and a headed horizontal bolt which engages threadedly the connector, the drum including a hollow drum body formed with a lower projection which has a threaded hole, a drum skin frame formed with an upper projection which has a through hole and which is located over the lower projection, and a headed vertical bolt which extends through the through hole in the upper projection to engage the threaded hole in the lower projection, said microphone holder comprising:a vertical plate having an inner side surface which is adapted to face the drum, and an outer side surface which is opposite to said inner side surface; a microphone connecting device connected fixedly to said vertical plate and adapted to hold the microphone thereon; a clip member connected fixedly to said vertical plate and adapted to clamp the vertical bolt thereon; and an inverted U-shaped positioning plate connected fixedly to said vertical plate and disposed over said clip member, said positioning plate having a horizontal top plate section with a bottom surface that is adapted to abut against an upper end of the vertical bolt, and two vertical side plate sections which extend respectively and integrally from two opposite sides of said top plate section and which are adapted to flank the upper projection of the drum so as to prevent rotation of said clip member on the vertical bolt.