Patent ID: 8925890
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G10G

Abstract:
1. A stand for a musical instrument comprising: a base; a support tube disposed on the base; a sliding tube is slidably secured to the support tube; a pivotal support extending from the support tube; a connecting housing comprising a sleeve releasably secured to an end of the sliding tube distal the support tube, a bifurcation extending out of the sleeve to be distal the end of the sliding tube, the bifurcation including an upper member, a lower member, a slot defined between and by the upper and lower members, an opening formed on a top surface of the upper member and communicating with the slot, two limit surfaces on both sides of the opening respectively, and two concave seats projecting from both sides of the opening toward inside of the opening respectively; two opposite hooks each pivotably secured to the bifurcation and comprising a coupling member including a spring receptacle, a lever, an inclined surface adjacent to the receptacle, and a latch; and a curved member extending from the coupling member; a biasing member biased between the opposite spring receptacles; and a lock disposed in the opening and comprising a first part, a second part at an angle with respect to the first part, a protrusion extending downward from a bottom of the first part, and a bottom fulcrum at a joining portion of the first and second parts pivotably supported by the concave seats; wherein in a locked position the protrusion is disposed in the slot with the protrusion engaging the inclined surfaces and the latches engaging the limit surfaces respectively; wherein a pressing of the first part moves the protrusion out of the slot to unlock the hooks and a subsequent pressing of the levers toward each other to engage the inclined surface of one coupling member with the inclined surface of the other coupling member, compress the biasing member, disengage the latches from the limit surfaces respectively, and increase a distance between an open end of one curved member and that of the other curved member; and wherein a pressing of the second part to insert the protrusion into the slot locks the hooks in the locked position.