Musical instrument leg support device

A musical instrument leg support device for allowing the user of a guitar to more comfortably play a guitar while being seated. The musical instrument leg support device includes a flexible elongate member having a padded member and a non-slip cover member which completely encloses about the padded member; and also includes fastening members each having a strip member being securely attached to a respective end of the flexible elongate member and each having hook and loop fasteners securely attached to the strip member with the musical instrument leg support device being wrapped and fastened about the thigh of the user to prevent slippage of the musical instrument.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to strap device for supporting a musical instrument and more particularly pertains to a new musical instrument leg support device for allowing the user of a guitar to more comfortably play a guitar while being seated.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of strap device for supporting a musical instrument is known in the prior art. More specifically, strap device for supporting a musical instrument heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new musical instrument leg support device. The inventive device includes a flexible elongate member having a padded member and a non-slip cover member which completely encloses about the padded member; and also includes fastening members each having a strip member being securely attached to a respective end of the flexible elongate member and each having hook and loop fasteners securely attached to the strip member with the musical instrument leg support device being wrapped and fastened about the thigh of the user to prevent slippage of the musical instrument.

In these respects, the musical instrument leg support device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing the user of a guitar to more comfortably play a guitar while being seated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of strap device for supporting a musical instrument now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new musical instrument leg support device construction wherein the same can be utilized for allowing the user of a guitar to more comfortably play a guitar while being seated.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the strap device for supporting a musical instrument mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new musical instrument leg support device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art strap device for supporting a musical instrument, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a flexible elongate member having a padded member and a non-slip cover member which completely encloses about the padded member; and also includes fastening members each having a strip member being securely attached to a respective end of the flexible elongate member and each having hook and loop fasteners securely attached to the strip member with the musical instrument leg support device being wrapped and fastened about the thigh of the user to prevent slippage of the musical instrument.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new musical instrument leg support device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the strap device for supporting a musical instrument mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new musical instrument leg support device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art strap device for supporting a musical instrument, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new musical instrument leg support device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new musical instrument leg support device which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such musical instrument leg support device economically available to the buying public.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device for allowing the user of a guitar to more comfortably play a guitar while being seated.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device which includes a flexible elongate member having a padded member and a non-slip cover member which completely encloses about the padded member; and also includes fastening members each having a strip member being securely attached to a respective end of the flexible elongate member and each having hook and loop fasteners securely attached to the strip member with the musical instrument leg support device being wrapped and fastened about the thigh of the user to prevent slippage of the musical instrument.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device that prevents the musical instrument from slipping upon the user's leg while being seated and while playing the musical instrument.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new musical instrument leg support device that is easy to quickly fasten about the user's leg.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 7 thereof, a new musical instrument leg support device embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 7 , the musical instrument leg support device 10 generally comprises a flexible elongate member 11 having a definite thickness and being adapted to fasten about a user's thigh 20 and being adapted to prevent a musical instrument 21 from sliding or moving upon the user's leg 20 . The flexible elongate member includes a padded member 12 and a non-slip cover member 13 made essentially of neoprene and being securely and conventionally enclosed about the padded member 12 with the flexible elongate member 11 essentially forming a barrier and an abutment upon the user's leg 20 and against which the musical instrument 21 rests. The flexible elongate member 11 is adapted to extend upwardly from the user's leg 20 and has a length adapted to extend over a front of the user's thigh 20 with the padded member 12 having a width of approximately 2 inches, length of approximately 16 inches and a thickness of approximately 1 inches. A plurality of fastening members are securely and conventionally attached to ends 14 , 15 of the flexible elongate member 11 for fastening the flexible elongate member 11 about the user's leg 20 . Each of the fastening members includes a strip member 16 , 17 having an end securely and conventionally attached to a respective end of the flexible elongate member 11 , and further includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners 18 , 19 securely and conventionally attached to the strip member 16 , 17 for fastening about the user's leg 20 .

In an embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 through 6 , a flap member 22 is coupled to the flexible elongate member 11 whereby the flap member 22 is positioned over the thigh of the user when the flexible elongate member 11 is fastened around the thigh of the user. The flap member 22 comprises a friction enhancing material whereby the friction enhancing material is designed for inhibiting the guitar from sliding off of the thigh of the user.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7 , a pair of holding portions 23 are coupled to a surface of the flexible elongate member 11 . Each of the holding portions 23 is designed for holding a guitar pick when the user is playing the guitar. Each of the holding portions 23 has a cutout 24 positioned on a front face 25 of the respective one of the holding portions 23 . The cutout 24 of each of the holding portions 23 is designed for facilitating retrieval of the guitar pick by the user when the guitar is being held by the user.

In use, the user extends or wraps the leg support device 10 about one's thigh 20 with the flexible elongate member 11 being disposed upon the front of the thigh 20 and with the strip members 16 , 17 being fastened to one another to secure the leg support device 10 about the user's leg 20 . The user then supports the musical instrument 21 such as a guitar upon one's thigh 20 having the leg support device 10 and rests the musical instrument 21 against the flexible elongate member 11 which substantially prevents the musical instrument 21 from sliding down the user's leg 20 during the playing of the musical instrument 21 .