Patent ID: 7635109

Claim:
A microphone boom stand uniquely adapted to provide both rigid support and vibration damping, comprising: a base; a riser stand rising from said base; a boom adapted to support a microphone in a location horizontally displaced from said riser stand; and a clamp operative in a first position to permit relative motion between said boom and said riser stand and operative in a second position to prevent relative motion between said boom and said riser stand, said clamp having: a pivot block rigidly coupled to said riser; at least one rotary disc rigidly coupled to said boom; an elastomeric brake glide separating said rotary disc from said pivot block; a brake pad backer which in combination with said pivot block sandwiches said at least one rotary disc therebetween; at least one elastomeric brake pad that is in frictional engagement between said brake pad backer and said at least one rotary disc when said clamp is in said second position; and a pivot coupled to said pivot block, said at least one rotary disc and said at least one elastomeric brake pad defining a pivotal axis, said at least one rotary disc pivotal about said pivotal axis relative to said pivot block when said clamp is in said first position.