Patent ID: 7659468

Claim:
A guitar stand system for releasably retaining a guitar adjacent to an object or structure comprising: a vertically extending elongate bracket, a strap, and one or more studs; said bracket having an upper portion and a lower portion; said upper portion having a horizontally projecting brace and a pair of hitches disposed in spaced apart relation; said lower portion having a pair of downwardly projecting legs in spaced apart relation and defining a slot therebetween; said strap includes a pair of fastener means and is designed for partially surrounding a neck of said guitar; each of said hitches being configured to receive and engage a one of said fastener means, and at least one of said hitches being configured to engage said fastener means in releasable engagement; said studs being designed to slideably engage said slot and to retain said bracket; whereby said studs may be mounted in vertical alignment on said object or structure, said bracket may be slideably engaged on said studs, said guitar may be positioned with the guitar neck adjacent to said bracket, said strap may be drawn across said guitar neck, in partially surrounding relation, and engaged with said hitches to confine said guitar adjacent to said object or structure.