Patent ID: 8614385

Claim:
A pedal board, comprising: an attachment mechanism; a mounting member, wherein the mounting member has a flat upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the mounting member defines a plurality of openings that extend from the upper surface to the lower surface; a musical effects pedal retaining device that has a mounting plate that engages the attachment mechanism, wherein the musical effects pedal retaining device has a connecting device that is carried by the mounting plate and that has external threading, wherein the musical effects pedal retaining device has a retaining device that has internal threading and that has an exterior surface capable of being grasped and turned by a user, wherein the internal threading is capable of engaging and disengaging the external threading such that the user can turn the retaining device in order to engage and disengage the internal and external threading to releasably attach the musical effects pedal retaining device to the mounting member; a musical effects pedal that is attached to the attachment mechanism, wherein at least a portion of the musical effects pedal retaining device is releasably attachable to the mounting member so as to function to assist making the musical effects pedal releasably attachable to the mounting member, wherein the at least a portion of the musical effects pedal retaining device is releasably attachable to the mounting member through a mechanical engagement that is not a hook and loop type fastener; wherein when the musical effects pedal is attached to the mounting member the mounting plate engages the upper surface of the mounting member and the retaining device engages the lower surface of the mounting member, and wherein when the musical effects pedal is attached to the mounting member some of the external threading of the connecting device is located within one of the openings of the mounting member, wherein the musical effects pedal is detachable from the mounting member and is attachable to a different location of the mounting member such that a portion of the external threading is located within a different one of the openings of the mounting member; and a base assembly that has a first portion and a second portion and a pivot that functions to place the first portion into pivoting engagement with the second portion such that an angle between the first portion and the second portion is capable of being adjusted by the user, wherein the first portion rests on a floor, and wherein the mounting member is carried by the second portion, wherein adjustment of the angle between the first portion and the second portion causes an adjustment of an angle between the musical effects pedal and the floor, wherein the angle between the first portion and the second portion is the same degree as the angle between the musical effects pedal and the floor.