Patent ID: 8020817

Claim:
A musical instrument stand, comprising: a top seat including: a seat body; a holding unit pivotally connected with the seat body to hold a neck of a musical instrument; wherein the holding unit of the top seat includes: two pivot members pivotally connected with each other; a torsion spring biased between the two pivot members; two holding rods each mounted on a respective one of the two pivot members to move in concert with the respective pivot member and to hold the neck of the musical instrument; the holding unit of the top seat includes a pivot fulcrum between the two pivot members; the two pivot members of the holding unit are movable relative to the pivot fulcrum between an expanding position where the two holding rods of the holding unit are movable to ,space from each other and a holding position where the two holding rods of the holding unit are movable to approach each other; the torsion spring of the holding unit provides an elastic force to the two pivot members of the holding unit so that the two pivot members of the holding unit are disposed at the expanding position at a normal state; the holding unit of the top seat further includes a pivot rod extending through the two pivot members to pivotally connect the two pivot members; the pivot rod of the holding unit is located between the two pivot members to function as the pivot fulcrum of the two pivot members; a first one of the two pivot members of the holding unit has a side provided with a receiving recess; a second one of the two pivot members of the holding unit has a side provided with a protruding pivot ear inserted into and pivotally mounted in the receiving recess of the first one of the two pivot members; the pivot rod of the holding, unit extends through the receiving recess of the first one of the two pivot members and the pivot ear of the second one of the two pivot members; and wherein each of the two pivot members of the holding unit has a bottom provided with a protruding limit boss abutting the torsion spring.