Patent ID: 8662461

Claim:
A clamp for a musical instrument stand to hold a pipe, comprising: a pipe retaining section having a base section formed with an abutting surface and a fastening section formed with a fastening surface that is opposite to the abutting surface of the base section to retain the pipe; a pipe sleeve having an outer peripheral surface adapted to contact the abutting surface at an abutting side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve and adapted to contact the fastening surface at a fastening side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve; and a recessed section defining a space formed in a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, the fastening surface, and the abutting surface, wherein when the recessed section is formed in the abutting surface, the abutting surface is adapted to contact a first side and a second side of the abutting side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, wherein the recessed section is interposed between the first and the second sides of the abutting side of the outer peripheral surface in a direction along a line extending between centers of openings at ends of the pipe retaining section, wherein when the recessed section is formed in the fastening surface, the fastening surface is adapted to contact a first side and a second side of the fastening side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, wherein the recessed section is interposed between the first and the second sides of the fastening side of the outer peripheral surface in a direction along a line extending between centers of openings at ends of the pipe retaining section, wherein when the recessed section is formed in the abutting side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, the abutting surface is adapted to contact a first side and a second side of the abutting side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, wherein the recessed section is interposed between the first and the second sides of the abutting side of the outer peripheral surface in a direction along a line extending between centers of openings at ends of the pipe retaining section, and wherein when the recessed section is formed in the fastening side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, the fastening surface is adapted to contact a first side and a second side of the fastening side of the outer peripheral surface of the pipe sleeve, wherein the recessed section is interposed between the first and the second sides of the fastening side of the outer peripheral surface in a direction along a line extending between centers of openings at ends of the pipe retaining section.