Patent ID: 8167148

Claim:
An instrument rack for storing a musical instrument, the musical instrument including a bell, a rounded tube section, and a tapered tube section intermediate the bell and the rounded tube section, the instrument rack comprising: a frame including first and second spaced-apart frame members, each frame member including a leg member and a side member; a first support member disposed intermediate the leg members of the first and second frame members; a second support member disposed intermediate the leg members of the first and second frame members, the first support member being spaced apart from the second support member; and at least one first yoke member positionable on the first support member and adapted to receive a first portion of the rounded tube section, wherein the first yoke member is selectively shiftable along the first support member along at least a longitudinal axis of the first support member; at least one second yoke member positionable on the second support member and adapted to receive a second portion of the rounded tube section, wherein the second yoke member is selectively shiftable along the second support member along at least a longitudinal axis of the second support member; wherein the first support member is selectively shiftable on the frame to shift the first yoke member along at least longitudinal axes of both the leg members of the first and second frame members, respectively; wherein the second support member is selectively shiftable on the frame to shift the first yoke member along at least the longitudinal axes of both the leg members of the first and second frame members, respectively; a third support member disposed intermediate the side members of the first and second frame members; and at least one third yoke member adapted to receive a portion of the tapered tube section proximal to the bell while the first yoke member receives the first portion of the rounded tube section and the second yoke member receives the second portion of the rounded tube section, wherein the third yoke member is selectively shiftable along the third support member along at least a longitudinal axis of the third support member; wherein the third support member is selectively shiftable on the frame to shift the third yoke member parallel to and transversely to the longitudinal axis of each of the side members, respectively.