Patent ID: 7151213

Claim:
A musical instrument stand for a guitar-shaped musical instrument comprising: a post having an upper end and a lower end; multiple legs attached to the post close to the lower end and extending radially out from the post; and a neck lock assembly attached securely to the upper end of the post and having a collar being U-shaped, attached securely and horizontally to the upper end of the post and having two curved sections and two distal ends; a crossbar assembly attached to one of the distal ends of the collar and having a crossbar bracket attached securely to a distal end of the collar and having a proximal end and a distal end; and a crossbar mounted pivotally on the distal end of the crossbar bracket and having a proximal end mounted pivotally on the crossbar bracket; a distal end; a locking recess defined in the distal end of the crossbar and having two opposite outside edges; and two latch lips perpendicularly extending respectively from the outside edges toward each other and separated from each other by a distance; and a crossbar fastener being semi-rigid, mounted on the distal end of the collar opposite to the crossbar assembly and having a base having a proximal end mounted on the distal end of the collar; and a distal end; and two rod-halves extending from the distal end of the base, separated from each other and corresponding to the latch lips on the crossbar, and each rod-half having an outside surface; a distal end; a protrusion formed on the outside surface of the rod-half; a head-half formed at the distal end of the rod-half, corresponding to the locking recess and having a proximal end; a distal end; and an outside surface tapered from the proximal end toward the distal end of the head-half; and a groove defined in the rod-half between the protrusion and the head and corresponding to one of the latch lips on the crossbar.