Level adjuster for a musical instrument

• US 4,848,207 A
• Filed: 10/07/1987
• Issued: 07/18/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Kawai, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Brian W.
• Application Number:
  US07/105,873
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 84/403, 84/421, 84/422.3, 84/312 P, 428/188.2, 428/188.5, 428/326, 428/333
• US Class Current: 84/403
• CPC Class Codes: G10D 13/08 Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 5/00 Supports for musical instruments cellopins or components therefor G10D3/01

Abstract

Legs of a musical instrument are received in corresponding posts on a caster beam via slidable telescopic connection whose degree is changeable depending on the selected level of the musical instrument and uncontrolled fall of the musical instrument during level adjustment is mechanically prevented without any manual assistance for easier level adjustment.

Claims

1. A level adjuster for a musical instrument having a substantially horizontal playing surface supporting an instrument body therebelow and a plurality of legs supporting said substantially horizontal playing surface, said level adjuster comprising,

a plurality of hollow, cylindrical post members corresponding to each of said plurality of legs, whereby each of said plurality of legs is telescopically receivable within one of said plurality of said post members,

mounting means for mounting said plurality of post members at a fixed position,

slide means for slidably displacing said plurality of legs with respect to said plurality of post members, each of said plurality of legs independently with respect to the remaining said plurality of legs, so as to alter the height of said substantially horizontal playing surface, said slide means including nut means affixed to said plurality of legs, said nuts means including a threaded aperture, and threaded rod means mounted on said mounting means and threadably engaged with said threaded aperture of said nut means whereby rotation of said threaded rod means causes axial displacement of said nut means therealong, and

fixing means of fixing said plurality of legs at said altered height of said substantially horizontal playing surface.

2. The level adjuster as claimed in claim 1 including urging means for urging said plurality of legs away from said mounting means.

3. The level adjuster as claimed in claim 2 wherein said urging means comprises a compression spring mounted between said mounting means and said plurality of legs.