Ligature for woodwind mouthpiece
AssigneeRovner Products Incorporated
InventorGeorge Reeder
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Abstract
A ligature for a woodwind mouthpiece includes a ligature strap with a carbon fiber portion and at least one flexible strap portion attached to and extending from the carbon fiber portion along one of the side edges. The flexible strap portion is folded over to form two layers of flexible strap, and a pair of rods are disposed between the two layers of one of the flexible strap portions. A closure mechanism passes through the flexible strap portion and each rod.
Claims20
A ligature strap for a mouthpiece, the ligature strap comprising:
- a carbon fiber portion shaped to surround at least a portion of a circumference of the mouthpiece along a length of the mouthpiece;
- and
- at least one separate flexible strap portion attached to the carbon fiber portion.
A ligature strap for a mouthpiece, the ligature strap comprising:
- a carbon fiber portion comprising:
- a length of a portion of a cylinder comprising a gap extending along the length and a pair of side edges extending along the length on either side of the gap;
- and
- a plurality of slots spaced from each other along the length, each slot extending at least partially along one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the carbon fiber portion between the pair of side edges;
- and
- a pair of flexible strap portions, each flexible strap portion attached to and extending from the carbon fiber portion along one of the side edges.
A ligature for a woodwind mouthpiece, the ligature comprising:
- ligature strap comprising:
- a carbon fiber portion comprising:
- a length of a portion of a cylinder comprising a gap extending along the length and a pair of side edges extending along the length on either side of the gap;
- and
- a plurality of slots spaced from each other along the length, each slot extending at least partially along one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the carbon fiber portion between the pair of side edges;
- and
- a pair of flexible strap portions, each flexible strap portion attached to and extending from the carbon fiber portion along one of the side edges, each flexible strap portion folded over to form two layers of flexible strap;
- a pair of rods, each rod disposed between the two layers of one of the flexible strap portions;
- and
- a closure mechanism passing through each flexible strap portion and each rod to pull the pair of rods and flexible strap portions toward each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.