Musical Instrument Bell Cap
AssigneeConn-Selmer, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Perry
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Abstract
A cap for a musical wind instrument bell includes a flexible substantially circular disk shaped portion sized to span the mouth of the instrument bell and a flexible continuous side wall portion extends from the outer edge of the disk shaped portion. The disk shaped portion and the side wall portion together define a receptacle sized to receive and fit over the instrument bell. The disk shaped portion rests parallel to the mouth of the instrument bell. A fastener system is disposed on the side wall portion and is configured to decrease the opening of the receptacle over the tapering conical region of the instrument bell to releasably secure the cap to the instrument bell.
Claims15
A cap for a musical wind instrument bell, comprising:
- a flexible substantially circular disk shaped portion sized to span the mouth of the instrument bell;
- a flexible continuous side wall portion extending from the outer edge of the disk shaped portion, wherein the disk shaped portion and the side wall portion together define a receptacle sized to receive and fit over the instrument bell, the disk shaped portion resting parallel to the mouth of the instrument bell;
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- a fastener system disposed on the side wall portion and configured to decrease the opening of the receptacle over the tapering conical region of the instrument bell to releasably secure the cap to the instrument bell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.