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US 2009/0151538 A1Published application
Holding device for a stringed instrument
AssigneeKoenig & Meyer GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHelmut LIPPERT, Peter Reichert
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Abstract
Holding device and method for holding an instrument. The holding device includes a housing, at least one holding arm having a mounting section coupled to a holding section through at least one offset lever section, and a resetting device structured and arranged to act eccentrically on the mounting section. The at least one holding arm is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the mounting section.
Claims19
A holding device for an instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one holding arm having a mounting section coupled to a holding section through at least one offset lever section;
- and
- a resetting device structured and arranged to act eccentrically on the mounting section,
- wherein the at least one holding arm is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the mounting section,
- wherein the at least one holding arm comprises at least two holding arms, and
- wherein each of the at least two holding arms comprise a mounting section coupled to a holding section through at least one offset lever section, and each of the at least two holding arms is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of its mounting section.
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A method for holding an instrument, comprising:
- imparting, under weight of the instrument, opposing rotational forces on mounting sections of at least two holding arms, whereby extensions at ends of the at least two holding arms opposite the mounting sections rotate in opposing directions to hold the instrument, and whereby a spacing between the ends of the at least two holding arms opposite the mounting sections is reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.