Dual sustain single keyboard pedal
AssigneeCurtis Mitchell Ellis
InventorCurtis Mitchell Ellis
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Abstract
A sustain foot pedal for sustaining a first keyboard and a second keyboard that may have first and second switches is provided. The pedal has an actuating member that may simultaneously activate both the first and second switch. A first keyboard receives a first sustain signal upon activation of the first switch and sustains a first note upon receipt of the first sustain signal. A second keyboard receives a second sustain signal upon activation of the second switch and sustains a second note upon receipt of the second sustain signal. The keyboards are independent from one another such that the first keyboard does not send a signal to the second keyboard to control the second keyboard, and such that the second keyboard does not send a signal to the first keyboard to control the first keyboard.
Claims16
A sustain foot pedal, comprising:
- a body;
- a first switch carried by the body;
- a second switch carried by the body;
- an actuating member capable of being moved from a first position to a second position and back from the second position to the first position, wherein in the second position the actuating member simultaneously activates both the first switch and the second switch, and wherein when the actuating member is in the first position both the first switch and the second switch are deactivated, wherein the actuation member has a right side wall and a left side wall arranged such that at least a portion of the first switch and at least a portion of the second switch are located between the right side wall and the left side wall, wherein an additional wall of the actuating member is contiguous with and extends from the right side wall to the left side wall;
- a first communication line in communication with the first switch, wherein when the first switch is activated a first sustain signal is communicated through the first line to a first keyboard to cause the first keyboard to sustain a first note;
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- a second communication line in communication with the second switch, wherein when the second switch is activated a second sustain signal is communicated through the second line to a second keyboard to cause the second keyboard to sustain a second note.
A sustain foot pedal for sustaining a first keyboard and a second keyboard, comprising:
- a first switch;
- a second switch;
- an actuating member that simultaneously activates both the first switch and the second switch, wherein the actuation member has a right side wall and a left side wall arranged such that at least a portion of the first switch and at least a portion of the second switch are located between the right side wall and the left side wall, wherein an additional wall of the actuating member is contiguous with and extends from the right side wall to the left side wall;
- a first keyboard that receives a first sustain signal upon activation of the first switch, wherein the first keyboard sustains a first note upon receipt of the first sustain signal;
- and
- a second keyboard that receives a second sustain signal upon activation of the second switch, wherein the second keyboard sustains a second note upon receipt of the second sustain signal, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are independent from one another such that the first keyboard does not send a signal to the second keyboard to control the second keyboard, and such that the second keyboard does not send a signal to the first keyboard to control the first keyboard.
A sustain foot pedal for sustaining a first keyboard and a second keyboard, comprising:
- a body;
- an actuating member capable of being moved from a first position with respect to the body to a second position with respect to the body and back from the second position to the first position, wherein the actuation member has a right side wall and a left side wall and an additional wall that is contiguous with and extends from the right side wall to the left side wall;
- a first communication line, wherein when the actuating member is in the second position a first sustain signal is communicated through the first communication line;
- a second communication line, wherein when the actuating member is in the second position a second sustain signal is communicated through the second communication line, wherein at least a portion of the first communication line and at least a portion of the second communication line are located between the right side wall and the left side wall of the actuating member;
- a first keyboard in communication with the first communication line and that receives the first sustain signal, wherein the first keyboard sustains a first note upon receipt of the first sustain signal;
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- a second keyboard in communication with the second communication line and that receives the second sustain signal, wherein the second keyboard sustains a second note upon receipt of the second sustain signal, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are independent from one another such that the first keyboard does not send a signal to the second keyboard to control the second keyboard, and such that the second keyboard does not send a signal to the first keyboard to control the first keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.