Ligature for woodwind mouthpiece
AssigneeRovner Products Incorporated
InventorGeorge REEDER
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Abstract
A ligature strap for a mouthpiece includes a plurality of kerfs extending at least partially along each one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the ligature strap with at least two separate kerfs extending along a common line in the plurality of parallel lines. The ligature strap includes a central portion and two ends portions extending at an angle from the central portion. The parallel lines extend into the end portions and kerfs are disposed on the parallel lines in the end portions.
Claims20
A ligature strap for a mouthpiece, the ligature strap comprising a plurality of kerfs, each kerf extending at least partially along one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the ligature strap and at least two separate kerfs extending along a common line in the plurality of parallel lines and comprising a gap created by removing ligature strap material, each gap passing completely through the ligature strap and comprising a gap width extending perpendicular to the plurality of parallel lines.
A ligature for a woodwind mouthpiece, the ligature comprising:
- ligature strap comprising:
- a central portion comprising:
- a top edge;
- and
- a bottom edge spaced from and parallel to the top edge;
- a pair of end flaps extending from opposite ends of the central portion, each end flap comprising an end flap top edge and an end flap bottom edge extending from the top edge and the bottom edge respectively at an angle greater than 90° and less than 180°;
- a plurality of kerfs, each kerf extending at least partially along one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the ligature strap through the central portion and the pair of end flaps and at least two separate kerfs extending along each line in the plurality of parallel lines;
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- a pair of fold lines, each fold line disposed between the central portion and one of the end flaps and comprising a continuous line of ligature strap extending completely from the top edge to the bottom edge;
- a pair of rods, each rod positioned along one of the fold lines from the top edge to the bottom edge, wherein upon folding each end flap over one of the fold lines, the top edge is aligned with each end flap top edge, the bottom edge is aligned with each end flap bottom edge, kerfs disposed in the end flaps are divergent from kerfs disposed in the central portion, and each rod is contained between the central portion and one of the end flaps and defines an end of the ligature;
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- a closure mechanism passing through each end flap, each rod and the central portion adjacent each rod to pull the pair of rods toward each other.
A ligature strap for a mouthpiece, the ligature strap comprising:
- a top edge;
- a bottom edge spaced from and parallel to the top edge;
- and
- a plurality of slots, each slot extending at least partially along one of a plurality of parallel lines running across the ligature strap;
- wherein the ligature strap comprises a carbon fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.