Special Euphonium Extension Rest Device
OwnerBruce E. McFarlandinventor
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Abstract
A Euphonium Extension Rest for a portable device to support a musical instrument such as a baritone horn, a euphonium, a small tuba, or a similar instrument with a portable stand so that a musician can handle the instrument for lengthy sessions; the device includes an extendable wrap with a left-hand and right-hand curved side rail and a bottom half of a hemisphere, a protection cushion contiguous to the curved side rails, a way to secure the protection cushion to each of the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails, and a securing manner to releasably encircle the musical instrument to hold the extendable wrap.
Claims20
A special extension rest device (30) for a musical horn (38), the extension rest device being comprised of:
- (a) an extendable wrap (40) made of durable and lightweight material comprising a left-hand and right-hand curved side rail (44) and a bottom half of a hemisphere (45);
- (b) a protection cushion (60) contiguous to the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails;
- (c) a means to secure (66) the protection cushion (60) to each of the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails;
- (d) a pair of quick release band clamps (50) encircling extendable wrap and the musical horn at the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails of the extension rest device;
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- (e) a means (51) to tighten and to releasably secure each of the quick release band clamps (50) encircling the extendable wrap and the musical horn
- wherein the pair of quick release clamps releasably secure the extension rest device to the side tubing of the musical horn and permit the extension rest device to slidably extend to support and then to slidably retract to enable storage of the extendable wrap along a side of the musical horn.
A special extension rest device (30) for a musical horn (38), the extension rest device being comprised of:
- (a) an extendable wrap (40) made of durable and lightweight material comprising a left-hand and right-hand curved side (44) rail each with a slot/aperture (57) and a bottom half of a hemisphere (45);
- (b) a protection cushion (60) contiguous to the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails;
- (c) a means to secure (66) the protection cushion (60) to each of the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails;
- (d) a pair of quick release internal band bands (53) attached by a means (53A) for securing to an inside surface (44A) of each of the left-hand and right-hand curved side rails and encircling the musical horn at a horn band (54);
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- (e) a means (52) to tighten and to releasably secure each of the quick release internal band (53) encircling the extendable wrap and the musical horn
- wherein the pair of internal release bands releasably secure the extension rest device to the musical horn and permit the extension rest device to slidably extend to support and then to slidably retract to enable storage of the extendable wrap along a side of the musical horn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.