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US 4,433,781 AGranted
Compact dual bell section trombone case
OwnerDonald A. Hummelinventor
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Abstract
A compact tenor trombone case for carrying a "single" B-flat bell section, a bell section with F attachment, and a slide section that mates with either of the bell sections includes first and second triangular padded bell section compartments separated by an inclined wall section with an elongated padded groove therein for holding the slide section. The first triangular compartment holds the bell section with the F attachment and the second triangular compartment holds the "single" B-flat bell section. The trombone case enables a trombonist to carry the trombone components needed to play either a "single" B-flat trombone or a B-flat trombone with F attachment in a unitary compact case.
Claims12
A trombone case comprising in combination:
- a body section including first and second padded generally triangular compartments for storing first and second bell sections, respectively, a base end portion of said first generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging an enlarged flared horn end portion of said first bell section, a generally pointed end portion of said first generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging a narrowed tubular portion of said first bell section opposite to the enlarged flared horn portion thereof, a base end portion of said second generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging an enlarged flared portion of said second bell section, and a generally pointed end portion of said second generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging a narrowed tubular portion of said second bell section opposite to the enlarged flared horn portion thereof, the base end portion of said first generally triangular compartment being adjacent to the pointed end portion of said second generally triangular compartment, and the base end portion of said second generally triangular compartment being adjacent to the pointed end portion of said first generally triangular compartment so that outer walls of said first and second generally triangular compartments approximately coincide with the sides of a parallelepiped, the distance between a front wall and a rear wall of said trombone case being substantially less than twice the width of the base end portion of either of said first and second generally triangular compartments;
- a well section bounding at least one of said first and second generally triangular compartments, said wall section having an elongated padded groove therein for receiving and snugly engaging a slide section which mates with either of said first and second bell sections, wherein said wall section having said elongated padded groove therein is diagonally disposed between said first and second generally triangular compartments and serves as a wall for each of said first and second generally triangular compartments;
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- a cover section closeable on said body section to enclose said first and second generally triangular compartments, said cover section having a padded interior surface.
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A trombone instrument and case assembly comprising in combination:
- a body section including first and second padded generally triangular compartments;
- first and second bell sections stored, respectively, in said first and second generally triangular compartments;
- a base end portion of said first generally triangular bell section receiving and snugly engaging an enlarged flared horn portion of said first bell section, a generally pointed end portion of said first generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging a narrowed tubular portion of said first bell section opposite to the enlarged flared horn portion thereof, a base end portion of said second generally triangular bell section receiving and snugly engaging an enlarged flared horn portion of said second bell section, and a generally triangular compartment receiving and snugly engaging a narrowed tubular portion of said second bell section opposite to the enlarged flared horn portion thereof, the base end portion of said first generally triangular compartment being adjacent to the pointed end portion of said second generally triangular compartment, and the base end portion of said second generally triangular compartment being adjacent to the pointed end portion of said first generally triangular compartment so that outer walls of said first and second generally triangular compartments approximately coincide with the sides of a parallelepiped, the distance between a front wall and a rear wall of said trombone case being substantially less than twice the width of the base end portion of either of said first and second generally triangular compartments,
- a wall section bounding at least one of said first and second generally triangular compartments, said wall section having an elongated padded groove therein, wherein said wall section having said elongated padded groove therein is diagonally disposed between said first and second generally triangular compartments and serves as a wall for each of said first and second generally triangular compartments;
- a slide section which mates with either of said first and second bell sections stored in said elongated padded groove;
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- a cover section closeable on said body section to enclose said first and second generally triangular compartments, said cover section having a padded interior surface.
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