Two-piece music stand accessory for large books
OwnerTerrence A. Cassidyinventor
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Abstract
A two-piece music stand accessory for holding large music volumes consisting of a pair of cleats (11) with a lengthwise slot (14) to allow mounting on the existing ledge of a music stand. An alignment pin (13) joins them in the center, providing support and rigidity for the assembly when the cleats are slid together. Once the pin is disengaged, the cleats can remain on the stand's ledge and yet permit folding. One or more bow hooks are fitted through the front edge of the cleats to accommodate a fiddler's bow. A lip (17) on the front edge of the cleats assists in holding open book pages.
Claims1
A sheet music stand accessory in combination with a folding portable sheet music stand having a generally upright rear sheet music support member with a forward projecting sheet music support ledge, said stand accessory comprising:
- a rectangular platform of predetermined length, width and thickness which substantially increases the usable size of said music stand support ledge;
- a front face of said platform incorporating a longitudinal slot engaging said sheet music support ledge;
- said platform comprising two substantially equal and symmetrical cleats;
- each said cleat having a lip of predetermined height and thickness permanently attached to a back face of said cleat and substantially at a right angle to a top face of said cleat and running the full length of said back face;
- each said lip incorporating a small bevel or chamfer of about 45 degrees on a top inner edge of the lip to ease the turning a book page;
- a means for joining said cleats together end to end on said music stand being a pin engaged in an opening in a side face of each said cleat;
- wherein said cleats are capable of remaining attached to said music stand when folded provided said cleats are disengaged from each other;
- said cleats allowing 180 degree reversibility in that said cleats can be positioned upside-down on said music stand ledge, thereby having said lips extending downward and out of the way of a user;
- each of said cleats incorporating a permanently fixed end cap in an outer extremity of said slots;
- a removable bow-hook on a front face of each said lips allowing the user to hang a bow vertically from the accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.