Audio mixing console case
OwnerDana Monroeinventor
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Abstract
A case for an audio mixer console comprises first and second frame members, a carrier surface and a releasable latch member. The first and second frame members are spaced apart from each other. A first side of the carrier surface is proximate to the first frame member and a second side of the carrier surface is proximate to the second frame member. The carrier surface is pivotally coupled to the first and second frame sides along a first axis of rotation and moves with respect to the first axis of rotation between a first position and a second position. The carrier surface further comprises a catch member located proximate to a back edge of the carrier surface between the first and second frame sides. The releasable latch member releasably engages the catch member when the carrier surface is in the second position.
Claims20
A case, comprising:
- a first frame member and a second frame member, the first and second frame members being spaced apart from each other;
- a carrier comprising a front edge, a back edge, a first side, a second side, a top surface and a bottom surface, the first side being proximate to the first frame member and the second side being proximate to the second frame member, the carrier being pivotally coupled to the first and second frame sides along a first axis of rotation and rotatable in a first direction with respect to the first axis of rotation between a first substantially vertical position and a second generally horizontal position and rotatable in a second direction with respect to the first axis of rotation between the second generally horizontal position and the first substantially vertical position, the carrier further comprising a catch member located on the bottom surface proximate to the back edge of the carrier between the first and second frame sides;
- a console attached to the top surface of the carrier by the bracket mechanism, the console and the carrier being substantially balanced with respect to the first axis of rotation, a bottom surface of the console remaining substantially parallel to the top surface of the carrier as the carrier rotates with respect to the first axis of rotation between the first substantially vertical position and the second generally horizontal position;
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- a releasable latch member capable of releasably engaging the catch member when the carrier is in the second position.
A case, comprising:
- a first frame member comprising a first end and a second end;
- a second frame member comprising a first end and a second end, the first and second frame members being spaced apart from each other;
- a third frame member comprising a first end and a second end;
- a fourth frame member comprising a first end and a second end, the third and fourth frame members being spaced apart from each other;
- a fifth frame member coupled between the first end of the first frame member and the first end of the third frame member;
- a sixth frame member coupled between the first end of the second frame member and the first end of the fourth frame member;
- a seventh frame member comprising first, second, third and fourth sides, the first side being opposite the second side and the third side being opposite the fourth side, the first side of the seventh frame member being coupled to the first and third frame members distal to the first ends of the first and third frame members, and the second side of the seventh frame member being coupled to the second and fourth frame members distal to the first ends of the second and fourth frame members;
- a carrier comprising a front edge, a back edge, a first side, a second side, a top surface and a bottom surface, the first side being proximate to the first frame member and the second side being proximate to the second frame member, the carrier being pivotally coupled to the first and second frame sides along a first axis of rotation and rotatable in a first direction with respect to the first axis of rotation between a first substantially vertical position and a second generally horizontal position and rotatable in a second direction with respect to the first axis of rotation between the second generally horizontal position and the first substantially vertical position, the carrier further comprising a catch member located on the bottom surface proximate to the back edge of the carrier between the first and second frame sides;
- a release mechanism comprising a lever member, a cable member, a releasable latch member and a plurality of sheaves, the lever member comprising a fulcrum end and a second end distal to the fulcrum end, the first end of the cable member being coupled to the lever member proximate to the second end of the lever member, the second end of the cable member being coupled to the releasable latch member, the cable member further being wound around each sheave of the plurality of sheaves between the first end and the second end of the cable member, the release mechanism being actuated to release the releasable latch member from the catch member;
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- a cover comprising a removable cover section and a section fixably attached to the first through seventh frame members, the removable cover section being removable to provide access to the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.