US 11,869,464 B2
Apparatus for mounting musical instruments
Thomas Harrit, Birkerød (DK); and Nicolai Sørensen, Espergærde (DK)
Filed by Thomas Harrit, Birkerød (DK); and Nicolai Sørensen, Espergærde (DK)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,974.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,558, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246119 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G10G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10G 5/00 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for mounting a musical instrument with an elongated neck, comprising:
a backplate configured to be fastened to a wall using a set of fasteners, wherein a front portion of the backplate comprises a pair of vertically positioned elevated guides that are parallel to each other;
a bridge member having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end is pivotably connected to the pair of vertically positioned elevated guides of the backplate;
a bracket pivotably connected to the bottom end of the bridge member;
a cushioning member having a U-shaped opening configured to receive the elongated neck of the musical instrument, wherein the cushioning member encases the bracket, and wherein a bottom portion of the cushioning member comprises a pair of grooves that abut the pair of vertically positioned elevated guides of the backplate and allow the bottom portion of the cushioning member to translate vertically in accordance with a movement of the bracket and a movement of the bridge member;
a back support connected to a front side of the bridge member; and
an encasing having a U-shaped opening and connected to a front portion of the cushioning member, wherein the U-shaped opening of the cushioning member and the U-shaped opening of the encasing are configured to receive the elongated neck of the musical instrument.