US 12,475,867 B2
Aerophone instrument using air-filled object
Jamus Adrian MacDonald, San Francisco, CA (US); and Adam Jason Bagatavicius, Bethany (CA)
Assigned to Orb Music, Inc., Bethany (CA)
Appl. No. 18/245,087
Filed by Orb Music Inc., Bethany (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/051293
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/056635, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0249705 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G10D 9/10 (2020.01); G10D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10D 9/10 (2020.02) [G10D 7/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for assembling an aerophone instrument comprising:
a) an air conduit with a first end and a second end and one or more segments to provide an air passage;
b) one or more air inlets, each disposed on the air conduit to create an air entry point and configured for a delivery of a first volume of compressed air to the air passage of the air conduit;
c) one or more air outlets, each disposed on the air conduit to create an air exit point and configured for a release of a second volume of compressed air along one or more air pathways in the air passage, each defined by a position of one of the one or more air inlets and a position of one of the one or more air outlets along the air conduit; and
d) a means for positioning an enclosed air-filled object to be operatively associated with the air conduit; and
wherein when the enclosed air-filled object is operatively associated with the air conduit using the means for positioning the enclosed air-filled object the aerophone instrument is assembled, a vibration gap in fluid communication with an opening to the air passage is formed between an area of an external wall of the enclosed air-filled object and an opposing surface, and a first volume of compressed air can be delivered to enter the air conduit through one of the one or more air inlets to cause a portion of the area of the external wall of the enclosed air-filled object to vibrate at the vibration gap and cause a second volume of compressed air to vibrate in the air passage as some or all of said second volume of compressed air exits the air conduit from one of the one or more air outlets and thereby generate sound.