Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Folding marimba
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Application No.: US16866393Application Date: 2020-05-04
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Publication No.: US10930254B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Jimmie Ray Melhart
- Applicant: JIM MELHART PIANO AND ORGAN COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX McAllen
- Assignee: JIM MELHART PIANO AND ORGAN COMPANY
- Current Assignee: JIM MELHART PIANO AND ORGAN COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX McAllen
- Agency: Pizarro Allen PC
- Main IPC: G01D13/08
- IPC: G01D13/08 ; G10D13/08

Abstract:
A foldable idiophone musical instrument may have two frames to support accidental tone bars on the first frame and natural tone bars on the second frame. Connecting members may attach to opposite ends of the frames. The connecting members may allow the frames to rotate from 0° to 180° from a horizontal position to collapse or fold the instrument. The connecting members may have a riser portion and a stop block portion. The riser portion may elevate the accidental tone bars above the natural tone bars. The stop block portion may prevent the frames from rotating to less than 0° from the horizontal when in a performance position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200335071A1 FOLDING MARIMBA Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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