Smart keyboard stand

Abstract

Smart Stand is a device that alows musicians who play keybords, instruments that need stands as a separate device, to be able, opposed to now available stands that can be adjusted only before or in pauses of playing, to adjust the stand very precysely also while playing. That gives the performer the abbility to change position from sitting to standing or vice versa, to,in the full motorized version, precisely change hight, angle, and distance between keybords and similar devices, withot pausing the performance. In all versions, some or all parameters and positions can be memorised and reproduced. Inspite all the possibilities of Smart Stand, the weight of the device, especially the partly motorised version, is kept in the category of standard stands and the process of folding and unfolding is under one minute. The device is so concieved that the performer has an eye contact with the audience all the time.

Description

[0001] SMART KEYBOARD STAND

[0002] DESCRIPTION

[0003] Technical Field

[0004] The present invention belongs to a category of additional geer for musical instruments, In particular case it is a keybord stand for one or more keyboards or similar devices such as syntesysers, midi devices, mixers end cca.

[0005] Background Art

[0006] Keyboard stands , for musical keyboards and similar devices ,now available on the market, are different from each other in their stability, weight, materials from which they are made of and the way of unfolding and folding for transport. All of those stands require the performer to abbort the performance in order to change the parametars of the stand: hight , angle and distance of the keyboards or similar devices.

[0007] Disclosure of Invention

[0008] The essence of this invention is to solve the problem of adjusting the parameters of the keyboard stand, like hight, angle, distance of keyboards, which are needed because of different physical properties of the performer, his position while playing or his playing preferences, by implementing electro motors and actuators with foot and one hand comands so the performer does not have to abbort his performance. Inspite of all the possibilities, the invention i easyly foldable and transporabile. With the use of microprocessor elecronic circit the parameters can be saved and reproduced

[0009] Brief Description of Drawings

[0010] The features, aaspects and adventages of the invention will be better understood with regard to the folowig figures:

[0011] FIG. 1 illustrates the unfolded stand with keyboards on both shelfs

[0012] FIG. 2 illustrates the unfolded stand without keyboards

[0013] FIG. 2a illustrates the unfolded stand without keyboards side view

[0014] FIG. 3 illustrates the stand folded for transport

[0015] FIG. 3a illustrates the stand folded for transport side view

[0016] FIG. 4 illustrates the possibilities of adjustements of the elements of the stand, and shows the stand in the upper position,

[0017] FIG. 5 illustrates the stand in its lowest possition DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In the folowing description of the prefered embodiments reference is made to the accompanied drawings which show by way of illustration specific enbodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understud that other embodiments may be utilisedand structural and functional changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. All the functions can be motorised, or some manual some motorised.

[0019] FIGS. 1 , 2, Motorized Stand for keyboards and similar devices, is a device which is comprised of a base 1 which carryes all other components of the device , and those are: legs 2a and 2b, the main column 3 with the electrc actuator 7 which rises and lowers the moving column 4 wth the head 11 attached to it. Head 11 carryes the lower shelve 9 which consists of two main consolles 9a and 9b and two secondary consoles 14c and 14d wich, through translation inside the main consoles 9a and 9b define the width required by the keyboards or similar devices. Main consoles have a fixating screw 13 for secondary consoles, which have limiting ends 20. The angle between the shelf 9 and the horizontal plane is adjusted manualy by the mechanism 18d or by geared electric motors 5a and 5b. The upper shelve 10 for the second keybord consists from main consoles 10a and 10b, and secondary consoles 14a and 14b that are constructed and function the same way as the lower shelf 9. The distance between shelves 9 and 10 is regulated manualy by lifting the upper shelf with the slider 12 trough head 11 and fixing the requered position with fixing mechanism 18b. In the motorised version the distance between the shelfs is regulated with the electric geared motor 8. The angle between the uper shelve 10 and the horizntal plane is adjusted manualy by the mechanism 18c , or by geared electric motors 5c and 5d. The hight of the shelves 9 and 10, loaded by keyboars or similar devices , attached to the head 11 and column 4 , is adjusted by electric actuator or geared electric motor 7 which is activated by tasters 16a and 16b mounted on the sliders 17a and 17b. Geared electric motors 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d are activated by tasters 19a and 19b which are placed on the limiting ends 20 of the secondary consoles 14c and 14d. All the adjustments are shown on FIG. 4. FIG. 3 Motorized Stand for keyboards and similar devices is folded down for transport by lowering the column 4 with head 11 and shelves 9 and 10 , by linear actuator 7, to the lowest position FIG. 5, lowering the uper shelve 10 to the lowest position , retractig secondary consoles 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d to the inner position, adjusting the angle of all consoles to -90 degrees to the horizontal plane, ulocking the mechanisms 6a and 6b and lifting the legs 2a and 2b up 90 degrees.

Claims

CLAIMS1 . Smart keyboard stand characterized by (10) comprising of consoles (10a), (10b) that can rotate ,be locked by mechanism (18c) change angle to the horizontal plane and conected to the head (11) by slider (12) so their distance from the head can be changed and locked by mechanism (18b) , lower shelve (9) comprised of consoles (9a) and (9b) that can rotate and change angle to the horisontal plane and be locked by mechanism (18d), conected to the head (11) conected to the moving column (4) that slides through the main column (3) and is conected to a linear actuator (7) conected to the base (l)with two legs (2a), (2b) and main column (4), when linear actuator is activated with tasters (16a) and (16b) moving column (4) with shelves (9), and (10) for keyboards (15a) and (15b) are risen or lowered to achieve the requered hight of that suit the needs of the performer.

2. Smart keyboard stand of claim 1, wherein the angle to the horizontal plane of consoles (9a), (9b) of shelve (9) is adjusted by geared electric motors (5a) and (5b) and the angle to the horizontal plane of consoles (10a), (10b) of shelve (10) is adjusted by geared electric motors (5C) and (5d, when activated by rocking switch (19a), the angle of the lower shelve (9) is adjusted and by rocking switch (19b) the angle of the upper shelve (10) is adjusted.

3. Smart keyboard stand of claim 1. wherein the distance between the shelves (9) and (10) is adjusted by the electric geared motor (8), when activating the motor (8) distance between the shelves can be increased or decreased.

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