Guitar Support with Multi-Axis Tilting Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guitar supports fail to securely prevent the guitar from tilting during play, which can lead to instability and affect the player's performance.
Innovation Solution
The guitar support is designed with a bridge that lies in the x-z plane, featuring a first holder with a swivel joint and a second holder with a pivot bearing, allowing the holding members to be aligned at right angles to each other. This configuration ensures that the guitar is supported from below along the y-direction and from behind along the z-direction, preventing tilting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If holding members are arranged with normals along the y-direction only, then the guitar can be supported from below, but the guitar can tilt about an x-axis
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a second holding member with its normal aligned along the z-direction, adding a dimensional constraint perpendicular to the primary y-direction support. This multi-dimensional arrangement of holding members prevents tilting by providing support forces in multiple spatial directions, transforming a single-axis support system into a multi-axis stabilization system.
Solution Approach 2:
The support function is divided into multiple independent holding members, each responsible for a specific directional constraint. The first holding member (y-direction) provides primary support while the second holding member (z-direction) provides anti-tilting constraint, allowing each segment to be optimized for its specific function and enabling modular adjustment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the first holding member is fixed in orientation, then the structure is simple, but it cannot adapt to different guitar frame alignments
Solution Approach 1:
The first holding member is made dynamically adjustable through a swivel joint that allows rotation about the z-axis. This enables the holding member to adapt its orientation to match different guitar frame alignments while maintaining its primary support function, transforming a static structure into a dynamically adaptable one.
Solution Approach 2:
The swivel joint is pre-configured to allow rotation about the z-axis, enabling the holding member to be aligned with the guitar frame before the guitar is placed on the support. This preliminary alignment capability ensures optimal contact and support without requiring complex real-time adjustments during use.
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AI summary
An instrument support for a guitar including a bridge for resting on a leg of a person, the bridge lying in an x-z plane, wherein at the opposite ends of the bridge with respect to a direction x a first holder and a second holder are respectively provided for receiving a guitar, the first holder having a first holding member and a second holding member for holding a guitar, the holding members each having a nominal bearing surface with a normal, against which it is intended to bear a guitar, the first member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the y-direction, the second member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction, wherein in that the second member is aligned in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction.