Microphone Stand Head Adapter for Lightweight Accessory Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing musical stands, particularly heavy metal boom-stands, require significant effort to haul and set up, and there is a need for a lightweight solution to securely mount light-weight accessories like sound baffles without the need for heavy stands.
Innovation Solution
A conical adapter plug apparatus that fits onto a microphone stand head, featuring a mounting post with external threading and an end cap with an annular threaded seat, allowing for secure attachment of light-weight instruments or accessories, such as sound baffles, using M 1.25 coarse threading and optional spacers for linear compression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If heavy metal boom-stands are used to mount musical instruments, then the stand provides sufficient weight and stability, but the stand requires significant effort to haul and set up
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the stand system into two parts: a lightweight portable stand and a separate counterweight accessory. The counterweight can be attached when needed for stability and removed when portability is required, allowing the stand to be lightweight for transport but stable when in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand's effective weight parameter can be changed by adding or removing the counterweight accessory. This allows the same stand to operate in different weight states - lightweight for transport and heavier with counterweight for stable mounting of instruments.
2Reliability
If heavy metal boom-stands are used to mount light-weight accessories like sound baffles, then the accessories are securely mounted, but the stand's excessive weight becomes unnecessary and difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into the lightweight stand structure and separate counterweight/mounting accessories. This allows the stand to remain lightweight while providing secure mounting capability when accessories are attached.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is designed with universal mounting capabilities through standardized threads (e.g., 3/8"-16 or M10) that can accommodate various light-weight accessories like sound baffles, microphones, or other musical equipment, making the lightweight stand versatile for different applications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If standard microphone stand heads are used, then they can hold microphones, but they cannot securely mount light-weight accessories like sound baffles without additional modification
Solution Approach 1:
The stand head is designed with universal threading standards that allow it to mount both traditional microphones and various light-weight accessories like sound baffles, cymbals, or other musical equipment, making a single stand suitable for multiple functions.
Solution Approach 2:
Counterweight accessories serve as intermediaries between the stand head and light-weight accessories. These accessories provide both the mounting interface for the accessory and the counterbalancing weight needed for stable operation.
4Reliability
If heavy stands are used for all applications, then mounting security is ensured, but setup and teardown time increases and handling becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the permanent lightweight stand structure from removable counterweight accessories. This allows rapid setup by simply attaching the needed accessory without moving the entire heavy stand, and quick teardown by removing the accessory.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand system transitions from a static heavy configuration to a dynamic system where the counterweight can be quickly added or removed based on the specific application, enabling fast reconfiguration for different performances or events.
Data Source
AI summary
An adapter for mounting an instrument or accessory device to microphone stand head includes a conical body having an overall length with a maximum outside diameter and a minimum outside diameter, an elongate mounting post having an overall length, the mounting post contiguously formed to or otherwise fixed to the conical body, the mounting post and conical body aligned to share the same longitudinal center, the mounting post bearing external threading from the free end of the mounting post down the post to some length, and an end cap having a uniform outside diameter and an annular threaded mounting seat provided at proximal center of the threaded end cap, where the mounting seat threads mate with the external threads on the mounting post.