Support Stand with Receiving Channels
A stand moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A plurality of legs is rotatably coupled to a connector and are rotatable between a closed position, in which each the plurality of legs is substantially parallel, and an open configuration. When the stand is in a closed configuration the plurality of legs are in the closed position and received in a cavity, and the connector is removably secured to the body. When the stand is in an open configuration, the plurality of legs are in the open position and the connector is removably secured to the body such that the plurality of legs are outside of the cavity and such that the body is positioned to receive and support at least a portion of a guitar. In another embodiment, the legs are received in channels defined by the outside surface of the body when the stand is in the closed position.
1 . A stand moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, comprising:
a body extending along an axis AA between a proximal end and distal end, an outside surface of the body defining a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels extending along the outside surface of body parallel to the axis AA;
a plurality of legs extending from the proximal end of the body, each of the plurality legs extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each of the plurality of legs being rotatably connected to the proximal end of the body, each of the plurality of legs being rotatable between a closed position and an open position;
wherein in a closed configuration, the plurality of legs are in the closed position and each of the plurality of legs is received in a corresponding channel;
wherein in an open configuration the plurality of legs are in the open position such that the body is positioned to receive and support at least a portion of a guitar.
2 . The stand of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of legs comprises a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, and wherein the plurality of channels comprises a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel; and
wherein the plurality of legs form a tripod when the stand is in the open configuration.
3 . The stand of claim 2 , wherein the each of the plurality of legs is flush with an outside surface of the body when the stand is in the closed configuration.
4 . The stand of claim 3 further comprising:
a locking ring slideably disposed about the body, the locking ring moveable between a first position and a second position;
wherein when the locking ring is in the first position it is proximate to the proximal end of the body and at least a portion of the locking ring limits the extent to which each of the plurality of legs can rotate.
5 . The stand of claim 4 , wherein when the locking ring is in the second position it is proximate to the distal end of the body thereby facilitating receipt of each of the plurality of legs in each of the corresponding channels.
6 . The stand of claim 5 , wherein the first leg includes a first leg support rotatably connected thereto and moveable between an open position and closed position and the second leg includes a second leg support rotatably connected thereto and moveable between an open position and a closed position.
7 . The stand of claim 6 , wherein the first leg support and the second leg support are configured to support a least a portion of a guitar when the stand is in the open configuration and the first leg support is in the open position and the second leg support is in the open position.
8 . The stand of claim 7 , wherein the body further comprises a body support secured to the distal end of the body, wherein the body support is configured to support a least a portion of a guitar when the stand is in the open configuration.
9 . The stand of claim 8 , wherein the axis AA is between approximately 10 and 20 degrees past a vertical axis DD when the stand is in the open configuration and is resting on a flat surface, the vertical axis DD being perpendicular to the flat surface.
10 . The stand of claim 9 , wherein the body support extends along an axis BB and an axis EE passes through a proximal end of the first leg support and a proximal end of the second leg support, and wherein axis BB is parallel to axis EE when the stand is in the open configuration.