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US 10,991,347 · App. 16/667,869 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Leg of keyboard instrument and leg attachment structure

Inventors: Mitsuo Yamashita (Shizuoka, JP); Hikari Ichihara (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
G10C3/02F16M13/005G10C1/02
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Patent No.
US 10,991,347
App. No.
16/667,869
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument including leg main bodies that support a keyboard portion from both sides, the keyboard portion in which plural keys are arranged on a key bed, wherein the leg attachment structure has plates installed on upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, the plates and the leg main bodies are fixed by inserting rod-shaped portions formed on lower surfaces of the plates into hole portions provided in the leg main bodies, and the plates are formed to be larger than an area of the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, and installed at positions eccentric to the inner side and the rear side of the keyboard portion with respect to the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies.

Claims (22)

1. A leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument comprising:

leg main bodies that support a keyboard portion from both sides, the keyboard portion in which plural keys are arranged on a key bed: and

plates installed on upper surfaces of the leg main bodies,

wherein the plates and the leg main bodies are fixed by inserting rod-shaped portions formed on lower surfaces of the plates into hole portions provided in the leg main bodies,

wherein the plates are formed to be larger than an area of the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies,

wherein the plates are configured to be positioned eccentric to an inside and a rear side of the keyboard portion by locating the plates so as to be displaced inward with respect to the upper surfaces.

2. The leg attachment structure for the keyboard instrument according to claim 1 , wherein

the plates and the rod-shaped portions are made of metal and the leg main bodies are made of wood, and

by forming a thread on the rod-shaped portions and inserting the rod-shaped portions into the hole portions, the leg main bodies and the plates are fixed.

3. The leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument according to claim 1 , comprising,

side arms on both side surfaces of the key bed, and

groove portions each of which is continuous over both a lower surface of the key bed and a lower surface of each of the side arms,

wherein the plates are fitted to the groove portions, the key bed, the side arms, and the leg main bodies to thereby fix the plates are fixed.

4. A leg of a keyboard instrument comprising:

an elongated leg main body in which a hole portion is provided at a center position on an upper surface; and

a plate having an area larger than an area of the upper surface of the elongated leg main body, the plate for which a rod-shaped portion to be inserted into the hole portion is formed, the plate being installed on the upper surface of the elongated leg main body, wherein

the rod-shaped portion is formed at a position eccentric from a center of the plate,

two adjacent sides of the plate are positioned entirely on an outside of the upper surface of the elongated leg main body, and

the plate is configured to be positioned eccentric to an inside and a rear side of a keyboard portion by locating the plate so as to be displaced inward with respect to the upper surface.

5. The leg of the keyboard instrument according to claim 4 , wherein

the plate and the rod-shaped portion are made of metal and the elongated leg main body is made of wood, and

a thread is provided on the rod-shaped portion and the rod-shaped portion is inserted into the hole portion, whereby the elongated leg main body and the plate are fixed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: YAMASHITA, MITSUO; ICHIHARA, HIKARI
To: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050857/0229 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-205801 · Oct 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200135154A1 · Apr 30, 2020
Cited By (1)
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