IP Library Granted Patent US 6,988,647
Granted Patent B2
US 6,988,647 · App. 10/661,307 · Granted Jan 24, 2006

Device for suspending a recorder and method for using the same

Assignee: Peripole-Bergerault, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 6,988,647
App. No.
10/661,307
Granted
Jan 24, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for the carrying of a recorder includes a ring sized to fit around the shaft of the recorder in a position that consistently permits playability of the recorder and a strap attached to the ring having sufficient length so as to fit around the neck of the person playing the recorder and allowing the recorder to hang in a position of easy access.

Claims (17)

1. A combination, comprising:

a ring;

a separate strap attached to the ring; and

a recorder, wherein the ring is disposed around a shaft of the recorder.

2. A combination according to claim 1 , wherein the ring supports the recorder without impairing its playability.

3. A combination according to claim 1 , wherein the strap is a neckstrap configured to support the recorder from a neck of a user in a position of ready accessibility.

4. A combination according to claim 1 , wherein the ring lodges around the shaft of the recorder in a position that does not block any air holes of the recorder.

5. A combination according to claim 4 , wherein the ring lodges at a point along the shaft of the recorder near the mouth piece end.

6. A combination comprising:

a ring;

a separate strap tied to the ring; and

a recorder, wherein the ring is disposed around a shaft of the recorder.

7. A combination comprising:

a recorder comprising a shaft having a mouth piece section disposed at a first end of the recorder shaft, wherein a diameter of the shaft is enlarged along a portion of the mouth piece section of the shaft;

a ring disposed around the mouth piece section of the shaft; and

a separate strap attached to the ring and configured to suspend the recorder from the neck of a user.

8. A combination according to claim 7 , wherein the ring is disposed around the mouth piece section of the shaft by sliding the ring along the shaft until it lodges around the shaft in a position that does not block recorder air holes.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 24, 2011
From: PERIPOLE-BERGERAULT, INC.
To: PERIPOLE, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 0868972100 · Aug 12, 1996
Related Publication 20040050892A1 · Mar 18, 2004