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Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Jim Melhart Piano and Organ Company, McAllen, TX (US);

Inventor:

Jimmie Ray Melhart, McAllen, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/08 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A foldable idiophone musical instrument may have two frames to support accidental tone bars on the first frame and natural tone bars on the second frame. Connecting members may attach to opposite ends of the frames. The connecting members may allow the frames to rotate from 0° to 180° from a horizontal position to collapse or fold the instrument. The connecting members may have a riser portion and a stop block portion. The riser portion may elevate the accidental tone bars above the natural tone bars. The stop block portion may prevent the frames from rotating to less than 0° from the horizontal when in a performance position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Melhart, Jimmie. (2022). Folding marimba (U.S. Patent No. 11227569). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11227569

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