US4290332A
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Sound shielding and pick-up device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-09-17
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Granted: 1981-09-22
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Expires: 1999-09-17
Abstract
Abstract A pair of sound shielding and pick-up devices to be placed on both sides of a musician facing his audience including plastic sheet sandwiches with sound deadening space between and transducers located at various points on the sheets which are angled concavely toward the musician.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas I. Schoeffling, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 16:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R5/00; H04R5/027; E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/62; E04B1/74; E04B1/82; E04B1/8227; E04B1/8236; G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/16; E04B2001/8263
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A sound shielding and pick-up device for use by placement on the side of a musician playing a musical instrument comprising: (a) an upper front face sheet, (b) an upper back face sheet, (c) an upper holding means to hold the upper sheets in a parallel relationship sandwiching a sound deadening space between the sheets, (d) a lower front face sheet, (e) a lower back face sheet, (f) a lower holding means to hold the lower sheets in a parallel relationship sandwiching a sound deadening space between the sheets, (g) a hinge means between the lower edge of the upper sheet sandwich and the upper edge of the lower sheet sandwich to allow adjustment to form a concave angle between the sandwiches facing the musician, (h) a frame means to hold the sheet sandwiches in any chosen position and at the chosen angle, (i) at least one pickup transducer on at least one of the front faces, and (j) electronic sound pick-up means conductively connecting each said at least one pickup transducer to sound processing equipment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A sound shielding and pick-up device for use by placement on the side of a musician playing a musical instrument comprising: (a) an upper front face sheet, (b) an upper back face sheet, (c) an upper holding means to hold the upper sheets in a parallel relationship sandwiching a sound deadening space between the sheets, (d) a lower front face sheet, (e) a lower back face sheet, (f) a lower holding means to hold the lower sheets in a parallel relationship sandwiching a sound deadening space between the sheets, (g) a hinge means between the lower edge of the upper sheet sandwich and the upper edge of the lower sheet sandwich to allow adjustment to form a concave angle between the sandwiches facing the musician, (h) a frame means to hold the sheet sandwiches in any chosen position and at the chosen angle, (i) at least one pickup transducer on at least one of the front faces, and (j) electronic sound pick-up means conductively connecting each said at least one pickup transducer to sound processing equipment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The sound device of claim 1 wherein the face sheets are plastic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The sound device of claim 2 wherein the plastic sheet is colorless transparent polymethyl methacrylate sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The sound device of claim 1 wherein frame means has the capability to adjust the angle of sandwiches relative to each other and to the floor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The sound device of claim 4 wherein the frame means is capable to adjusting the angle between the upper sandwiched sheets and the lower sandwiched sheets in the range of 100° to 170°, the concave angle facing the musician to be shielded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The sound device of claim 4 wherein frame means is capable of adjusting the angle of the upper sandwich away from the musician to be shielded up to about 10° from the vertical.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The sound device of claim 4 wherein the frame means has the capability of adjusting the angle of the lower sandwich toward the musician to be shielded in the range of about 10° to 60° from the vertical.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
75 words
The sound device of claim 4 wherein the adjustable frame means has capability of adjusting the angle between the upper sandwich and the lower sandwich in the range of 120° to 160° facing the musician to be shielded with the upper sandwich tilted away from the musician up to about 10° from the vertical and the lower sandwich tilted toward the musician at an angle in the range of 30° to 70° from the vertical.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The sound device of claim 1 wherein the transducers are screwed into the front face sheet with the sound picked up extending justoutside of the front face.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The sound device of claim 1 wherein the hinge means is a flexible sheet held between the lower edges of the upper sheets and between the upper edges of the lower sheets.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The sound device of claim 1 wherein there is at least two transducers on each front face.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-09-21 | 1989-03-23 | 1989-09-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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