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Musical rhythm instrument

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  • Patent Application
  • 20080087158
  • Publication Number
    20080087158
  • Date Filed
    October 17, 2006
    17 years ago
  • Date Published
    April 17, 2008
    16 years ago
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Abstract
The invention relates to a musical rhythm instrument comprising sounding bodies, especially in the form of jingles or the like, and a holding device for said sounding bodies, wherein said holding device is designed to be fastened to the user's foot.
Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING


FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an inventive musical rhythm instrument seen diagonally from the front, and



FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section along the line II-II in FIG. 1.





DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A musical rhythm instrument 1 shown in the drawing comprises three jingle-like sounding bodies 2 and a holding device 3 for the same.


The holding device 3 has a base plate 4, which is substantially vertical when in use, comprising a first holding projection 6 extending away from the upper edge 5 and a second holding projection 8 extending away from the lower edge 7, with lateral projections 11, 12 extending away from the lateral edges 9, 10.


The projections are dimensioned such that the holding device 3 can be placed in a press fit onto the shoe of a user in such a way that the projections elastically bend open in the process. Fastening means, such as straps or Velcro fasteners may optionally be used in addition.


The upper projection 6 is provided with a bent-up region 13 that facilitates inserting of the user's shoe 14 and adjoining which is a flat support section 15, on which a bolt section 18 is fixed by means of a nut 16 and fastening bore 17, said bolt section 18, in turn, fixing a three-arm holding plate 19. Fastened to each end section of each arm of the holding plate 19 is a bolt 20 having an upper end stop 21. Arranged on each bolt 20 is a lower, upwardly open jingle 22 and an upper, downwardly open jingle 23, which are displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the bolt 20 against the end stop 21 and which generate a tone when the foot is moved or tapped.

Claims
  • 1. A musical rhythm instrument comprising sounding bodies, and a holding device for the sounding bodies, wherein the holding device (3) is designed to be fastened to a user's foot (14); wherein the holding device has a resilient upper projection and a resilient lower projection which are spaced apart to resiliently engage the user's foot when inserted into the holding device.
  • 2. (canceled)
  • 3. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the holding device (3) further has resilient side projections which are also spaced apart to resiliently engage the user's foot when inserted into the holding device.
  • 4. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the sounding bodies (2) are fastened to a top of the holding device (3).
  • 5. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a top of the holding device (3) has bolt projections (20) extending away from the holding device, on which the sounding bodies (2) are engaged wherein end stops (21) are provided at a top of the bolt projections (20).
  • 6. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the sounding bodies (2) are arranged on a support plate (18), which in turn, is fixed to the top of the holding device (3), which is screwed thereon.
  • 7. The musical instrument according to claim 5, wherein the sounding bodies are jingles.
  • 8. The musical instrument according to claim 7, wherein the jingles are displaceable on the bolt projections to slide along the axis of the bolt projections.