Musical instrument case

Abstract

The invention is based on a musical instrument case, in particular for storage of a string instrument, with at least one housing, with at least one storage region, which is delimited by the housing, for storage of a musical instrument, and with at least one fixing unit, which is provided to fixate a musical instrument in the storage region at least substantially fixedly as regards a position. It is proposed that the at least one fixing unit comprises at least one structural element of low flexural strength, which is in a fixated state of a musical instrument provided to contact a body of the musical instrument.

Claims

1. A musical instrument case, for storage of a string instrument, with at least one housing, with at least one storage region, which is delimited by the housing, for storage of the string instrument, and with at least one fixing unit, which is provided to fixate the string instrument in the storage region at least substantially fixedly as regards a position, wherein the at least one fixing unit comprises at least one structural element of low flexural strength, which is in a fixated state of the string instrument provided to contact a body of the string instrument, the at least one fixing unit is provided to press a stored string instrument against a shoulder region of the housing, and wherein the at least one structural element of low flexural strength of the fixing unit is implemented by a tape.

2. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the at least one structural element of low flexural strength of the fixing unit comprises at least one resilient partial region.

3. The musical instrument case according to claim 2, wherein the at least one resilient partial region of the at least one structural element of low flexural strength is arranged in a peripheral region of the structural element of low flexural strength.

4. The musical instrument case according to claim 1, wherein the at least one fixing unit comprises at least one adjusting unit, by means of which an effective length of the structural element of low flexural strength can be changed.

5. The musical instrument case according to claim 4, wherein the at least one adjusting unit of the fixing unit comprises at least one ratchet locking.

6. The musical instrument case according to claim 1, wherein the at least one structural element of low flexural strength of the fixing unit extends between two lateral walls of the housing that are situated opposite each other.

7. The musical instrument case according to claim 1, wherein the at least one structural element of low flexural strength of the fixing unit is arranged on a bottom side of the housing, facing away from a fingerboard receiving region of the housing.

8. The musical instrument case according to claim 1, comprising a second fixing unit, which is provided to fixate the stored string instrument perpendicular to a main extension direction of the string instrument.

9. The musical instrument case according to claim 8, wherein the at least one second fixing unit is arranged at a fingerboard receiving region of the housing for fixing a fingerboard of a stored musical instrument.

10. A fixing unit of a musical instrument case according to claim 1.

11. The musical instrument case according to claim 8, wherein the first fixing unit is provided to fixate the stored string instrument parallel to a main extension direction of the string instrument.

12. The musical instrument case according to claim 1, wherein the at least one structural element is located in a soundboard receiving region of the housing opposite a fingerboard receiving region of the housing.

13. The musical instrument case according to claim 12, wherein the at least one structural element is located only on one end of the soundboard receiving region of the housing opposite the fingerboard receiving region of the housing.

14. A musical instrument case, for storage of a string instrument, with at least one housing, with at least one storage region, which is delimited by the housing, for storage of the string instrument, and with at least one fixing unit, which is provided to fixate the string instrument in the storage region at least substantially fixedly as regards a position, wherein the at least one fixing unit comprises at least one structural element of low flexural strength, which is in a fixated state of the string instrument provided to contact a body of the string instrument, the at least one structural element is located in a soundboard receiving region of the housing opposite a fingerboard receiving region of the housing, the at least one structural element is configured to provide a pressing force in a direction toward the fingerboard receiving region, the at least one structural element is located only on one end of the soundboard receiving region of the housing opposite the fingerboard receiving region of the housing, and wherein the at least one structural element of low flexural strength of the fixing unit is implemented by a tape.

15. The musical instrument case according to claim 14, further comprising a second fixing unit configured to provide a restraining force in a direction perpendicular to a main extension direction of the housing.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) Further advantages will become apparent from the following description of the drawings. In the drawings one exemplary embodiment of the invention is shown. The drawing, the description and the claims contain a plurality of features in combination. The person skilled in the art will purposefully consider the features separately and will find further expedient combinations.

(2) It is shown in:

(3) FIG. 1 a musical instrument case according to the invention, with a housing, with a storage region and with a fixing unit, in a schematic view,

(4) FIG. 2 the musical instrument case according to the invention, with the housing, with the storage region and with the fixing unit, in a schematic exploded view, and

(5) FIG. 3 the musical instrument case according to the invention with a musical instrument stored therein.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

(6) FIG. 1 shows a musical instrument case 10. The musical instrument case 10 is embodied by a cello case. The musical instrument case is embodied by a cello box. Principally, however, a different implementation of the musical instrument case 10 deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art would also be conceivable, e.g. as a guitar case, as a violin case, a viola case or a double bass case. The musical instrument case 10 is provided to store a string instrument. The musical instrument case 10 further comprises a housing 12. The housing 12 is implemented by a shell housing. The housing 12 comprises two housing shells. One of the housing shells is embodied by a lid that is not shown in detail. The further housing shell forms a base body 40 of the housing 12. The base body 40 is provided to directly store a musical instrument 16, the lid (not shown in detail) being provided for closure of the base body 40. The lid can be connected to the base body 40 of the housing 12 via quick-release clamps in a manner that is not visible in detail. Furthermore the musical instrument case 10 comprises a storage region 14 that is delimited by the housing 12. The storage region 14 is provided for storage of a musical instrument 16. The musical instrument 16 is embodied by a cello. Principally, however, a different embodiment of the musical instrument 16, deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art, would also be conceivable, e.g. as a guitar, a violin, a viola or a double bass. The storage region 14 is delimited by the base body 40 and the lid (not visible in detail) of the housing 12. In a closed state of the housing 12 the storage region 14 is substantially closed off. A shape of the base body 40 is adapted to a general shape of the musical instrument 16. An outer contour of the base body 40 roughly corresponds to a shape of the musical instrument 16. The base body 40 of the housing 12 comprises a rear side 42. The rear side 42 is substantially planar. The rear side 42 has a bump in a region of the base body 40 that serves to receive a neck 44 of the musical instrument 16. A shape of the rear side 42 roughly corresponds to a two-dimensional contour of the musical instrument 16. A back of a body 22 of the musical instrument 16 faces the rear side 42 in a state when the musical instrument 16 is stored. In a peripheral region of the rear side 42 a circumferential lateral wall 30 of the base body 40 abuts on the rear side 42. The lateral wall 30 extends substantially perpendicular to the rear side 42. A rib 46 of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 faces the lateral wall 30 in a state when the musical instrument 16 is stored. The rib 46 extends substantially in parallel to the lateral wall 30. The musical instrument 16 is in a state when stored encompassed by the base body 40. The musical instrument 16 is in a state when it is stored completely encompassed by the base body 40 in a plane parallel to the back of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16. A side of the musical instrument 16, which faces a top 48 of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16, is in a state when it is stored covered by the lid (not visible in detail) of the housing 12. The body 22 forms a resonant body, i.e. the sound box, of the musical instrument 16. The rib 46 designates those structural components of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 which form its lateral wall, respectively lateral walls.

(7) The musical instrument case 10 further comprises a fixing unit 18. The fixing unit 18 is implemented as a first fixing unit. The fixing unit 18 is provided to fixate a musical instrument 16 in the storage region 14 substantially fixedly as regards a position. The fixing unit 18 is provided to fixate the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 in the storage region 14 substantially fixedly as regards a position. The fixing unit 18 is provided for a fixation of the musical instrument 16 in parallel to a main extension direction 38 of the musical instrument 16. The main extension direction 38 of the musical instrument 16 substantially corresponds to a main extension direction of the musical instrument case 10. The main extension direction 38 of the musical instrument 16 extends substantially in parallel to an imaginary straight line running between an end pin 50 and a peg box 52.

(8) The fixing unit 18 comprises a structural element 20 of low flexural strength. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength is in a fixated state of the musical instrument 16 provided to contact the body 22 of the musical instrument 16. In a fixated state of the musical instrument 16 the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is provided to contact the rib 46 of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength is provided for a dampening fixation of the musical instrument 16. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is embodied by a tape. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is embodied by a belt strap. Furthermore the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is embodied in such a way that it is padded. For this purpose he structural element 20 of low flexural strength is partially made of a foam material. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 extends between two lateral walls 30 of the housing 12 that are situated opposite each other. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is fixedly connected to the lateral wall 30 with two opposite ends at two opposite partial regions of the lateral wall 30. Principally it would, however, also be conceivable that the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is fixedly connected to the lateral wall 30 only with one end. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 extends between two opposite partial regions of the lateral wall 30 of the housing 12, which extend substantially in parallel to the main extension direction of the musical instrument case 10. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength extends substantially perpendicular to the main extension direction of the musical instrument case 10 and in parallel to a main extension plane of the rear side 42 of the base body 40 of the housing 12. A main extension direction 54 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength extends substantially perpendicular to the main extension direction of the musical instrument case 10 and in parallel to a main extension plane of the rear side 42 of the housing 12. By a main extension plane of a structural unit is to be understood in particular a plane that is parallel to a greatest lateral surface of a smallest imaginary rectangular cuboid that just still entirely encompasses the structural unit and which in particular extends through the center point of the rectangular cuboid. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is arranged in a body storage region 56 of the storage region 14, which serves to receive the body 22 of the musical instrument 16. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength is arranged on a side of the body storage region 56 that faces away from a neck storage region 58 of the storage region 14, which serves to receive the neck 44 and the peg box 52 of the musical instrument 16. The neck storage region 58 of the storage region 14 directly abuts on the body storage region 56 of the storage region 14. The neck storage region 58 is connected to the body storage region 56.

(9) The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is provided, in a fixated state of the musical instrument 16, to contact the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 on a side that faces away from a fingerboard 32 of the musical instrument 16. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 is provided, in a fixated state of the musical instrument 16, to contact the rib 46 of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 on a side that faces away from a fingerboard 32 of the musical instrument 16.

(10) The structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 comprises a resilient partial region 24. The resilient partial region 24 is partially made of a resilient material. The resilient partial region 24 is embodied by a rubber band, in particular an elasticated rubber band. Principally, however, a different implementation of the resilient partial region 24 that is deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art is also conceivable. The resilient partial region 24 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is arranged in a peripheral region of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength. The peripheral region is herein to be understood to be viewed transversely to the main extension direction 54 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength. If viewed along the main extension direction 54 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength, the resilient partial region 24 is arranged in a start region respectively in an end region of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength. The resilient partial region 24 is arranged in a proximity of a connection zone between the structural element 20 of low flexural strength and the housing 12 of the musical instrument case 10. The resilient partial region 24 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength directly abuts on the housing 12. The structural element 20 of low flexural strength is connected to the housing 12 at one end via the resilient partial region 24. Principally, however, a different arrangement of the resilient partial region 24 that is deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art would also be conceivable.

(11) The fixing unit 18 further comprises an adjusting unit 26. By means of the adjusting unit 26 an effective length of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength can be changed. The adjusting unit 26 is provided for a toolless adjustment of an effective length of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength. The adjusting unit 26 is connected to the structural element 20 of low flexural strength at two ends in spaced-apart points. By means of the adjusting unit 26 a distance between the two ends can be changed. Due to this, a distance between the two spaced-apart points of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is also changed, as a result of which an effective length of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is changed. Principally, however, it would be also conceivable that the adjusting unit 26 is arranged in a connection zone between the housing 12 and the structural element 20 of low flexural strength. Herein it would be conceivable in particular that the structural element 20 of low flexural strength is connected to the housing 12 on a side opposite the resilient partial region 24 via the adjusting unit 26. For this purpose one end of the adjusting unit 26 could be connected to the housing 12 while the other end is connected to the structural element 20 of low flexural strength.

(12) The adjusting unit 26 of the fixing unit 18 comprises at least one ratchet locking 28, 28. In an exemplary way, the adjusting unit 26 comprises two ratchet lockings 28, 28. Principally, however, it would also be conceivable that the adjusting unit 26 comprises only one ratchet locking 28. The two ratchet lockings 28, 28 each comprise a latch band 60, 60 and a ratchet element 62, 62. The latch bands 60, 60 each comprise a plurality of latch ramps, which are arranged one behind the other. The ratchet elements 62, 62 are respectively provided to latch with different latch ramps, wherein an effective distance of the fastening points is changed depending on the latch ramp. A latching can be released manually by a user. The latch bands 60, 60 each comprise a first fastening point of the adjusting unit 26, while the ratchet elements 62, 62 each comprise a second, spaced-apart fastening point of the adjusting unit 26. Ratchet lockings 28, 28 of this type are known, for example, from snowboard soft bindings.

(13) The fixing unit 18 is provided to press a stored musical instrument 16 against the housing 12 in a shoulder region 34 of the body 22. For this purpose the musical instrument 16 is contacted by the structural element 20 of low flexural strength of the fixing unit 18 on a side of the rib 46 of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16 that faces away from a fingerboard 32 of the musical instrument 16. By way of adjusting the adjusting unit 26, the musical instrument 16 can be lifted and can be pressed against the housing 12 in the shoulder region 34 of the body 22. Due to the resilient partial region 24 of the structural element 20 of low flexural strength, furthermore a good fillability, i.e. good removal and loading characteristics, of the musical instrument case 10 is achievable when an adjustment of the adjusting unit 26 has already taken place. Further an advantageous decoupling of the fixing unit 18 from the housing 12 of the musical instrument case 10 can be achieved. Moreover, as the rib 46 of the musical instrument 16 is quasi pending in the structural element 20 of low flexural strength during a stand-up storage of the musical instrument case 10, shocks can be advantageously absorbed as if by a leaf spring. The base body 40 of the housing 12 further comprises a cushioning 64 on an inner side that faces the musical instrument 16. The cushioning 64 comprises two cushioning strips 66, 66, which extend along the lateral wall 30 on both sides of the body storage region 56 of the storage region 14. The cushioning strips 66, 66 are, for example, also arranged in a region of the housing 12 that faces the shoulder region 34. The cushioning strips 66, 66 are substantially made of a foam material. Principally, however, a different material that is deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art would also be conceivable. The cushioning 64 further comprises four cushioning pads 68, 68, 68, 68, which are arranged on an inner side of the rear side 42 of the base body 40 in the body storage region 56 of the storage region 14. The cushioning pads 68, 68, 68, 68 are provided to abut on the back of the body 22 of the musical instrument 16. The cushioning pads 68, 68, 68, 68 are substantially made of a foam material. Principally, however, a different material that is deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art would also be conceivable.

(14) The musical instrument case 10 further comprises a second fixing unit 36. The second fixing unit 36 is provided to fixate the stored musical instrument 16 perpendicularly to the main extension direction 38 of the musical instrument 16. The second fixing unit 36 is provided to fixate the stored musical instrument 16 in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a fixation direction of the fixing unit 18. The second fixing unit 36 is provided to fixate the fingerboard 32 of the stored musical instrument 16. The second fixing unit 36 is provided to fixate the neck 44 of the stored musical instrument 16. The second fixing unit 36 is arranged in the neck storage region 58 of the storage region 14. The second fixing unit 36 is fixedly connected to the housing 12. The second fixing unit 36 is provided to clasp around a neck 44 of the musical instrument 16. For this purpose the second fixing unit 36 comprises a tape by means of which the neck 44 of the musical instrument 16 can be fixated. The tape is embodied, as an example, by a hook-and-loop fastener tape. Principally, however, a different implementation of the second fixing unit 36, which is deemed expedient by a person skilled in the art, would also be conceivable.