US1431007A - Supporting attachment for violins - Google Patents

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C. A. KENNE.

SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR VIOLINS. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. 1.921.

1,431,007, Patented, Oct. 13,1922.

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SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR VIOLIN'S.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. 1921.

Patented Oct; 3, 1922.

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UNITED STATES CASPER A. KENNE, or WHITTEMQRE, IOWA.

SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR VIOLIN S.

Application filed October 3, 1921. Serial No. 504,964.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Caseme A. KENNE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at VVhittemore, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Supporting Attachment for Violins, of which the following is a specification.

supporting attachments for violins, andit consists in certain peculiarities of the con struction, novel arrangement and .combination of the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The object of the invention is to furnish a very simple and inexpensive device to be used in connection witha violin, for supporting the same on the body of the user or performer, in such a way as to perfectly position theinstrument and to avoid the tendency of the violin to slip downward on the chest of the user, as well as to prevent the instrument from tipping twisting.

Another object is to provide an attachment ofthe abovementioned general character, which canbe readily attached to or removed from a violin and its parts easily, detached one from another for the purpose of facilitating their carriage in a violin case.

Other objects and advantagesof the invention will be disclosed in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawings, which{ Fig. 1 is a bottom plan View of a violin" with my attachment mounted thereon with its parts in about the positions they will occupy when ready for use.

Fig. 2 is an inverted view in side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear end View of the violin showing it inverted and illustrating the attachment as being held in place by the clip of a chin rest on the violin body.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental erspective view of a portion of the body of a man showing about the positions the parts of my improved attachment will occupy with respect to his body when the violin is supported by such attachment. In this view the body of the violin, as well as that of the man, is shownin dotted lines.

Fig. 5 is a detached grouped view of the forwardly, or

parts of, the attachment looking at them from ,their lower surfaces, and

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on lines 6- 6 of Fig. 5=showing the construction of the socketed members of the attachment.

Like numerals of reference refer tocorresponding parts throughout the different 1 views of the drawings. This invention relates to improvements in The reference numeral 10v designates the body of a'violm onthe rear end and upper surface of which is mounted a chin rest 11,

which chin rest may be of the ordinary or any preferred.construction, butby preference has extended therefrom a pair of connections 12 which engage a flange or hook 13 locatedon the lower surface of the rear end of the violin and in engagement with .the rim thereof. The connections 12 may chin restclip is employed in connection with my attachment, a supporting member,

designated as a whole by. the numeral 1 1 and having a deflected tongue 15 at one of its ends, is interposed between the flange 13 and the adjacent surface of the violin, that is, the end of the deflected tongue15 of the supporting member 14 is so positioned. This supporting member is by preference made of sheet metal and has flanges 16 at its side edges folded inwardly or towards each other to provide a socket 17 for the member to be engaged thereby as will be presently explained.

While I have shown the socket member 14 as being held on the violin body by means of a chin rest clip, yet I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to such means for mounting the socket member at the proper point on the lower surface of the Violin body by any suitable means,

but of course it will be understood that the chin rest clip affords a convenient means for thispurpose.

Fitted in the socket 17 of the member 14 is a tongue 18 extended diagonally above and across an arm 19 which is provided at its end. opposite the tongue 18 with atransversely disposed extension "20 which is upwardly bowed and provided on its lower surface with a pad 21 of any suitable material to rest against the chest or breast of the violinist.

As is clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the arm 19, tongue 18 thereof, and extension 20, are preferably made of a single piece of material, and the arm 19 has a bend as at 22 towards the body of the user, in order to cause the pad '21 and extension 2O therefor to rest slightly diagonally on the breast of the user.

That end of the arm 19 opposite the extension 20 is adapted to be inserted in a socket member 23 with which the inner end of an arcuate shoulder'rest 24 is provided. This shoulder rest is curved as shown in the various views of the drawings to correspond with the contour of the shoulder of the user of the instrument, and when slid on the free end of the arnrl9, will be held in place by means of a pin 25 on said arm engaging a suitable recess 26 in the socket member 23.

F rom' the foregoing, and by reference to the (:lrawings, it will be clearly seen and readily understood that I'have provided by my improvements a support for violins which, when attached to the rear lower1-portion of the body of a violin,'willprovide means for a shoulder rest to prevent the violin slipping down 'on' the body of the user,

and it is'also manifest that abreast-rest will be furnished to prevent tipping of theviolin body as well as twisting thereof. The shoulder-rest 24 extends slightly over the shoulder and rearward'ly'thereof, and as it is curved to conform to the curvature of the shoulder, it is manifest that the violin will be securely held in the proper position and with comfort to the user.

Vhile I have shown one embodiment of the invention, yet I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction thereof as herein above described and shown in the drawings, for it is apparent that various slight changes in the construction of the device may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A supporting attachment for violins comprising a supporting member secured to the lower surface of the rear end of a violin and extended in the direction of the front end thereof, a breast-rest having an arm extended from one of its edges near one of its ends, said arm being extended diagonally across and below said supporting member, a shoulder rest detachably mounted on the rear portion of said arm and extended rearwardly beyond the rear end of the violin to rest on and over the shoulder of the user thereof, a tongue extended from the breastrest-arm diagonally across the same and detachably mounted on the said supporting member. 7

2. A supporting attachn'ient for violins comprising a socketed supporting membe secured to the lower surface of the rear end of a violin and extended in the direction of the front end thereof, a breast-rest having 811211'111 extended from one of its ends. said arm being extended diagonally across and below said supporting member. a shoulderrest detachably mounted on the rear portion of said arm and extended rearwardly beyond the rear end of the violin to rest on and over the shoulder of the user thereof, a tongue extended from the breast-rest arm diagonally across the same and detachably mounted on said socketed supporting member.

CASPER A. KENNE.

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