Music Stand Wind Screen Apparatus

Abstract

The Invention is a music stand having a wind guard to prevent sheet music from being disturbed by the wind. A substantially transparent wind guard panel is attached generally normal to a base. A spring clamp attached to the base resiliently and releasably attaches the base to the music stand shelf. The spring clamp and base support the wind guard panel generally parallel to the music stand desk. The resilient attachment of the base to the shelf allows a musician to tilt the base and wind guard panel to allow access to sheet music on the music stand desk.

1 . A music stand apparatus for supporting sheet music and protecting the sheet music from the wind, the apparatus comprising:
 a. a music stand desk;   b. a music stand shelf connected to said music stand desk substantially normal to said music stand desk, said music stand desk and said music stand shelf in combination being configured to support the sheet music;   c. a music stand column attached to said music stand desk, said music stand column supporting said music stand desk and said music stand shelf;   d. a ground-engaging music stand base, said music stand base being attached to said music stand column, said music stand base supporting said music stand column in a generally upright position:   e. a wind guard panel, said wind guard panel being substantially transparent, said wind guard panel having a wind guard panel bottom end;   f. a wind guard base, said wind guard base being attached to said wind guard panel bottom end, said wind guard base being substantially normal to said wind guard panel, said wind guard base having a bottom side, said wind guard base bottom side being in a movable engagement with said music stand shelf, said wind guard panel being in a spaced-apart relation to said music stand desk, said wind guard panel being in a position generally parallel to said music stand desk.   
   
   
       2 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said wind guard panel is composed of a material capable of supporting an electrical charge relative to the sheet music. 
   
   
       3 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said movable engagement of said wind guard base with said music stand shelf is a resilient movable engagement. 
   
   
       4 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 3 , the apparatus further comprising a spring clamp, said sprint clamp being attached to said wind guard base, said spring clamp having a spring clamp jaw, said spring clamp jaw releasably attaching said wind guard base to said music stand shelf, said spring clamp jaw has an open position and a closed position, said spring clamp jaw when in said open position being configured to receive said music stand shelf, said spring clamp jaw when in said closed position being configured to resiliently clamp said wind guard base to said music stand shelf, whereby said spring clamp urges said wind guard base into said movable resilient engagement with said music stand shelf. 
   
   
       5 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 4  wherein said spring clamp jaw when in said closed position resiliently urges said wind guard panel into said position substantially parallel to said music stand desk and in said spaced-apart relation to said music stand desk. 
   
   
       6 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said wind guard base is elongated and has, a first end and a second end, said first end being generally parallel to said second end, said wind guard panel bottom end being attached to said first end, said spring clamp defining a clamping line, said clamping line being substantially parallel to said bottom side of said wind guard base. 
   
   
       7 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said spring clamp comprises an upper spring clamp jaw and a lower spring clamp jaw, said bottom side of said wind guard base defining said upper spring clamp jaw, said clamping line being defined by said lower spring clamp jaw. 
   
   
       8 . The music stand of  claim 7  wherein said music stand shelf has an upper surface and said spring clamp when in said closed position resiliently urges said bottom side of said wind guard base into engagement with said upper surface of said music stand shelf. 
   
   
       9 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 8  wherein said clamping line is proximal to said first end and distal to said second end, said first end being proximal to said music stand desk when said spring clamp jaw is in said closed position and said spring clamp jaw is resiliently urging said wind guard panel into said position substantially parallel to said music stand desk. 
   
   
       10 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 9  wherein said clamping line is proximal to said second end and distal to said first end, said second end being proximal to said music stand desk when said spring clamp jaw is in said closed position and said spring clamp jaw is resiliently urging said wind guard panel into said position substantially parallel to said music stand desk. 
   
   
       11 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 10  wherein said spring clamp has a selectable first position and a selectable second position with respect to said wind guard base, when said spring clamp is in said first position said clamping line is proximal to said first end and distal to said second end, when said spring clamp is in said second position said clamping line is proximal to said second end and distal to said first end. 
   
   
       12 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 11  wherein said spring clamp is rotatable between said first and said second positions. 
   
   
       13 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said spring clamp comprises a pair of spring clamps, said clamping line being defined by said pair of said spring clamps. 
   
   
       14 . A music stand apparatus for protecting sheet music from the wind when the sheet music is supported on the desk of a music stand having a music stand shelf mounted substantially normal to the music stand desk, the apparatus comprising:
 a. a wind guard panel, said wind guard panel being substantially transparent, said wind guard panel having a wind guard panel bottom end;   b. a wind guard base, said wind guard base being attached to said wind guard panel bottom end, said wind guard base being substantially normal to said substantially transparent panel;   c. a spring clamp, said spring claim being attached to said wind guard base, said spring clamp having a spring clamp jaw, said spring clamp jaw releasably attaching said wind guard base to said music stand shelf.   
   
   
       15 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 14  wherein said spring clamp jaw has an open position and a closed position, said spring clamp jaw when in said open position being configured to receive the music stand shelf, said spring clamp jaw when in said closed position being configured to resiliently clamp said wind guard base to the music stand shelf,
 said spring clamp jaw when in said closed position resiliently urging said wind guard panel into a position substantially parallel to the music stand desk and in a spaced-apart relation to the music stand desk.   
   
   
       16 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 15  wherein said wind guard base is elongated and has a bottom side, a first end and a second end, said first end being generally parallel to said second end, said wind guard panel bottom end being attached to said first end, said spring clamp defining a clamping line, said clamping line being substantially parallel to said bottom side of said wind guard base. 
   
   
       17 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 16  wherein said spring clamp comprises an upper spring clamp jaw and a lower spring clamp jaw, said bottom side of said wind guard base defining said upper spring clamp jaw, said clamping line being defined by said lower spring clamp jaw, said spring clamp when in said closed position resiliently urging said bottom side of said wind guard base into engagement with an upper surface of the music stand shelf. 
   
   
       18 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 17  wherein said clamping line is proximal to said first end and distal to said second end, said first end being proximal to said music stand desk when said spring clamp jaw is in said closed position and said spring clamp jaw is resiliently urging said wind guard panel into said position substantially parallel to said music stand desk. 
   
   
       19 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 17  wherein said clamping line is proximal to said second end and distal to said first end, said second end being proximal to said music stand desk when said spring clamp jaw is in said closed position and said spring clamp jaw is resiliently urging said wind guard panel into said position substantially parallel to said music stand desk. 
   
   
       20 . The music stand apparatus of  claim 17  wherein said spring clamp is rotatable between a first selectable position and a selectable second position with respect to said wind guard base, when said spring clamp is in said first position said clamping line is proximal to said first end and distal to said second end, when said spring clamp is in said second position said clamping line is proximal to said second end and distal to said first end.