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Author: bob49t
Date: 2004-09-06 06:42
I've just replied to LeOpus regarding accident prevention ie picking up an open clarinet case.
Now I haven't searched for similar topics, but thought it might be useful for the wider audience esp those new to the BB - to prevent Broken Buffets, Lame Leblancs, Sickly Selmers, and - in my (clarinet) case - Beaten (up) Eatons - perish the thought.
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I've done this several times - luckily with no ill effect but I saw a simple but great remedy in CASS (GB) magazine.
It's important to be aware that the case is open - SO - glue a small piece of expanded foam inside the case in such a position that when the zips are opened the pressure on the foam is released and the case sits obviously open.
I would suggest an improvment to this by simply adding a short length of white/orange/fluorescent adhesive tape on the lower part of the case at the front, just inside the zip, so you can't miss the fact that it's open, even in a dimly lit orchestra pit.
This should prevent the accident happening again.
Beats me why the case manufacturers haven't seen the light here - it's out now - too late to patent.
As ever, the simple remedies are the best.
RT
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-09-06 14:51
Bob49T - The only disagreement I have with your post is that "its too late to patent" . Your INITIAL writing/recording of your suggestions [a patent idea in reality] if accompanied by your signature, an "early" date and a "Read and Understood by" signature/date by another person is generally adequate to establish inventorship even when/if "challenged" in legal proceedings. After that, your or other's "development" [conversion to practice] of your idea should satisfy the "diligence" requirement, and the filing of an application-to-patent [skilled help is strongly recommended] in your country's patent office. In the US Pat-Trademark Office, examination by technically-competent persons takes place, to answer the questions of "new and different", "useful" and "unobvious" in the affirmative and it is then "patentable", so, then paying all of the fees, a patent will be granted and issued. It does take a while, many steps required, and help is needed to obtain a "good-comprehensive" patent which may be worth much in the marketplace. Gosh, how I go on !!, just dont try to re-invent "perpetual motion" its been tried and failed many times !! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: ChrisC
Date: 2004-09-06 16:27
Back in high school, after a couple of dreadful mishaps involving my tenor sax tumbling out of an open case, I taped a piece of paper to the top of the case reading: "Lock the case before picking it up, you idiot."
Never had a problem again.
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2004-09-06 21:47
Well Don, thank you for the inside information on US patent office and its workings. Very interesting.
Like all of these things, don't we just wish we'd thought of it ourselves ?
Let's just hope a good few of our BB pals will take the original idea (whoever suggested it) and apply it to their advantage. This is the beauty of a forum like this.
RT
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