ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,443, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to YAMAHA Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Music score plate support structure for musical instrument" was invented by Kazuhiro Matsushita (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A music score plate support structure for a musical instrument, includes: a music score plate; and a support mechanism portion configured to movably support the music score plate with respect to a front plate of a main body of the musical instrument. The support mechanism portion includes: a connecting portion, a first pivot portion connecting the connecting portion and the front plate of the main body to each other so...