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`DOCUMENT-IDENTIFIER: JP 09163479 A
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`JP 09163479 A
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`TITLE:
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`MICROPHONE STAND
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`PUBN-DATE:
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`June 20, 1997
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`INVENTOR-INFORMATION:
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`NAME
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`FUCHIDOU, MASAMI
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`KOBAYASHI, SHIGERU
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`KANSEI CORP
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`N/A
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`APPL—NO:
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`JPO7316963
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`APPL—DATE: December 5, 1995
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`INT-CL (IPC): HO4ROOl/O0 , Fl6MOl1/24
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`ABSTRACT:
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`PROBLEM TO 3E SOLVED: To prevent a remote
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`controller and a charger from being missing in
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`advance by providing a retractable drawer and a
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`cord reel winding a power cord connecting to a
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`charger into a space on a base plate of a
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`microphone stand.
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`SOLUTION: A drawer 25 containing a remote
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`controller 24 is provided on a base plate 18 o: a
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`microphone stand, a charger 21 to charge a battery
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`22 is provided on the base plate 18 and a cord
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`reel 19 to wind the power cord 20 connecting to
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`the charger 21 is provided. When the remote
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`controller 24 is not
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`the drawer 25 to prevent the remote controller 24
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`from being missing at carrying or storage or the
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`like of the microphone stand. Furthermore,
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`COPYRIGHT:
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`Title Of Invention:
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`Umbrella apparatus
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`Gregory G. Kuelbs
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