1. A guitar stand, comprising in combination:
a) a generally upright backer having a front side that is inclined rearwardly,
b) structure supporting the backer,
c) and a guitar body support or supports, carried by the backer or said structure to project outwardly relative to said front face, to seat the lower portion or portions of the guitar body, with the guitar and its fingerboard then inclined upwardly and rearwardly proximate said backer front side,
d) the backer, or a major portion of the backer, having an outline shape substantially the same as that of the guitar body, to be supported.
2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said supports are spaced to seat lower left and right portions of the guitar body.
3. The combination of claim 2 including the guitar body cradled by the supports.
4. The combination of claim 3 wherein the guitar body projects downwardly at the space between the left and right supports.
5. The combination of claim 4 wherein the left and right supports comprise left and right pegs projecting at generally the same level.
6. The combination of claim 4 wherein the backer projects upwardly rearwardly of the guitar body and fingerboard.
7. The combination of claim 1 wherein said structure supporting the backer includes leg means projecting downwardly relative to the backer, whereby the guitar is cradled by the backer and said outwardly projecting supports.
8. The combination of claim 7 wherein said leg means have floor engaging parts or surfaces which are spaced apart to stably support the backer with a guitar body seated on said body support or supports.
9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said leg means include two legs projecting downwardly from left and right portions of the backer.
10. The combination of claim 9 wherein said leg means include a rear leg projecting downwardly from a rear portion of the backer.
11. A guitar stand, comprising in combination:
a) a generally upright backer having a front side that is inclined rearwardly,
b) structure supporting the backer,
c) and a guitar body support or supports, carried by the backer or said structure to project outwardly relative to said front face, to seat the lower portion or portions of the guitar body, with the guitar and its fingerboard then inclined upwardly and rearwardly proximate said backer front side the backer, or a major portion of the backer, having an outline shape substantially the same as that of the guitar body to be supported,
d) said structure supporting the backer including leg means protecting downwardly relative to the backer, whereby the guitar is cradled by the backer and said outwardly projecting supports,
e) said leg means having floor engaging parts or surfaces which are spaced apart to stably support the backer with a guitar body seated on said body support or supports,
f) said leg means including two legs projecting downwardly from left and right portions of the backer,
g) said leg means including a rear leg projecting downwardly from a rear portion of the backer,
h) and wherein said rear leg is pivotally connected to the backer, to swing between collapsed position adjacent the backer, and extended position projecting away from the backer rear portion.
12. The combination of claim 11 including a holder carried by the backer to hold the rear leg in said collapsed position.
13. The combination of claim 11 including magnetic means to hold the rear leg in said collapsed position.
14. The combination of claim 1 wherein said backer front side has a display face, to be fully visible when a guitar is removed from supported relation by said backer and projecting supports.
15. A guitar stand, comprising in combination
a) a guitar carrier and a three point guitar body support on the carrier,
b) and a multi-point ground engaging support for the carrier,
c) and wherein the carrier or a major portion of the carrier has an outline shape the same as that of the guitar body, to be supported.
16. The combination of claim 15 including a guitar body supported on the carrier, and gravitationally cradled at the following locations:
i) at left and right locations adjacent curved body edges,
ii) and at the back of the guitar body.
17. The combination of claim 11 wherein the backer or a major portion of the backer, has an outline shape the same as that of the guitar body or a lower portion of the guitar body, to be supported.
18. The combination of claim 1 including said guitar supported by the backer so that the guitar body outline is superimposed on the backer outline.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An optical information recording medium comprising
a substrate; and
a recording layer provided on the substrate, to which recording layer information can be recorded and from which the information can be replayed by laser irradiation,
wherein the substrate comprises a transparent disc-shaped substrate having a pregroove with a track pitch of 0.2 to 0.5 \u03bcm formed thereon, and the recording layer is provided on a surface of a side of the substrate on which surface the pregroove is formed, and
wherein the recording layer comprises a compound represented by the following formula
wherein at least one of X1 and X2 is a hetero atom, and X1 and X2 form a five- or six-membered hetero ring (A) selected from the group consisting of benzothiazoline ring, a benzoxazoline ring, and a benzodithiol ring, each of which may be further fused with other aromatic rings;
Y1 and Y2 are substituents, at least one of Y1 and Y2 represents \u2014CN, \u2014COR1, \u2014COOR2, \u2014CONR3R4, \u2014SOR5, \u2014SO2R6 or \u2014SO2NR7R8, each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom an alkyl group or an aryl group, and Y1 and Y2 may be linked together to form a ring other than a 2-thiohydantoin ring.
2. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the wavelength of the laser is no more than 440 nm.
3. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the laser is a semiconductor laser having the wavelength of near 405 nm.
4. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein one of X1 and X2 in the compound represented by formula (I) comprises a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom.
5. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein Y1 and Y2 in the compound represented by formula (I) each represents \u2014CN, \u2014COR1, \u2014COOR2 or \u2014CONR3R4 and Y1 and Y2 may be linked together to form a ring.
6. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the hetero ring (A) formed by X1 and X2 in the compound represented by formula (I) comprises a benzodithiol ring which may be further fused with other aromatic rings.
7. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising a light reflecting layer, which is separate from the recording layer and is formed from a metal.
8. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising a protective layer, which is separate from the recording layer.
9. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the hetero ring (A) formed by X1 and X2 in the compound represented by formula (I) comprises a benzothiazoline ring which may be further fused with other aromatic rings.
10. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the hetero ring (A) formed by X1 and X2 in the compound represented by formula (I) comprises a benzoxazoline ring which may be further fused with other aromatic rings.
11. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein Y1 and Y2 in the compound represented by formula (I) each represents \u2014CN, \u2014COR1, \u2014COOR2 or \u2014CONR3R4, wherein Y1 and Y2 are not linked together to form a ring.
12. A method for recording information, comprising the step of: irradiating an optical information recording medium with a laser to record the information; wherein the optical information recording medium comprises:
a substrate; and
a recording layer provided on the substrate, to which recording layer information can be recorded and from which the information can be replayed by laser irradiation,
wherein the substrate comprises a transparent disc-shaped substrate having a pregroove with a track pitch of 0.2 to 0.5 \u03bcm formed thereon, and the recording layer is provided on a surface of a side of the substrate on which surface the pregroove is formed,
wherein the recording layer comprises a compound represented by the following formula
wherein at least one of X1 and X2 is a hetero atom, and X1 and X2 form a five- or six-membered hetero ring (A) selected from the group consisting of benzothiazoline ring, a benzoxazoline ring, and a benzodithiol ring, each of which may be further fused with other aromatic rings;
Y1 and Y2 are substituents, at least one of Y1 and Y2 represents \u2014CN, \u2014COR1, \u2014COOR2, \u2014CONR3R4, \u2014SOR5, \u2014SO2R6 or \u2014SO2NR7R8, each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and Y1 and Y2 may be linked together to form a ring other than a 2-thiohydantoin ring.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the wavelength of the laser is no more than 440 nm.