Patents Assigned to Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5750910
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of tuning a string instrument such as an electric guitar which is commonly provided with a solid body structure and a fretboard, wherein the tuning apparatus includes an adjustable bridge provided with a plurality of adjustable saddle bridge members secured to the body of the guitar, and a nut having a plurality of adjustable nut saddle members mounted at the distal end of the fretboard adjacent the tension mechanism to which the strings are attached. The adjustment of the bridge saddle members establishes a true intonation of each string with respect to the twelfth fret and all of the intervals between the twelfth fret and the bridge. The nut saddle members are adjusted to establish a true intonation of each string with respect to the first fret and the intervening intervals between the first fret and the twelfth fret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
    Inventor: Richard J. LoJacono
  • Patent number: 5481956
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of tuning a string instruments such as electric guitars which is commonly provided with a solid body structure and a fretboard, wherein the tuning apparatus includes an adjustable bridge in which there is provided a plurality of adjustable saddle bridge members secured to the body of the guitar, and a nut having a plurality of adjustable nut saddle members mounted at the distal end of the fretboard adjacent the tension mechanism to which the strings are attached. The adjustment of the bridge saddle members establishes a true intonation of each string with respect to the twelfth fret and all of the intervals between the twelfth fret and the bridge. The nut saddle members are adjusted to establish a true intonation of each string with respect to the first fret and the intervening intervals between the first fret and the twelfth fret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
    Inventors: Richard J. LoJacono, James D. Walseth
  • Patent number: 5246254
    Abstract: An anti-kinking device used in conjunction with a garden variety water hose, wherein the device includes a housing defined by a tubular body having a coupling member rotatably mounted to the tubular body so as to be connected to a water faucet, wherein the opposite end of the tubular body is threaded so as to connect to a garden-type hose, and further includes an elongated flexible nylon cable that is fixedly secured to a boss member formed in the internal wall of the tubular body, whereby the cable is formed with a length so as to be readily positioned within the full length of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
    Inventors: Francis X. LoJacono, Jr., Robert M. Hooper