Patents by Inventor Daniel Derrick

Daniel Derrick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5386757
    Abstract: A device for demonstrating musical scales and chords in various tonics for use with a fretted stringed musical instrument. A housing is of a slide-rule nature and has a transparent simulated fingerboard positioned within a display window. This fingerboard is reticulated, with an imprinted series of uniformly-spaced parallel string lines extending longitudinally and representing the strings of the instrument. These lines are regularly interrupted by an imprinted series of position alignment indicia and tone letters. A series of uniformly-spaced printed parallel lines transverse the longitudinal lines and represent the nut and frets of the instrument. Additional display windows disclose a plurality of related information; these windows are used primarily to identify certain tonal characteristics. A plurality of displaceable medial sliding members is provided, each having a system of tone indicators printed in a predetermined manner. These indicators are used to identify tonality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Inventor: Daniel Derrick