Patents by Inventor Frank Whetstine

Frank Whetstine 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).

  • Pick for stringed musical instruments
    Patent number: 7786362
    Abstract: A musician's pick having a pick body made up of both a pick portion and a gripping portion. The pick portion and gripping portion are angularly oriented with respect to each other in a predetermined manner. The predetermined angular orientation between the pick portion and the grip portion of the pick allows the pick portion to engage the strings of an instrument being played in a generally perpendicular relation despite the normal, parallel relation between the strings and the longitudinal axis of the musician's thumb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Frank Whetstine
  • Guitar plectrum
    Patent number: D603449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventor: Frank Whetstine
  • Guitar plectrum
    Patent number: D603891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventor: Frank Whetstine