Patents by Inventor Gregory W Cherry

Gregory W Cherry 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).

  • Sound generating instrument
    Patent number: 8106277
    Abstract: A sound generating instrument having at least three resonant struts, each resonant strut having a length, terminal ends, longitudinal axis along said length and cross section. At least nine tension elements are provided causing the resonant struts to be compressively connected to other resonant struts by attachment of the tension elements at at least two points along the longitudinal axis of each resonant strut. A striker element is provided for selectively contacting the resonant struts for generating sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Ronald J Barnett, Gregory W Cherry, Michio Furukawa
  • SOUND GENERATING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20110126692
    Abstract: A sound generating instrument having at least three resonant struts, each resonant strut having a length, terminal ends, longitudinal axis along said length and moss section. At least nine tension elements are provided causing the resonant struts to be compressively connected to other resonant struts by attachment of the tension elements at at least two points along the longitudinal axis of each resonant strut. A striker element is provided for selectively contacting the resonant struts for generating sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald J. Barnett, Gregory W. Cherry, Michio Furukawa