Patents by Inventor Howard R. Hamburger, III

Howard R. Hamburger, III 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).

  • Universal strap lock
    Patent number: 6202262
    Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling for adapting any guitar strap having a pair of ends with throughbores to any guitar having a pair of guitar strap-attaching pegs that engage the throughbores in the pair of ends of the guitar strap of the guitar, respectively. The coupling includes a first portion, a second portion, first apparatus, and second apparatus. The first portion engages a first guitar strap-attaching peg of the pair of guitar strap-attaching pegs of the guitar. The second portion is releasably engaged to the first portion and engages the throughbore in a first end of the pair of ends of the guitar strap, with the other throughbore in a second end of the pair of ends of the guitar strap of the guitar engaging with a second guitar strap-attaching peg of the pair of guitar strap-attaching pegs of the guitar. The first apparatus releasably engages the second portion to the first portion. The second apparatus engages the second portion to the first end of the guitar strap of the guitar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Howard R. Hamburger, III