Patents by Inventor Keith E. Kelly

Keith E. Kelly 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: 7064259
    Abstract: A training device includes a tubular sleeve mounted to the guitar neck. The sleeve extends along a longitudinal length of the guitar neck and has an open and a closed end portion. A plurality of light-emitting diodes are connected in series and nested within the sleeve. The light-emitting diodes extend along a length of the sleeve and are selectively illuminable. Each light-emitting diode displays one of a red color or a green color, wherein same interchangeably displays the red and green colors. A mechanism is included for automatically illuminating the light-emitting diodes in a sequence corresponding with a desired one of the chords, scales and riffs. The illuminating mechanism is coupled to the light-emitting diodes, mounted to the guitar, and includes a control switch that extends outwardly from the housing. A transformer is mateable to the illuminating mechanism for converting a 110-volt power supply to a 4.5-volt power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Keith E. Kelly