Patents by Inventor Martha Brons

Martha Brons 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).

  • Bow hold training device
    Patent number: 8273973
    Abstract: Training devices for facilitating proper bow holds on bow sticks of bowed stringed instruments. An exemplary training device may include a fingers stabilizer having a body with one or more thumb opening walls that define a thumb opening in the body. The thumb opening walls and/or the thumb opening may guide a thumb to the bow stick and position an end of the thumb at an approximate intersection of a bow stick frog and a bow stick shaft. The body may also include a finger separator that helps position an index finger and a middle finger on the bow stick. The fingers stabilizer may also have contact areas for positioning a ring finger and a pinky finger on the bow stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Things 4 Strings, LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Kimmons, Martha Brons
  • BOW HOLD TRAINING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110094365
    Abstract: Training devices for facilitating proper bow holds on bow sticks of bowed stringed instruments. An exemplary training device may include a fingers stabilizer having a body with one or more thumb opening walls that define a thumb opening in the body. The thumb opening walls and/or the thumb opening may guide a thumb to the bow stick and position an end of the thumb at an approximate intersection of a bow stick frog and a bow stick shaft. The body may also include a finger separator that helps position an index finger and a middle finger on the bow stick. The fingers stabilizer may also have contact areas for positioning a ring finger and a pinky finger on the bow stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: THINGS 4 STRINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Kimmons, Martha Brons
  • Cello bow hold training device
    Patent number: D650830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Things 4 Strings LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Kimmons, Martha Brons