Patents by Inventor Patrick Geoffrey Thomson

Patrick Geoffrey Thomson 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).

  • Switching apparatus for electric guitar pickups
    Patent number: 5763808
    Abstract: Switching apparatus for selection of pickup coils of an electric guitar having dual coil bridge humbucker pickups, dual coil fingerboard humbucker pickups and a single coil intermediate pickup. The apparatus comprises a four-gang three-way switch and a two-gang five-way switch interconnected so that the guitarist may control which combinations of pickups operate at any one time thereby providing the tonal characteristics of a STRATOCASTER, a LES PAUL or a "coil tapped" LES PAUL guitar optional "out of phase" tonalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventor: Patrick Geoffrey Thomson