Patents by Inventor Paul Murrell

Paul Murrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20050011331
    Abstract: A stringed instrument with a plurality of strings arranged in a non-size sequential order to achieve new string arrangements. This invention teaches a tuned string arrangement for a stringed instrument or guitar with the tuned string arrangement utilizing a tuning sequence of ‘low E,’ ‘extra low A,’ ‘d,’ ‘high g,’ ‘low B,’ and ‘high e.’ The standard prior art sequential string size order is altered by placing the sixth string of a conventional guitar string set in the sixth position, placing an extra large selected replacement string that is to be tuned one octave lower than the string it replaces in the fifth position, placing the fourth string of the conventional guitar string set in the fourth position, placing a replacement string slightly smaller than the first string of the conventional guitar string set in the third position, placing the fifth string of the conventional guitar string set in the second position and placing the first string of the conventional guitar string set in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Murrell
  • Publication number: 20050011334
    Abstract: A stringed instrument with a plurality of strings arranged in a non-size sequential order to achieve new string arrangements. This invention teaches a tuned string arrangement for a stringed instrument or guitar with the tuned string arrangement utilizing a tuning sequence of ‘e,’ ‘low A,’ ‘low D,’ ‘high g,’ ‘high b,’ and ‘high e.’ The standard prior art sequential string size order is altered by placing the fourth string of a conventional guitar string set in the sixth position, placing the fifth string of the conventional guitar set in the fifth position, placing a string slightly larger than the sixth string of the conventional guitar set in the fourth position, placing a string slightly smaller than the first string of the conventional guitar string set in the third position, placing the second string of the conventional guitar string set in the second position and placing the first string of the conventional guitar string set in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Murrell
  • Publication number: 20050011333
    Abstract: A stringed instrument with a plurality of strings arranged in a non-size sequential order to achieve new string arrangements. This invention teaches a tuned string arrangement for a stringed instrument or guitar with the tuned string arrangement utilizing a tuning sequence of ‘high e,’ ‘extra high a,’ ‘high d,’ ‘high g,’ ‘extra high b,’ and ‘e.’ The standard prior art sequential string size order is altered by removing all the strings from a classical (conventional) guitar: the sixth position is strung with the first string, the fifth position is strung with a replacement string smaller than the first string, the fourth position is strung with a replacement string slightly larger than the first string, the third position is strung with a replacement string slightly smaller than the first string, the second position is strung with a replacement string smaller than the first string, and the first position is strung with the fourth string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Murrell
  • Publication number: 20050011335
    Abstract: A stringed instrument with a plurality of strings arranged in a non-size sequential order to achieve new string arrangements. This invention teaches a tuned string arrangement for a stringed instrument or guitar with the tuned string arrangement utilizing a tuning sequence of ‘e,’ ‘high a,’ ‘high d,’ ‘high g,’ ‘low B’, and ‘low E.’ The standard prior art sequential string size order is altered by placing the sixth string in the first position, the fifth string in the second position, a string slightly smaller than the first string in the third position, the first string in the fourth position, the second string in the fifth position and the fourth string in the sixth position. After the string changes have been made each string is tuned to the note name of its present position. (It should be noted the tuning of the present invention may be altered at the discretion of the musician using it.) For playing purposes the instrument is played as if the string replacements and changes have not occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Murrell
  • Patent number: 6365808
    Abstract: A stringed instrument with a plurality of strings arranged in a non-size sequential order to achieve new string arrangements. This invention teaches a tuned string arrangement for a stringed instrument or guitar with the tuned string arrangement utilizing a tuning sequence of ‘high e’, ‘high a’, ‘d’, ‘g’, ‘low B’, and ‘low E’. The standard prior art sequence of four guitar strings are reversed with ‘low E’ string and ‘high e’ string reversed in position, and the ‘low A’ string and ‘high b’ string reversed in position. The ‘low A’ string is tuned to a ‘low B’ note one tone higher than the original ‘low A’ note and the ‘high b’ string is tuned to a ‘high a’ note one tone lower than the original ‘high b’ note. Thus, a non-size sequence of strings is taught for new musical intervals between the strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Paul Murrell