Patents by Inventor Paul Richard Gustafson

Paul Richard Gustafson 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).

  • Ultimate Thumb Pick, for stringed musical instruments
    Publication number: 20180025707
    Abstract: The invention is generally a thumb pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and having a substantially uniform thickness, with a side “pick pocket” attached thereto proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot, capable of encapsulating and “hugging” the user's plectrum of choice while allowing said plectrum to extend beyond the side of the cot at an approximate right angle such that the plectrum is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a thumb digit of a user with the pick pocket holding the plectrum firmly in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Richard Gustafson, Robert Eric Gustafson
  • Pick for string instruments
    Patent number: 8502053
    Abstract: The invention is generally a pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness, as well as a pick capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument attached thereto proximate to the cot's hemisphere and extending beyond the hemisphere away from the cot such that the pick is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Richard Gustafson, James Harrell Cobb, Robert Eric Gustafson
  • Pick for string instruments
    Publication number: 20120090445
    Abstract: The invention is generally a pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness, as well as a pick capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument attached thereto proximate to the cot's hemisphere and extending beyond the hemisphere away from the cot such that the pick is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Richard Gustafson, James Harrell Cobb, Robert Eric Gustafson