Patents by Inventor Richard J. LoJacono

Richard J. LoJacono 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).

  • Apparatus and method for tuning guitars
    Patent number: 5750910
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of tuning a string instrument such as an electric guitar which is commonly provided with a solid body structure and a fretboard, wherein the tuning apparatus includes an adjustable bridge provided with a plurality of adjustable saddle bridge members secured to the body of the guitar, and a nut having a plurality of adjustable nut saddle members mounted at the distal end of the fretboard adjacent the tension mechanism to which the strings are attached. The adjustment of the bridge saddle members establishes a true intonation of each string with respect to the twelfth fret and all of the intervals between the twelfth fret and the bridge. The nut saddle members are adjusted to establish a true intonation of each string with respect to the first fret and the intervening intervals between the first fret and the twelfth fret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
    Inventor: Richard J. LoJacono
  • Apparatus and method of tuning guitars and the like
    Patent number: 5481956
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of tuning a string instruments such as electric guitars which is commonly provided with a solid body structure and a fretboard, wherein the tuning apparatus includes an adjustable bridge in which there is provided a plurality of adjustable saddle bridge members secured to the body of the guitar, and a nut having a plurality of adjustable nut saddle members mounted at the distal end of the fretboard adjacent the tension mechanism to which the strings are attached. The adjustment of the bridge saddle members establishes a true intonation of each string with respect to the twelfth fret and all of the intervals between the twelfth fret and the bridge. The nut saddle members are adjusted to establish a true intonation of each string with respect to the first fret and the intervening intervals between the first fret and the twelfth fret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Francis X. LoJacono, Sr.
    Inventors: Richard J. LoJacono, James D. Walseth
  • Microphone stand attachment for sheet music
    Patent number: D256754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Inventors: Richard J. LoJacono, James D. Seal
  • Tempered loop fret
    Patent number: D401266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Richard J. LoJacono