Patents by Inventor Robert P. Denton

Robert P. Denton 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).

  • Patent number: 9865234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for adjustably associating two components such as two components of a stringed instrument. Such invention is particularly well suited for adjusting the action of a guitar and for allowing any one of a plurality of guitar necks to be quickly and easily associated with a guitar body. One embodiment of the invention includes associating a body-plate with a body interface defined by guitar body and configured for being mechanically associated with a neck-plate associated with a guitar neck wherein the body-plate in the neck-plate are movably associated with each other so that the action of the guitar maybe easily adjusted. Another embodiment of the invention utilizes a pintle block and pillow block configuration for providing the same function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Robert P. Denton
  • Publication number: 20130042740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for adjustably associating two components such as two components of a stringed instrument. Such invention is particularly well suited for adjusting the action of a guitar and for allowing any one of a plurality of guitar necks to be quickly and easily associated with a guitar body. One embodiment of the invention includes associating a body-plate with a body interface defined by guitar body and configured for being mechanically associated with a neck-plate associated with a guitar neck wherein the body-plate in the neck-plate are movably associated with each other so that the action of the guitar maybe easily adjusted. Another embodiment of the invention utilizes a pintle block and pillow block configuration for providing the same function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventor: Robert P. Denton