Patents by Inventor Robert Wickens Thompson

Robert Wickens Thompson 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: 20170040008
    Abstract: The invention serves to cut the cost of traveling with additional guitars on commercial aircraft in half by guitar style-specific designed soft outer carrying cases which allow the traveler to combine two hard shell guitar traveling cases inside of one single outside soft cover case. Typically, this qualifies the two guitars as “One” piece of luggage, if under 50 lbs., on most domestic and international airlines and therefore the traveler is only charged a fee for “one” additional piece of luggage. There are no solutions which will combine two acoustic guitars into a one piece baggage item with regards to airline baggage charges. Nor is there any competition which allows the combination of two separate electric guitar cases to be joined together resulting in fewer airline charges for additional luggage. This invention also makes it easier to maneuver two guitars around at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Byrne, Robert Wickens Thompson