Patents by Inventor Ross Annis

Ross Annis 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: 20060156912
    Abstract: The present invention broadly comprises an electric guitar including a first pickup with first and second coils, a second pickup with third and fourth coils, a first switch connected to the first pickup, and a second switch connected to the second pickup. The first and second switches are arranged to select series, coil tapping, and parallel configurations of the first and second and third and fourth coils, respectively. A selector switch is connected to respective outputs of the first and second switches and arranged to select the first switch output, the second switch output, a series connection of the first and second switch outputs, a series out-of-phase connection of the first and second switch outputs, a parallel connection of the first and second switch outputs, and a parallel out-of-phase configuration of the first and second switch outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Ross Annis, Frank Pirrone