Pickup cover for electric guitars

Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a pickup cover for electric guitars showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left view being identical;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the pickup cover illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 5, the rear view being identical;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 5, the left view being identical;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of the pickup cover illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 9, the rear view being identical;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 9, the left view being identical;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of the pickup cover illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a front elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 13, the rear view being identical;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 13; and

FIG. 16 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment disclosed in FIG. 13, the left view being identical.

When mounted on the face of a guitar body, only the upper portion of each cover is visible, since the lower portion of each cover is--at regions below the indentations at the upper corners--inserted downwardly into recesses in the guitar body.

The holes shown in FIGS. 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-13, and 15-16 are screw holes.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3236930 February 1966 Fender
3535968 October 1970 Rickard
4133243 January 9, 1979 Di Marzio
4151776 May 1, 1979 Stich
4379421 April 12, 1983 Nunan
4524667 June 25, 1985 Duncan
Other references
  • Grossman Music Corp. Catalog, .COPYRGT.1967, p. 395, bottom right-Trophy Banjo Ukulele Bridges; p. 457, top right-Model 500.
Patent History
Patent number: D287602
Type: Grant
Filed: May 1, 1984
Date of Patent: Jan 6, 1987
Inventors: Daniel J. Smith (La Habra, CA), Charles H. Todd, III (La Habra, CA), John F. Page (La Mirada, CA)
Primary Examiner: Bernard Ansher
Assistant Examiner: Theodore M. Shooman
Law Firm: Gausewitz, Carr & Rothenberg
Application Number: 6/605,820