Pickup cover for electric guitars
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.
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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 |
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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