Surface pattern applied to a guitar pickguard

- Gibson Guitar Corp.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a surface pattern applied to a guitar pickguard showing my new design.

The broken lines showing the guitar pickguard are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D240855 August 1976 Schneider
D242072 October 1976 Schneider
D282852 March 4, 1986 D'Aquisto
D293406 December 29, 1987 Mattson
D293641 January 12, 1988 Mattson
4539886 September 10, 1985 Hoffart
Other references
  • A copy of a page from a book entitled Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments--A photographic History, by George Gruhn and Walter Carter (1993). Folk Art Designs, 1949, p. 46. Two pages from Gibson Custom Shop Original Calendar for the year 1992. Page 154 from a book entitled Gibson Guitars 100 Years of an American Icon, by Walter Carter, published in 1994.
Patent History
Patent number: D380228
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 26, 1995
Date of Patent: Jun 24, 1997
Assignee: Gibson Guitar Corp. (Nashville, TN)
Inventor: Lawrence E. Ferguson (Belgrade, MT)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Assistant Examiner: Adir Aronovich
Law Firm: Dougherty, Hessin, Beavers & Gilbert
Application Number: 0/44,562
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D17/20); D7/3964; Decalcomania (D20/11)
International Classification: 1703;