String Instrument Patents (Class D17/14)
Plural neck (Class D17/15)
Harp (Class D17/16)
Violin (Class D17/17)
Simulative (Class D17/18)
Symmetrical outline (Class D17/19)
Element or attachment (Class D17/20)
  • Ergonomic stringed instrument and ergonomic roundback guitar
    Patent number: 7183473
    Abstract: An ergonomic stringed instrument is described, presenting a novel ergonomic design incorporating one or more of an angled waist, provided as part of the waist portion of the stringed instrument bowl or body, and a contoured ridge, provided along at least a portion of the back of the stringed instrument bowl or body. The angled waist is provided on the treble side of the stringed instrument, which side may rest on the leg of a performer, and is configured with an angled contour towards the back of the stringed instrument. The contoured ridge runs along at least a portion of the bass side of the stringed instrument back and defines at least a slightly concave portion on the treble side of the contoured ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kaman Music Corporation
    Inventors: Frank I. Untermyer, Robert Darren Wallace, David McDonald, Scott Keeley, Julian Groeli
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D531203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Heflen Conceptions LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Cook
  • Ukulele
    Patent number: D536029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Gilmore S. H. Ching
  • Stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: D536724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Jerry Dean Cupit
  • Electronic guitar lighter
    Patent number: D537558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventor: Rong Lin
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D539835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventor: Omar Salim Jana Brugal
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D540847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventor: Alan D. Norsworthy
  • Ukelele lighter
    Patent number: D542464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Inventor: Peter Chen
  • Electric contrabass
    Patent number: D545881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Masaharu Ohno
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D549767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Mladen Mitic
  • Mandolin
    Patent number: D550275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Heflen Conceptions LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Cook
  • Short acoustic bass
    Patent number: D551695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventor: David R. Gage
  • Bamboo guitar
    Patent number: D552160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Greenia
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D553180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Heflen Conceptions LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Cook
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D561238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: First Act Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly M. Butler, Craig Small, Ryan Sinn
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D565093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Legendary Sound International Ltd.
    Inventor: Yum Ho Wilbur Chan
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D567280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Algam
    Inventor: Gérard Garnier
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D568375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Campos
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D568376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Campos
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D568377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventors: Kwang Won Kim, Robert John Wiley
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D568925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Design4Sound Vertriebs GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Lechner
  • Ukulele
    Patent number: D574036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventors: Bong Yol Kwak, Karasawa Akira
  • Portion of a video game controller
    Patent number: D576165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Inventors: Raymond Yow, Hong Up Yow
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D579969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Jonathan David Hirsch
  • Bass guitar
    Patent number: D580964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Attila Joseph Csakvary
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D582468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventor: Norbert Rischke
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D583406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Walliot Joel Pietri-Collado
  • Stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: D584336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Marcodi Musical Products, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy E Meeks
  • Stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: D587294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Marcodi Musical Products, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy E. Meeks
  • Stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: D587295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Marcodi Musical Products, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy E Meeks
  • Riveted guitar body
    Patent number: D587742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Inventor: James Normandy
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D588185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Norbert Rischke
  • Guitar controller
    Patent number: D589512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Peavey Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Courtland P. Gray
  • Musical instrument body
    Patent number: D591790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Hermann Schroeder
  • Contoured guitar
    Patent number: D593147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Korg USA Inc.
    Inventors: William Eric Kirkland, Richard M. Lasner, Robert Douglas McDonald
  • Contoured guitar
    Patent number: D594053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Korg USA Inc.
    Inventors: William Eric Kirkland, Richard M. Lasner, Robert Douglas McDonald
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D594502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Inventor: Attila Joseph Csakvary
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D594896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Peavey Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hartley D Peavey, Daniel J Wolper
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D595337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventor: Ector C. Gomez
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D595762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Norbert Rischke
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D595763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Norbert Rischke
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D598044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Wilgenhaege Participatie BV
    Inventors: Robert Bouwmeester, Frans P. van Rens
  • Skateboard guitar
    Patent number: D599397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Aardvark Ingenuity, LLC
    Inventor: Dilmon Ray Nixon, Jr.
  • Ear plug
    Patent number: D601693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Just Plugs, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Butler, John J. Brown
  • Musical instrument body
    Patent number: D604355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventor: Paul J. Kuhn
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D606581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventors: Paul F. Ierymenko, Dale L. Brown
  • Guitar-shaped controller body
    Patent number: D606594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Guinchard, Stephen N. Withers, Lee Yat Lam
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D607041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Jay Tweed, Jr., Eric Joseph Tweed
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D610605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventor: Sean Michael Shannon
  • Bass guitar
    Patent number: D611087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: Attila József Csákváry