# US 10,311,838 B2 · Guitar neck joint

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- Number: US 10,311,838 B2
- Document ID: US10311838B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/810,686
- Filed: 2017-11-13
- Published: 2018-09-06
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-11
- Applicants: Jonathan Mulvey
- Inventors: Jonathan Mulvey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311838B2

## CPC

- G10D 1/085: {Mechanical design of electric guitars}
- G10D 3/095: Details of removable or collapsible necks, e.g. suitable for transport or storage
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)

## Abstract

A neck joint for an electric guitar, comprising an elongated protrusion with rounded corners fitting into a similar-shaped pocket with similarly rounded corners, which creates a strong enough connection between the neck and the body that the neck no longer requires a heel, improving the range of the guitar and the sound of the instrument.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electric guitar, comprising:
a neck, wherein the neck comprises a fingerboard on a first side, wherein the neck comprises a neck joint which attaches to a guitar body on a second side opposite the first side, wherein the neck joint comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners where it contacts the guitar body;
wherein the neck joint comprises a right side and a left side, the right side located to the right of the fingerboard and the left side located to the left of the fingerboard, wherein neither the right side nor the left side comprise a flat surface perpendicular to the fingerboard;
a guitar body, wherein the guitar body comprises a pocket for connecting to the neck joint;
wherein the neck joint comprises an elongated protrusion on the second side of the neck, wherein the protrusion is located approximately along a centerline of the neck, wherein the protrusion comprises a height that is less than a thickness of the guitar body, wherein the protrusion comprises a base, wherein the base of the protrusion comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners, wherein the protrusion comprises a top surface, wherein the perimeter of the top surface comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners;
wherein the pocket in the guitar body comprises a depression of approximately the same shape as the neck joint so that the neck joint can fit into the pocket.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electric guitar of claim 1, wherein the protrusion is approximately 0.6″ high.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electric guitar of claim 1, wherein the protrusion is approximately 2.1″ long.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electric guitar of claim 1, wherein the protrusion is approximately ¼ the width of the neck.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electric guitar of claim 1, wherein the protrusion comprises a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is closer to an end of the neck than the proximal end, wherein the height of the protrusion is variable and higher at the distal end than the proximal end.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electric guitar of claim 1, further comprising:
a pick guard, said pick guard located in such a way as to touch the neck joint.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electric guitar of claim 6, wherein the neck joint comprises a second protrusion on the first side of the neck close to the distal end, wherein the second protrusion contacts the pick guard.