# US 11,114,072 B2 · Guitar support pad and playing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,114,072 B2 - Document ID: US11114072B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/825,272 - Filed: 2020-03-20 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-25 - Applicants: Carter B. White - Inventors: Carter B. White - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11114072B2 ## CPC - G10G 5/005: {while playing, e.g. cord, strap or harness (rests or guards as part of the instruments, see the particular instruments, e.g. G10D3/18)} - G10D 1/08: Guitars - G10G: REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS (music stands A47B; non-musical aspects of musical toy instruments A63H5/00; metronomes G04F5/02; teaching music G09B15/00) - 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 guitar pad include a sheet of flexible material including a peripheral edge and a middle region extending entirely and continuously within the peripheral edge. The middle region includes surface area dimensions substantially greater than the thickness of the sheet, a first surface that is compressible, and a second surface which is at least partially conformably drapable over a portion of a guitar. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A guitar pad comprising a sheet of flexible material including a peripheral edge and a middle region extending entirely and continuously within the peripheral edge, wherein said middle region has surface area dimensions substantially greater than the thickness of the sheet, a first surface that is compressible, and a second surface which is at least partially conformably drapable over a portion of a guitar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The guitar pad of claim 1, further comprising an attachment strap attached to the sheet of flexible material and extendable therefrom. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The guitar pad of claim 2, further comprising a hook connected to the attachment strap and configured to be engageable with the guitar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The guitar pad of claim 1, wherein said first surface is formed by a material having a fibrous texture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The guitar pad of claim 1, wherein said second surface of said sheet has a coefficient of friction large enough to inhibit free sliding motion of said pad on an outer surface of the guitar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The guitar pad of claim 1, wherein said sheet of material has a composite structure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The guitar pad of claim 6, wherein said sheet of material has a laminated structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The guitar pad of claim 7, wherein said sheet of material includes an upper lamination made of a resiliently compressible material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The guitar pad of claim 8, wherein said sheet of material includes a lower lamination made of a material which has a coefficient of friction large enough to inhibit free sliding motion of said pad on a guitar. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The guitar pad of claim 7, wherein said sheet of material includes a lower lamination made of a material which has a coefficient of friction large enough to inhibit free sliding motion of said pad on a guitar. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The guitar pad of claim 10, wherein said sheet of material includes an upper lamination made of resiliently compressible material, both the upper lamination and the lower lamination extending continuously and entirely within the peripheral edge, the lower lamination being thinner than the upper lamination. ### Claim 12 A method of using a guitar pad to facilitate playing a guitar, said method comprising the steps of: draping a guitar pad conformably over a portion of a guitar, said guitar pad including opposing first and second surfaces, a peripheral edge and a middle region extending entirely and continuously within the peripheral edge, the guitar pad being draped with said second surface of said pad facing the guitar; and positioning the guitar at a desired position relative to a user, such that at least a portion of the guitar pad is positioned between the guitar and the user, with at least a portion of the first surface facing the user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method recited in claim 12, further comprising the step of extending an attachment strap away from a body of the guitar pad toward a guitar opening formed on the guitar. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method recited in claim 13, further comprising the step of attaching a hook to the guitar, the hook being connected to the attachment strap. ### Claim 15 A guitar pad for use by a seated guitar player comprising essentially of a tanned sheepskin, said tanned sheepskin including a peripheral edge and a middle region extending entirely and continuously within the peripheral edge and having generally a size and shape which enable said sheepskin to be draped over a portion of a guitar, said sheepskin having a wooly section for interfacing with a user and a tanned leather section for placement on the guitar. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The guitar pad of claim 11 wherein said woolly section of said sheepskin has a thickness in the approximate range of about ¾ inch to about 1½ inch. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The guitar pad of claim 12 wherein said tanned leather section has a thickness in the approximate range of about 1/16th inch to about ⅛ inch. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The guitar pad of claim 11 wherein said tanned leather section has a thickness in the approximate range of about 1/16th inch to about ⅛ inch. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The guitar pad of claim 14 wherein said wooly section of said sheepskin has a thickness in the approximate range of about ¾ inch to about 1½ inch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The guitar pad of claim 11 wherein said sheepskin has a quadrangular shape.