Barre chord device
OwnerArthur Buswellinventor
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Abstract
A barre chord device can include a strip of rubber, elastomeric or other resilient material with heat formed creases and protruding shims. A guitar player attaches the strip at discrete places to the index finger of his fretting hand. When the guitar musician performs a barre chord, the strip concentrates barre force to the strings. Shims press into the concave mid-finger keeping the strip straight on a string side to provide uniform barre pressure. Muscular effort is minimized. Creases cause the strip to fold neatly to a thumb side when the index finger is curled to perform non-barre chords and scales.
Claims16
A barre chord device, comprising:
- a resilient strip;
- a plurality of attachments to bind a finger-side of said strip to an index finger, the strip extending along a length of the index finger;
- and
- shape-memory creases formed into said strip at a plurality of locations to cause the strip to bend in a lateral direction between two of the plurality of attachments, when the index finger is curled.
A barre chord device, comprising:
- a strip of elastomeric material of pre-determined dimensions;
- a plurality of attachment loops selected from the group consisting of:
- tape, rubber rings, and elastic fabric to bind a finger-side of said strip to the length of a user's index finger;
- a plurality of shims of pre-determined dimensions which attach to the finger-side of said strip to contact the index finger at its middle phalanx;
- and
- shape-memory creases formed into said strip at a plurality of locations to cause the strip to bend in a lateral direction between two of the plurality of attachments loops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.