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US 12,260,845 B2Granted
Combination of capo and pick holder and dispenser
OwnerStephen J. Kmaninventor
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Abstract
A combination of a guitar capo and a guitar pick holder and dispenser is configured so picks are available to the player when needed. The pick holder and dispenser has a generally rectangular recess as a receptacle to fit onto the hand grip or head of the capo upper handle, and a notch is provided at a lower end to fit onto the foot of the capo, at the base of the upper handle. The receptacle may have fins or ribs to accept and hold the hand grip or head.
Claims7
In combination, a guitar capo mountable on a neck of a guitar and a guitar pick holder and dispenser removably mountable on said capo;
- wherein said capo comprises an upper member and a lower member connected at a pivot to one another;
- the upper member having an upper handle, a string press bar projecting therefrom, and including a contact pad adapted to contact a fret board on the neck of the guitar, and
- the lower member being formed of a lower handle extending from said pivot so as to move rotatably toward and away from said upper handle, and a neck press bar extending from said pivot and aligned with said string press bar;
- a spring configured to bias said lower handle away from said upper handle and to bias said neck press bar towards said string press bar, and
- said upper member having a foot region between said upper handle and said string press bar;
- wherein said guitar pick holder and dispenser is formed of an elongated body with a base wall and parallel side walls, with a notch formed at a lower end, and a rectangular recess formed on a back wall of the elongated body, said rectangular recess including a pair of parallel fins configured to accept and hold a head portion of said upper handle, and wherein the notch of said pick holder and dispenser lodges onto said foot region.
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