# US 2014/0190331 A1 · Musical instrument shoulder strap support

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- Number: US 2014/0190331 A1
- Document ID: US20140190331A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/972,733
- Filed: 2013-08-21
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10
- Inventors: TIMOTHY D. MULLINS
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190331A1

## 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)}
- 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)

## Abstract

A device and method of supporting a stringed musical instrument such as a ukulele or guitar in a stable hands-free playing position on the user by means of a shoulder strap comprising a single adjustable closed loop including a one-half twist which follows a specific novel path under the strings and about the instrument and the user's body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A musical instrument shoulder strap support comprising:
a strap support, for use on a stringed musical instrument which has an elongated body portion with a narrowed waist and a neck portion, such as a ukulele or guitar;
a means for fastening the two ends of said strap support together to form a single closed loop;
a means to selectively adjust the length of said closed loop, said length being sufficient to engage both the player and said instrument, and
a specific novel path of said closed loop, proceeding under the strings and about said instrument and said player.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The musical instrument shoulder strap support as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
a main strap, one end of which is affixed to a length adjustment slide and the side surface of the opposite end of which is affixed to a loop fastener strip;
a connection tab, one end of which is affixed to a connection loop and the side surface of which is affixed to a hook fastener strip;
said main strap and said connection tab, which when adjustably connected by means of said connection loop and said length adjustment slide and also connected by said loop fastener strip and said hook fastener strip form said closed loop;
said loop fastener strip and said hook fastener strip, oriented such that said closed loop includes a one-half twist when said two fastener strips are engaged; and
said specific novel path, wherein said closed loop extends down from a starting point under the strings and across the front surface of said instrument, across the lower side surface of said instrument at said narrowed waist, up across the back surface of said instrument, up the chest of said player and over the shoulder to the same side as said neck of said instrument, diagonally down across the back and forward under the opposite armpit of said player, across the upper side surface of the lower bout of said instrument, and returning across said front surface to said starting point under said strings.