US 2015/0143973 A1 · PICK-RITE GUITAR AID

Abstract

A guitar aid enables a user to selectively position and control tension and angle of a guitar pick for a richer sound with decreased strain on the user's hand and fingers. The guitar aid includes a band that can be adjustably sized to fit a user's finger. A guitar pick can be coupled directly to the band. The guitar pick can define a raised portion or ridge on the upper surface of the pick that serves as a first engagement feature for a first user finger, such as the user's thumb. The lower surface of the pick can include at least one outwardly projecting rib that serves as a second engagement feature for a second user finger, such as the user's index finger. The positioning of the pick with respect to the ring and the pair of engagement features cause a user to hold the pick at the proper angle and with appropriate tension when playing a guitar or other stringed instrument.

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Dependent claims

A device to aid in playing a stringed instrument, comprising:

a ring defining an opening sized and shaped to fit around a finger of a user, the ring comprising a flexible material enabling a size of the opening to be adjusted;
and
a pick having an upper surface, a lower surface attached to the ring, a proximal end near the ring and a tapered distal end further from the ring, wherein the upper surface of the pick defines a raised portion adjacent the proximal end having a thickness between the upper surface and the lower surface greater than a thickness of the pick adjacent the raised portion and wherein the lower surface defines at least one rib projecting outwardly from the lower surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pick-rite guitar aid

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Pick-rite guitar aid

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Abstract

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