Guitar plectrum and harness combination
AssigneeSecond Pick, LLC
InventorsMichael W. Spivey, William E. Craver, III
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Abstract
A thumb pick is provided that includes a harness and plectrum. The harness is provided for securely holding the plectrum in firm engagement with a guitar player's thumb. The harness includes a strap contoured to fit around the thumb in advance of the first knuckle. The harness has a central portion with a slot therein to receive and hold the plectrum firmly against the undersurface of the thumb with the pointed end of the plectrum protruding through the slot in a playing position.
Claims20
A thumb pick for engaging with strings of a stringed instrument, the thumb pick comprising;
- a flexible harness having a first side and a second side;
- a strap extending from the first side of the harness;
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- a groove in an outer surface of the second side of the harness for receiving the strap;
- a plectrum with a substantially planar portion that comprises a playing portion of the plectrum for contacting strings of a stringed instrument and a substantially curved portion that has a rear surface at an end of the planar portion wherein the curved portion and the rear surface extends outward above opposing sides of the planar portion of the plectrum so that said substantially curved portion is transverse to said substantially planar portion;
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- the harness further comprising a vertical slot for receiving said plectrum;
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- a recess, proximal to the slot wherein the slot engages the substantially planar portion of the plectrum and the recess engages the substantially curved portion of the plectrum, such that at least a portion of the substantially curved portion of the plectrum resides in the recess.
A thumb pick for engaging with strings of a stringed instrument, the thumb pick comprising:
- a flexible harness having a first side and a second side;
- a strap extending from the first side of the harness;
- a groove in an outer surface of the second side of the harness for receiving the strap;
- a fastener device, the fastener deice comprising a first matching fastener portion on the strap and a second matching fastener portion proximal to the groove in the side of the harness, the first matching fastener portion configured to be securable to the second matching fastener portion;
- a plectrum with a substantially planar portion that comprises a playing portion of the plectrum for contacting strings of a stringed instrument and a substantially curved portion that has a rear surface at an end of the planar portion wherein the curved portion and the rear surface extends outward above opposing sides of the planar portion of the plectrum so that said substantially curved portion is transverse to said substantially planar portion;
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- the harness further comprising a vertical slot for receiving said plectrum;
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- a recess, proximal to the slot wherein the slot engages the substantially planar portion of the plectrum and the recess engages the substantially curved portion of the plectrum, such that at least a portion of the substantially curved portion of the plectrum resides in the recess.
A plectrum comprising:
- a substantially planar portion that comprises a playing portion of the plectrum for contacting strings of a stringed instrument;
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- a substantially curved portion that has a rear surface at an end of the planar portion wherein the curved portion and the rear surface extends outward above opposing sides of the planar portion of the plectrum so that said substantially curved portion is transverse to said substantially planar portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.