# US 2018/0025707 A1 · Ultimate Thumb Pick, for stringed musical instruments

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- Number: US 2018/0025707 A1
- Document ID: US20180025707A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/999,946
- Filed: 2016-07-19
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-19
- Inventors: Paul Richard Gustafson; Robert Eric Gustafson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025707A1

## CPC

- G10D 3/173: Plectra or similar accessories for playing; Plectrum holders
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)

## Abstract

The invention is generally a thumb pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and having a substantially uniform thickness, with a side “pick pocket” attached thereto proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot, capable of encapsulating and “hugging” the user's plectrum of choice while allowing said plectrum to extend beyond the side of the cot at an approximate right angle such that the plectrum is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a thumb digit of a user with the pick pocket holding the plectrum firmly in place.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped cot termination in a hemisphere being shaped to tightly accommodate a human digit; the cot comprising an elastic material; the cot has an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness; a pick pocket attached to the cot proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot designed to encapsulate and “hug” a plectrum while holding it at an approximate right angle to the lengthwise side of said cot, with a sufficient portion of the plectrum extending beyond the side of the cot capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user; wherein the cot is at least as long as the intermediate and distal portions of a human digit.

### Claim 2

A pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped cot termination in a hemisphere being shaped to tightly accommodate a human digit; the cot comprising an elastic material; the cot has an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness; a pick pocket attached to the cot proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot designed to encapsulate and “hug” a plectrum while holding it at an approximate right angle to the lengthwise side of said cot, with a sufficient portion of the plectrum extending beyond the side of the cot capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user; wherein the cot is at least as long as the proximate, intermediate and distal portions of a human digit.

### Claim 3

A thumb pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped cot termination in a hemisphere being shaped to tightly accommodate a human thumb digit; the cot comprising an elastic material; the cot has an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness; a pick pocket attached to the cot proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot designed to encapsulate and “hug” a plectrum while holding it at an approximate right angle to the lengthwise side of said cot, with a sufficient portion of the plectrum extending beyond the side of the cot capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on the thumb digit of a user; wherein the cot is at least as long as the intermediate and distal portions of a human thumb digit.

### Claim 4

A thumb pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped cot termination in a hemisphere being shaped to tightly accommodate a human thumb digit; the cot comprising an elastic material; the cot has an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness; a pick pocket attached to the cot proximate to the cylindrical side of the cot designed to encapsulate and “hug” a plectrum while holding it at an approximate right angle to the lengthwise side of said cot, with a sufficient portion of the plectrum extending beyond the side of the cot capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on the thumb digit of a user; wherein the cot is at least as long as the proximate, intermediate and distal portions of a human thumb digit.