Staff stencil and method of use
OwnerBrittany Shoupinventor
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Abstract
A stencil device and associated method of use for drawing, painting, etching, or otherwise marking multiple parallel lines are disclosed. The stencil may include two or more slots for drawing parallel lines, with even spacing between the lines. The stencil may also include multiple groupings of multiple slots. The stencil may be used for drawing a single musical staff, or may be configured so as to enable easy and repeatable marking of multiple musical staves. The slots may have varying widths and shapes, such as including curves, to allow for maintaining a substantially straight line even if the material of the stencil flexes or deforms during use. Various widths of slots may also be used to accommodate different marking instruments and dip diameters of different instruments.
Claims20
A stencil, comprising:
- a top side;
- a bottom side;
- a first side surface;
- a first slot defined by the top side and having a first length and a first side end and a second side end;
- a second slot defined by the top side and having a second length;
- and
- a first stencil segment at least partially separating the first slot from the second slot and having a third length and defining a first midline;
- wherein the first slot extends from the top side to the bottom side, the second slot extends from the top side to the bottom side, the first slot and the second slot are both configured to at least partially receive a tip of a marking instrument, a first slot side of the first slot is defined by a first stencil segment side, a second slot side of the second slot is defined by a second stencil segment side, the second slot has a third slot side, and at least one of the first slot side and the second slot side is not entirely a flat plane.
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