Retractable guitar pick
OwnerRon Camaioniinventor
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Abstract
A retractable guitar pick used in combination with a guitar, wherein the present device is mounted to the housing thereof similarly to the control knobs now located thereon. The retractable guitar pick comprises a housing mounted to the body of the guitar adjacent existing controls so as not to interfere with the playing of the strings thereof. A retractable cable is disposed in the housing wherein there is a lock button to hold or release the cable having a typical guitar pick attached to the free end thereof. The cable is attached to a take-up spring which is held in various positions, to allow the pick to reach any location along the guitar to strike the strings thereof.
Claims6
A retractable guitar pick device in combination with a guitar having a main body portion to which said device is mounted thereto, wherein said device comprises:
- a guitar pick having an aperture disposed therein;
- an elongated cable attached to said pick through said hole;
- a circular housing having a hole therein to receive said cable therethrough;
- retracting means concentrically arranged within said housing, whereby said cable is attached thereto;
- a releasable locking means mounted within said retracting means;
- a central pin affixed to and positioned in said housing to rotatably receive thereon said retracting means;
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- a take-up spring connected between said retracting means and said central pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.