Collapsible guitar
AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
InventorAllen C. Jorgensen
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Abstract
A guitar, the neck of which is hinged to the guitar body so as to be foldable into a shaped recess in the back of the body. The strings of the guitar are individually attached at one end to the neck and at the other end to a common bridge unit. The bridge unit is attached to a first clamp on the face of the body in the erect position of the neck and to a second clamp recessed below the face side of the body in the folded neck position. Grooves are formed in the guitar body to individually retain each guitar string in the folded neck position.
Claims3
A string instrument in the form of a body fitted with a neck that projects beyond the body, on which neck, strings are fixed extending along the neck of the body, in which said body is joined to the neck by a hinge with said neck mounted to the hinge so as to pivot into a recess located in the body and extending from the back panel of the instrument, together with a bridge member to which one end of all the strings are fastenable, said bridge member of a shape to alternatively detachably fasten to
- first clamp means fixed to the face of the instrument body, or
- second clamp means fixed to a recess section of the instrument body,
- said first clamp means located in a position in which the strings are maintained in a first taut condition when the neck is folded to the erect playing position, with the bridge unit attached to said first clamp means, and
- said second clamp means located in a position in which the strings are maintained in a second taut condition when the neck is folded into the body recess, with the bridge unit attached to said second clamp means,
- said second taut condition being relatively slack as compared to said first taut condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.