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US 4,539,886 AGranted
Guitar
OwnerDean Hoffartinventor
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Abstract
A guitar has a body and a neck extending from the body. The body has a central core and two panels sandwiching the core means between them. The side edges of the panels are curved toward each other and secured, so that both panels are rounded convex outwardly. At one end of the lenticular cavity thus defined the body is closed by suitable panel means. The other end is left open, and preferably has two upwardly and outwardly sloping openings.
Claims9
A guitar having a body portion and a neck extending from said body portion,
- the body portion comprising central core means and a top and bottom panel of resilient sheet material sandwiching the core means between them, the panels being substantially flat when unstressed, but being bowed around the central core means so that the side edges of the panels are juxtaposed, whereby the top panel is stressed so that it is rounded convex upwardly and the bottom panel is stressed so that it is rounded convex downwardly, the two panels defining a volume of lenticular cross-section having two ends,
- a lower bridge foot secured against the top panel and supporting a lower bridge,
- and strings stretched between the lower bridge and a position on the neck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.