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US 4,785,708 AGranted
Pick holder for stringed instruments
OwnerStephen Vaughaninventor
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Abstract
A pick holder for a guitar is mounted in a cradle portion of a side wall of a guitar and contains a strip having a plurality of pick-receiving pockets. The pick holder has a first fastening portion affixed to the guitar body and a second fastening portion containing the pick-receiving pockets. The two fastening portions enable the strip of pick-receiving pockets to be detachably fastened to the guitar body.
Claims10
A pick holder for a stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a flexible body having a plurality of pick storage pockets, said body having a flexibility sufficient to conform to the contours of the body of the stringed musical instrument, each pick storage pocket having a slot-like receiving portion for receiving a pick, the receiving portion being dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of a pick while providing another portion of the pick uncovered on both a first and a second side of said pick to enable grasping thereof;
- a means for removably fastening said flexible body to the musical instrument body, said means for fastening being thick enough to allow a sufficient clearance between the body of the stringed musical instrument and each pick when stored in said pick storage pockets so that each said pick may be readily grasped by the thumb and forefinger of a user.
A pick holder for a stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a flexible body having a plurality of pick storage pockets, said body having a flexibility sufficient to conform to the contours of the body of the stringed musical instrument, each pick storage pocket having a slot-like receiving portion for receiving a pick, the receiving portion dimensioned to cover a substantial portion of a pick while providing another portion of the pick uncovered on both a first and a second side of said pick so that said pick may be readily grasped;
- a first fastening portion affixed to at least one pick storage pocket;
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- a second fastening portion, having means for affixation to a the body of the musical stringed instrument and adapted to be detachably fastened to the first fastening portion, said first and second fastening portions being thick enough to allow a sufficient clearance between the body of the stringed musical instrument and each pick when stored in said pick storage pockets so that each said pick may be readily grasped by the thumb and forefinger of a user.
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