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US 5,307,723 AGranted
Pick for stringed musical instruments
OwnerRaul De La Rosainventor
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Abstract
A unitary pick for plucking a stringed musical instrument includes a flat blade having a longitudinal axis. The blade has a pointed end for engaging strings of a musical instrument. The blade also includes wide, substantially flat surfaces formed on opposite sides of the blade. The pick further includes fins projecting outward from the flat surfaces across the width of the blade, and a rib that projects outward from the flat surfaces along the length of the blade. An alternative embodiment of the pick also includes a stabilizer that extends outward from the blade and the fins.
Claims23
A unitary pick for plucking a stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a flat blade having a longitudinal axis and a maximum width, said blade being formed with a point at one end of the longitudinal axis that adapts said unitary pick for engaging strings of an instrument, said blade also having wide, substantially flat surfaces on opposite sides of said blade extending along the longitudinal axis away from the pointed end of said blade;
- said unitary pick also including a substantially straight fin projecting outward a distance from a first one of the wide, substantially flat surfaces of said blade, said fin extending across no more than the maximum width of said blade and being disposed at a first angle that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of said blade;
- said unitary pick further including a substantially straight first rib projecting outward from one of the wide, substantially flat surfaces of said blade, said rib also projecting from said fin at a second angle that is not parallel to said fin;
- said pick being adapted to be held within a musician's hand through contact with said fin and said rib, and to be stabilized there by said one of the flat surfaces of said blade.
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