Quick release capo for stringed instrument
OwnerTodd A. Robleeinventor
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Abstract
A capo for fretting the neck of a stringed instrument, comprising a barr member for fretting the strings, a housing member coupled to the barr member, a forcing member for engaging the neck on a side of the neck substantially opposite the strings, a slide bar coupled to the forcing member, first biasing member disposed between the housing and the slide bar and operable to bias the slide bar in a direction away from the neck, a braking lever pivotally engaged with the housing, the braking lever having an opening through which the slide bar passes and second biasing member operable to bias the braking lever in a direction away from the neck. Other systems, devices and methods are disclosed.
Claims8
A capo for fretting an instrument having a neck and strings, comprising:
- a housing;
- a barr member coupled to said housing for fretting said strings;
- a forcing member for engaging said neck on a side of said neck substantially opposite said strings;
- a slide bar coupled to said forcing member;
- releasable locking means operable in a first position to allow movement of said slide bar toward said neck and away from said neck, and further operable in a second position to allow movement of said slide bar toward said neck and to prevent movement of said slide bar away from said neck;
- and
- biasing means disposed between said housing and said slide bar operable to bias said slide bar in a direction away from said neck.
A capo for fretting an instrument having a neck and strings, comprising:
- a barr member for fretting said strings;
- a housing member coupled to said barr member;
- a forcing member for engaging said neck on a side of said neck substantially opposite said strings;
- a slide bar coupled to said forcing member;
- first biasing means disposed between said housing and said slide bar and operable to bias said slide bar in a direction away from said neck;
- a detent located in said housing member;
- at least one notch in said slide bar wherein said notch is positioned to engage said detent at at least one predetermined position of said slide bar;
- and
- second biasing means operable to bias said detent in a direction toward said notch when said detent and said notch are aligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.