Back to results
US 6,608,247 B2Granted
Stringed musical instrument with soundbox extension
OwnerHarvard Jasper Bryaninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
OwnerHarvard Jasper Bryaninventor
Estimating the term…
A stringed musical instrument having an extended soundbox which enhances the structural integrity and sound quality of the instrument. In a preferred embodiment, the stringed musical instrument with soundbox extension is a mandolin having a main soundbox similar to the soundbox of a conventional mandolin but the soundbox extension of this invention extends forward from the main soundbox toward the head on both sides of the neck between the planes of the back and the top. The soundbox extension is an open channel formed by the top, back, and sides that do not terminate at the front of the main soundbox, as they do on a conventional mandolin, but the extend forward and form an inverted “U” shaped channel. The soundbox extension traverses the neck, fingerboard and strings between the head and the nut of the instrument; as the neck, fingerboard and strings traverse the soundbox extension. The soundbox extension provides enhanced structural integrity by providing means for attaching the neck at both ends, thus eliminating the need for a truss rod through the neck.
A stringed musical instrument that has a soundbox similar to those employed on conventional stringed musical instruments, but differing with regards to the fact that said instrument includes a top, back and sides that extend forward from said soundbox on both sides of a neck, permitting enough hand clearance around said neck to permit playing the instrument, and creating an open channel that is an extended soundbox in the shape of an inverted U, with said sides making a smooth radius curvature at the front corners on both sides a head at one extremity of said instrument;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.