Electric stringed musical instrument having fastener shared between frame body and strap
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsKiyoshi Minakuchi, Akio Naniki, Katsuya Suzuki
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Abstract
An electric stringed instrument has a frame body the contour of which is like the outline of a solid body of a corresponding electric or acoustic stringed instrument; the frame body is constituted by plural frame pieces, and the frame piece is detachably connected to a trunk of the electric stringed instrument; a user slings the electric stringed instrument over his or her shoulder by means of a strap so that the strap is to be connected to the trunk by means of fasteners; the fasteners are further used for securing the frame piece to the trunk so that the frame pieces are not unintentionally dropped out from the trunk without increasing the fasteners.
Claims15
A stringed musical instrument slung over a shoulder of a player for playing a piece of music, comprising:
- a trunk having plural surfaces;
- at least one string stretched over one of said plural surface between both end portions of said trunk;
- a frame body having end portions inserted into recesses formed in said trunk and open to the outside on selected ones of said plural surfaces;
- a strap making said player sling said stringed musical instrument over said shoulder;
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- fasteners shared between said frame body and said strap for securing said end portions and both end portions of said strap to said trunk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.