US 7,030,304 B1Granted

Lenticular image guitar top

OwnerAustin Harrisinventor

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Abstract

The present invention 10 discloses a lenticular layer 22 for a top surface 14 of a solid body guitar 12 comprised of an array of juxtapositioned linear lenses 28 wherein each lens resides over a portion of one or more images 24 that are formed in such a manner that changing the viewing angle of the lenses changes the image. The lenticular top 22 is bonded at 26 to the top surface 14 of the guitar body 12 having apertures or cutouts 16, 18, 20 for the placement of guitar hardware. The present invention 10 forms a permanent lenticular guitar top 22 covering for the front surface 14 of an electric guitar 12 or an electric bass guitar. The lenticular guitar top 22 is installed in place of the common wooden guitar tops typically made from flame maple, curly maple, koa, etc. The lenticular guitar top 22 is permanently bonded at 26 to the body of the guitar 14 using glue or other such bonding material.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A top of a stringed instrument for mounting onto the front of a body of the stringed musical instrument, comprising:

a) a rigid top layer of the stringed instrument being disposed on the front of a musical instrument, said top layer having an exterior side and a rear side, wherein said rear side is oriented toward the front of the musical instrument and the top layer is coextensive with the front of the instrument body;
b) a lenticulated surface layer having a plurality of convex lenses formed thereon being disposed on said exterior side of said top layer for creating special visual effects, said lenticulated surface layer being coextensive with said top layer;
c) an image sheet having a plurality of lenticular images created by said lenticulated surface layer to permit the appearance of the musical instrument to be enhanced, the sheet being affixed to the rear side of the lenticulated surface layer and coextensive therewith;
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d) a bonding layer being disposed between a rear side of said image sheet and said exterior side of said top layer of said instrument, for permanently bonding said lenticulated surface layer and image sheet to said top layer, whereby said top of said stringed instrument comprises a lamination of said top layer, said image sheet and said lenticulated surface layer.

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