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US 9,190,035 B1Granted
String instrument bow guide
OwnerRebecca A. Ranck Fieldsinventor
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Abstract
A string instrument bow guide that selectively fits a bow played string instrument without being fastened to the string instrument. The guide has two arc shaped inserts that may be made of a flexible material and that removably fit within a pair of opposed bouts. A pair of holes is provided in each insert for selective fit of a pair of memory strands that arch above a highway of the strings. A range of desired spacing above the strings is provided by both an insert thickness of the inserts relative to a depth of the bouts and also by a selective fit of the strands within the inserts. The bow guide is selectively disassembled or collapsed to fit within a case of the string instrument.
Claims13
A string instrument bow guide comprising:
- an arc shaped first insert and an arc shaped second insert, each of the first and second inserts having an interior face and an exterior face spaced apart from the interior face, a top side and a bottom side spaced apart from the top side by an insert thickness;
- wherein each of the first insert and the second insert is selectively fitted to one of a pair of bouts in a string instrument;
- wherein the second insert is disposed more proximal an E string of the string instrument than the first insert;
- a pair of spaced apart holes disposed through the top side and into each insert thickness;
- and
- a pair of u-shaped memory strands, each memory strand having an arced portion and a pair of spaced apart outer ends, one of each outer end fitted into one of the holes of each of the first insert and the second insert, respectively;
- wherein the memory strands tension the first insert toward the second insert to selectively hold the first and second inserts within the bouts;
- wherein the memory strands are parallel to each other;
- wherein the memory strands are supported above a highway of the string instrument;
- an E string cutout disposed in the second insert, wherein the second insert is configured to provide an interference free draw of a bow across the E string.
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A string instrument bow guide comprising:
- an arc shaped first insert and an arc shaped second insert, each of the first and second inserts having an interior face and an exterior face spaced apart from the interior face, a top side and a bottom side spaced apart from the top side by an insert thickness;
- wherein each of the first insert and the second insert is selectively fitted to one of a pair of bouts in a string instrument;
- wherein the second insert is disposed more proximal an E string of the string instrument than the first insert;
- a pair of spaced apart holes disposed through the top side and into each insert thickness;
- and
- a pair of u-shaped memory strands, each memory strand having an arced portion and a pair of spaced apart outer ends, one of each outer end fitted into one of the holes of each of the first insert and the second insert, respectively;
- wherein the memory strands tension the first insert toward the second insert to selectively hold the first and second inserts within the bouts;
- wherein the memory strands are parallel to each other;
- and
- wherein the memory strands are supported above a highway of the string instrument;
- wherein the insert thickness is less than a depth of the respective bout;
- an E string cutout disposed in the second insert, wherein the second insert is configured to provide an interference free draw of a bow across the E string.
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A string instrument bow guide comprising:
- a flexible arc shaped first insert and a flexible arc shaped second insert, each of the first and the second inserts having an interior face and an exterior face spaced apart from the interior face, a top side and a bottom side spaced apart from the top side by an insert thickness;
- wherein each of the first insert and the second insert is selectively fitted to one of a pair of bouts in a string instrument;
- wherein the insert thickness is less than a depth of each of the bouts;
- an E string cutout disposed in the second insert;
- wherein the second insert is configured to provide an interference free draw of a bow across the E string
- a pair of spaced apart holes disposed from the top side through the bottom side in each insert;
- a non abrading material disposed on the exterior face of each of the first and second inserts;
- a pair of unabrasive u-shaped memory strands, each strand having an arced portion and an spaced apart outer ends spaced apart from the arced portion, one of each of the outer ends of at least one of the pair of memory strands removably and pivotally fitted into one hole of each of the first insert and the second insert, respectively;
- a rubberized coating disposed on each strand;
- wherein the memory strands tension the first insert toward the second insert to selectively hold the inserts within the bouts;
- wherein the spaced apart configuration of the holes is configured to locate the strands over a highway of the string instrument;
- wherein the memory strands are parallel to each other when the bow guide is in use;
- and
- wherein the strands are supported at a selected distance above the highway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.