Guitar plectrum and harness combination
AssigneeSecond Pick, LLC
InventorsMichael W Spivey, William E. Craver, III
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Abstract
A harness is provided for securely holding a conventional plectrum or pick in firm engagement with a guitar player's thumb, the harness consisting of a flexible and resilient strap contoured to fit around the thumb in advance of the first knuckle and being provided with a central portion which is slit to receive and hold the plectrum firmly against the undersurface of the thumb with the pointed end of the pick protruding through one of the slits into playing position.
Claims8
In combination, a molded elastomeric harness and a plectrum for attaching to a thumb for the purpose of engaging with strings of a stringed instrument comprising;
- a central body having a strap on one side;
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- a groove on the opposite side for receiving said strap;
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- a tactile texture in an interior surface of the harness for engaging with a pad of the thumb;
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- a protrusion for engaging with a tip of the thumb;
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- a curved portion for engaging with a root of the thumb nail;
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- a plectrum with a substantially planar portion that comprises a playing portion of the plectrum for contacting strings of a stringed instrument and a substantially curved portion that has a rear surface at an end of planar portion wherein the curved portion and the rear surface extends outward above opposing sides of the planar portion of the plectrum so that said substantially curved portion is perpendicular to said substantially planar portion;
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- the central body further comprising a vertical slot for receiving said plectrum;
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- a recess, proximal to the slot wherein the slot engages the substantially planar portion of the plectrum and the recess engages the substantially curved portion of the plectrum, such that at least a portion of the substantially curved portion of the plectrum resides in the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.