Internal bracing for a guitar
AssigneeTaylor-Listug, Inc.
InventorAndrew Taylor Powers
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Abstract
A guitar top includes a sound hole, a neck end that is configured for attachment to a guitar neck with a longitudinal axis, a heel end, a transverse axis normal to the longitudinal axis, and a bottom surface. The bottom surface of the guitar top includes a pair of longitudinal braces that are attached to the surface. The pair of longitudinal braces extend primarily along the longitudinal axis from the heel end toward the neck end and terminate at a point beyond the sound hole toward the neck end. Each of the longitudinal braces is positioned on an opposing side of the sound hole such that a distance between the longitudinal braces exceeds the diameter of the sound hole.
Claims25
A guitar top comprising:
- a sound hole;
- a neck end configured to attach to a guitar neck having a longitudinal axis;
- a heel end;
- and
- a transverse axis normal to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein a bottom surface of the guitar top includes a pair of longitudinal braces attached to the surface, the pair of longitudinal braces extending primarily along the longitudinal axis from the heel end toward the neck end and terminating at a point beyond the sound hole toward the neck end, wherein each of the pair of longitudinal braces is positioned on an opposing side of the sound hole such that a distance between the longitudinal braces exceeds the diameter of the sound hole, and wherein the longitudinal braces are oriented such that the distance between the pair of longitudinal braces is greater toward the neck end than the heel end;
- and
- one or more fan braces extending primarily along the transverse axis, wherein at least one of the one or more fan braces terminates at one of the pair of longitudinal braces.
A guitar comprising:
- a neck having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a body, the body comprising:
- a top, the top comprising:
- a sound hole;
- a neck end configured to attach to the neck;
- a heel end;
- and
- a transverse axis normal to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein a bottom surface of the guitar top includes a pair of longitudinal braces attached to the surface, the pair of longitudinal braces extending primarily along the longitudinal axis from the heel end toward the neck end and terminating at a point beyond the sound hole toward the neck end, wherein each of the pair of longitudinal braces is positioned on an opposing side of the sound hole such that a distance between the longitudinal braces exceeds the diameter of the sound hole, and wherein the longitudinal braces are oriented such that the distance between the pair of longitudinal braces is greater toward the neck end than the heel end;
- and
- one or more fan braces extending primarily along the transverse axis, wherein at least one of the one or more fan braces terminates at one of the pair of longitudinal braces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.