Back to results
US 9,852,718 B1Granted
Modular guitar body
OwnerDan Kellyinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A stringed instrument body includes a top body having a groove/shelf engagement structure, and a back body having a corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure that is engagable with the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body. When the corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure is engaged with the groove/shelf engagement structure, a projecting portion of the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body projects within the back body and contacts a corresponding recessed portion of the shelf/groove engagement structure of the back body.
Claims30
A stringed instrument body, comprising:
- a top body having a groove/shelf engagement structure;
- and
- a back body having a corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure that is engagable with the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body;
- wherein when the corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure is engaged with the groove/shelf engagement structure, a projecting portion of the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body projects within the back body and contacts a corresponding recessed portion of the shelf/groove engagement structure of the back body.
1 more element
A stringed instrument body, comprising:
- a top body having a groove/shelf engagement structure;
- a neck plate arranged on an inner side of the top body, and structured and arranged for securing a bolt-on neck to the top body;
- and
- a back body having a corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure that is engagable with the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body;
- wherein the back body is removably fastenable to the top body,
- wherein when the corresponding shelf/groove engagement structure is engaged with the groove/shelf engagement structure, a projecting portion of the groove/shelf engagement structure of the top body projects within the back body and contacts a corresponding recessed portion of the shelf/groove engagement structure of the back body,
- wherein when the back body is fastened to the top body, the neck plate is covered by the back body, such that the neck plate is hidden from view, and
- wherein the top body has an approximate thickness of A, the back body has an approximate thickness of B, and when the top body is joined to the back body to form the stringed instrument body, the overall thickness of the stringed instrument body is less than A+B.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.