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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8426710 | Plectrum and method of fabricating A plectrum having a body made from an organic material having a desired shape, weight, and thickness, the body having a plurality of surfaces wherein opposing sides, a first and a second side, form an edge about the perimeter of said sides, wherein the perimeter for... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8389838 | Guitar pick holder ornament A guitar pick holder with a recessed rim and a rear support plate for receiving and securing guitar picks. A fastener or a hoop for accepting a material provides means for the guitar pick to be ornamentation. An opening in the holder allows visibility to the guitar ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8378193 | Contoured finger pick for stringed instruments A pick worn on the finger or thumb of a player of a stringed instrument to aid in the plucking of the strings. The pick rests comfortably like a saddle upon the upper surface of the finger because it's large inner surface mimics the unique contour of the finger or t... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8330029 | Enhanced gripping surface for use with plectra and other hand-held implements A textured surface for improving grip on plectra and other hand-held implements. A series of parallel ridges serve to frictionally engage thumb and forefinger surfaces and “lock” the grip in place. ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8227675 | Pick and method for achieving enhanced sound from a strummed musical instrument A pick and method for obtaining a bright sound from a strummed instrument and in particular a guitar, the pick having a plurality of points about its rounded perimeter arranged in a uniform series to form a serrated edge, which points are sized and spaced so that a ... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8222505 | Bouncing bar for playing stringed musical instruments A string bouncing bar for striking strings of a stringed musical instrument is comprised of an elongate bar body with a distal end and a proximal end. A striking head is provided at the distal end of the bar body and formed integrally therewith and of the same mater... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8134059 | Credit card guitar pick holder The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing and dispensing guitar picks. More particularly, the present invention relates to a credit card shaped housing apparatus that holds and dispenses about 1-5 guitar picks. The credit card guitar pick apparatus i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8076560 | Musical instrument pick grip A grip member for connection to an instrument pick includes a grip member body having opposed first and second sides. A plurality of abrasive particles is attached to and extends away from the first side. An adhesive on the second side is used to adhesively connect ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8035017 | Method of manufacturing pick for stringed instrument A pick for a string instrument is manufactured by the use of a hot stamp press. A pick blank is mounted on a support surface of the press with a front side of the pick blank disposed upwardly. A heated die head is moved against the front side of the pick blank and m... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8017845 | Plectrum The invention relates to a plectrum for playing a stringed instrument. The plectrum is adapted to be securable relative to a finger (or thumb) of an instrument player, and it has a string engaging portion and a finger engaging portion. The finger engaging portion (o... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8003869 | Harmonics A harmonic chime on a stringed instrument can be rendered by touching a part of a stringed instrument player's body, which is not part of a first member of the player's body that shortens a playable length of a string, to the string along its playable length at a ha... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7968779 | Stringed instrument conditioning device An device for accelerating the conditioning process of a stringed musical instrument by causing such instrument to be continuously strummed and vibrated, whereby such vibrations are transmitted to the wooden body of the instrument, which causes the instrument to be ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7804013 | Snap away stringed musical instrument pick Snap away musical instrument picks. A sheet of material is provided that has a plurality of musical instrument picks formed therein by cut lines around the perimeter of the picks except for uncut web areas around each pick. The ends of the cut lines turn into the pi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7786362 | Pick for stringed musical instruments A musician's pick having a pick body made up of both a pick portion and a gripping portion. The pick portion and gripping portion are angularly oriented with respect to each other in a predetermined manner. The predetermined angular orientation between the pick port... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7718874 | Guitar pick A guitar pick having a planar and generally triangular main body with three sides. Two sides of the main body join in a rounded nose protruding outwardly from one side. A wing extends outwardly from the top of the main body so that at least a portion of the wing lie... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7626103 | Musical instrument pick holder A musical instrument pick holder that provides convenient temporary storage of one or more picks. The pick holder provides a housing that is the same or substantially the same shape as the pick. The pick holder stores one or more picks therein and provides for quick... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7589267 | Pick assembly for playing a stringed musical instrument A pick assembly for use in playing a stringed musical instrument includes a pick holder having an elongated body adapted to fit on an underside of a thumb of a user and a pick hingedly attached to the pick holder adjacent one end of the body. A band is provided at a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7459620 | Guitar pick The guitar pick is formed of flexible sheet material and has a central opening therein, which is slotted open. The guitar pick is formed of flexible synthetic material and has a pick point for picking the guitar strings. The body of the guitar pick is sufficiently l... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7435889 | Rotatable drumstick tether A drumstick tether is disclosed for rotatably securing a drumstick to a finger of a drummer comprising a first elongate strip of flexible material adapted to wrap around the finger of the drummer and a second elongate strip of flexible material adapted to wrap aroun... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427705 | Guitar pick recorder and playback device The invention disclosed herein comprises a guitar pick with a built-in recorder and playback device. The invention allows guitarists to record an audio sample into the recorder, then play it back directly through an amplified guitar or microphone. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7375268 | Machine with which stringed instruments will be picked or plucked A machine for placement on the fingertips of players of stringed instruments with which the strings will picked or plucked. Designed as a set, the two picks do not collide as the musician moves his or her fingers to pick the stringed instrument, The abrasion of the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371950 | Plectrum holder A plectrum holder and a plectrum in the form of a ring comprising catching means. The ring is placed on the index finger of a user and is embodied in such a way as to retain the plectrum against a planar surface located on the outer rim of the ring. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7312387 | Musical instrument plectrum A shaped pick with a siliconized acrylic adhesive coating providing a tacky pick surface for the musician's thumb and finger to grip. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312386 | Pick attachment device A resilient band holds a pick for a stringed musical instrument securely in contact with a thumb or finger of the instrumentalist. In one aspect this device appears as a ring that has been slit along its center line over a portion of its circumference, the slit then... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285716 | Automated stringed instrument player An automated player for stringed instruments having a plucking mechanism and a fretting mechanism. The plucking mechanism includes a string contacting portion rotationally mounted relative to a corresponding instrument string with a rotational axis substantially per... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285709 | Modular automated assistive guitar A modular automated assistive guitar is described comprising a base assembly, a pick assembly, a strumming mechanism and a fretting mechanism which, in combination with a standard guitar or similar stringed musical instrument (e.g., banjo, steel guitar, ukulele), fo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7265285 | Plectrum with grip and method of manufacture This invention relates to an apparatus, device or method for manufacturing a grip plectrum or pick formed from a first material (such as, for example, plastic or like material), the plectrum having in one embodiment a generally triangular shaped body with a broad to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256337 | Combination guitar pick and shoulder strap lock A one piece combination guitar string pick and shoulder strap lock that engages and retains a guitar shoulder strap upon one or more anchor posts affixed to the guitar. The combination pick and strap lock is not a part of the shoulder strap, and is used after the sh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247783 | Cooperative musical instrument A series of musical vehicles form a cooperative musical instrument. Each musical vehicle may be outfitted with a musical tone generator and horn, or loud speaker that plays a particular note on a music scale. Each musical vehicle may have multiple horns or speakers ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238869 | Multi-function plectrum A multi-function plectrum includes a substantially triangularly shaped body. The body includes a first leg, a second leg and a third leg. The first leg includes a rounded edge. The second leg includes a rounded edge. One end of the first leg is joined to one end of ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186908 | Stringed musical instrument pick with inert adhesion A conventional guitar pick is retrofitted with a special adhesion material covering a selected surface region of the pick so as to enhance gripping between thumb and finger for playing and to provide convenient temporary storage, when not in use for playing, by temp... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7157635 | Thumb pick for guitar A thumb pick comprises a pick body for a guitar and a belt body which fixes the pick body to a finger. The pick body is extended integrally with a protruding portion for picking the strings from a base end portion made into contact with the thumb. The belt body is s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145066 | Stringed instrument pick grip An apparatus to improve gripability of stringed instrument picks which have a gripping portion on a first surface, including a material that is appliable to the gripping portion, and the material having properties that resist sliding and promotes gripability by huma... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7075001 | Keyboard guitar musical instrument apparatus A musical instrument apparatus including multiple parallel strings defining a string line and a keyboard overlay positioned at an acute angle to the string line to allow for consistent playing feel by consistently positioning the hammers on the keys while allowing l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067729 | Plectrum The present invention relates to a plectrum (1) having two portions (10, 12) being offset transversely but connected integrally by a stepped member (14). One portion (12) may have a tear-drop shaped playing edge (112), while the ot... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060882 | Multi-contact pick and method of converting a standard pick into a multi-contact pick The present invention is a multi-contact pick for either stunning or articulated picking of a stringed musical instrument. The pick is formed with one or more cuts in close proximity to the apex of the pick contact. The cuts are formed in the pick such that the cont... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6977330 | Finger ring and pick in combination for playing a musical instrument Herein disclosed is a finger ring interconnected to a pick in combination, each of which may be removably yet fixedly interconnected together by a tether. We provide various embodiments and/or accessory options, including use of a magnet for attaching the device ont... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6967270 | Strummable electric harpsichord A musical instrument includes a plurality of strings and a plurality of pluckers. The strings are tuned in an ascending sequence, such as a chromatic sequence. The pluckers are associated with a different one of the plurality of strings and are adapted to pluck the ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949700 | Adjustable thumb pick for stringed instrument The adjustable thumb pick for stringed musical instruments includes a thumb retainer with a band member that forms a thumb passage. The band member has band ends and a band slot. A pick includes an intergral post. The integral post is received in the band slot. An e... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6933430 | Guitar pick holder made of a flexible magnetic body In one illustrative example, a guitar pick holder is made of a thin, flat, and visually appealing flexible magnet which adheres to a front outside surface of a guitar. A guitar pick which is used with the holder is made of a synthetic material but also includes a ma... | 08/23/2005 |
