Position indicator for guitars
CA 1091488 A · Owner: Smith, Walter E. · Inventors: Smith, Walter E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
This invention is directed to a position indicator which is mounted along one margin of a set of strings of a musical instrument and includes a set of projections so arranged that, when engaged by a slide bar placed across the strings, a preselected chord may be produced the projections, being deflectable so that the slide bar may be moved along the strings past a projection while maintaining contact with the strings.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted December 16, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 16, 1997.
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