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Ergonomic guitar

US7705223B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 2008
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10D1/08
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ergonomic guitar including a contoured guitar body, a neck attached to the body, and a headstock on the distal end of the neck. A plurality of strings extending from the headstock to the body, a portion of the strings lying on a playing plane over the body. The contoured guitar body includes a front face located on a front or playing side of the body with a front edge extending around the periphery of the front face, and a rear face located on the back of the body and having a rear edge extending around the periphery of the rear face. At least a portion of the rear edge having a concave curvature relative to the playing plane such that the curved portion of the rear edge curves away from the playing plane.

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