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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Marletta, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84294 ;
Abstract
A device placed upon a guitar in order to change a sound produced by the guitar into a sound of a zither or balilaika; the device consisting of a bridge mounted upon the guitar top panel or table and which straddles the six strings, and six hammers depending downward freely from the bridge to a position alongside each string so that the vibrating string will bounce the hammer resulting in a tinkling sound.