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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. 28, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Berardi, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84453 ; 84267 ; 84318 ;
Abstract
A guitar mute has a tubular body of elasticized terrycloth. Hook and eye fasteners provide selectable tension on the strings when the mute is attached to the neck of the guitar. A felt pad sewn into the middle of the mute adapts to the contour of the fingerboard. Being slightly shorter than the distance between the two outermost strings, the felt pad, along with the elastic in the tubular body, provides an even pressure to all strings. The mute can be slid along the neck with one hand without removing the mute from the guitar.