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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. 05, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Williams, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc., Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 7/08 ;
Abstract
A musical instrument open hole cup plug, a plug removal/storage tool, and a kit which includes the tool and a number of the open hole cup plugs. Each plug includes spaced upper and lower circular plates and the upper plate has a lower seating surface for aesthetically positioning the upper plate over the open hole in the cup. An elastomeric member is disposed between the upper and lower plates for sealing the open hole. The plug removal/storage tool has a body including on a distal end thereof a protrusion, and a plurality of orifices in the body along the length thereof for storing the open hole cup plugs therein.