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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Robert H. Saunders, Jr., Glastonbury, CT (US);
Nicholas Ladutko, Simsbury, CT (US);
Donald M. Johnson, Sandisfield, MA (US);
Frank I. Untermyer, Weatogue, CT (US);
William P. Vassilopoulos, Westfield, MA (US);
Clifford Gunsallus, North Canton, CT (US);
William Hudak, Hebron, CT (US);
Kaman Music Corporation, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A top member for the body of an acoustical stringed instrument includes a forward part having an interior portion spaced inwardly from the side wall of the body after the top member has been assembled to the body, the interior portion having a pair of composite material layers with a core layer bonded therebetween. The forward part further has a core free flex edge portion which borders the outer periphery of the interior portion, and is made by having the pair of composite material layers bonded in contact with each other. A skirt projects rearwardly from the rear surface of the flex edge portion and extends along the edge of the flex edge portion. When its top member is assembled with the body, the skirt slidably fits over the sidewall of the body.