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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Daniel B. Klitsner, Larkspur, CA (US);
Brian Clemens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gary Levenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel B. Klitsner, Larkspur, CA (US);
Brian Clemens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gary Levenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Klitsner Industrial Design, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is a hand-held musical game apparatus that is adapted to resemble a guitar, and that operates in a manner that facilitates a game played with it. Generally, the apparatus has a housing shaped to resemble a guitar with a body portion and a neck portion. The neck portion is rotatably connected to the body portion and the body portion has a strum bar. A slide element is slidably connected to the neck portion. Electronics are disposed within the housing to provide, as part of the game, audio and/or visual instructions to rotate the neck, slide the slide element, or strum the strum bar. The game entails a player rotating the neck, sliding the slide element, or strumming the strum bar in accordance with the instructions.