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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Applicant:
Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US);
Inventor:
Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US);
Assignee:
Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A joint between a neck and a body of a stringed musical instrument is described, wherein a neck receiving cavity in the body has a sloped major bearing surface. The sloped major bearing surface urges the neck laterally into a side surface of the neck receiving cavity as a connector pulls the neck into the neck receiving cavity. By urging the neck into a side surface of the neck receiving cavity, a second bearing surface is made in a different plane than the major bearing surface, which makes a more rigid joint between the body and the neck of the musical instrument.