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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Applicant:
C7th Limited, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventor:
Nicholas John Campling, Peterborough, GB;
Assignee:
C7TH LIMITED, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capo for use with a stringed instrument that includes a first armconfigured to, in use, extend laterally across a finger board and strings. A second arm is configured to, in use, abut against the back of a neck of the instrument to, in cooperation with the first arm, provide a clamping force over the strings. The first arm includes an adjustable tensioning means, e.g. a truss rodor band, acting in a lengthwise direction, such that a contacting face can adapt to the curvature of the finger board. Adjustment is effected by a knobor like device which tensions the truss rod or cable.