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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Schulte, Inc., Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Inventor:
Peter G. Schulte, Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Assignee:
Schulte, Inc., Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/06 (2006.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01); G10D 3/14 (2006.01); G10D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/08 (2013.01); G10D 3/06 (2013.01); G10D 3/12 (2013.01); G10D 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes a retractable stringed musical instrument; specifically a stringed musical instrument having a tailpiece, a body coupled to the tailpiece, a neck coupled to the body and a fingerboard coupled to the neck. The fingerboard and the neck extends and retracts relative to the body. The retractable stringed instrument further comprises a mechanism to maintain tension on the strings of the instrument regardless if the neck is in the extended or retracted position.