Appeal No. 98-2086
Application 08/539,353
The invention relates to "the field of devices used by
musicians and others for the safekeeping of stringed
instruments having 'necks' such as guitars, violins, violas,
bass fiddles, ukuleles, mandolins, bass guitars, banjos and
the like" (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is illustrative
and reads as follows:
1. An apparatus for locking musical instruments having
necks to a fixed structure comprising:
first and second relatively rigid arms;
each of said relatively rigid arms having length and
thickness and having a first straight portion and a second
curved portion forming a right angle at the point of
connection of said portions;
each of said relatively rigid arms having a thickness
small compared to the length of each said arm;
said rigid arms forming a single closed essentially
semicircular loop when mutually engaged;
said first and second arms formed into mirror images of
each other for engaging the neck of the musical instrument;
each of said arms has first and second engaging means
formed thereon for engaging the other arm; said first arm
first engaging means is formed into an eye means;
said second arm first engaging means is formed into an
eye means;
said first and second arms second engaging means are
formed into first and second mating cylinder members which
when engaged form a hinge means for permitting the relative
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