EP2092510A4 - Foldable guitar - Google Patents

Foldable guitar

Info

Publication number: EP2092510A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: foldable guitar; guitar; foldable
Prior art date: 2006-12-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP07869395A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2092510B1 (en

EP2092510A2 (en

Inventor

Harvey Leach

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Voyage Air Guitar Inc

Original Assignee

Voyage Air Guitar Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2006-12-15

Filing date

2007-12-17

Publication date

2013-02-27

2006-12-15 Priority claimed from US11/640,095 external-priority patent/US7652205B2/en

2007-04-03 Priority claimed from US11/732,846 external-priority patent/US7902442B2/en

2007-12-17 Application filed by Voyage Air Guitar Inc filed Critical Voyage Air Guitar Inc

2007-12-17 Priority claimed from US11/958,344 external-priority patent/US8203058B2/en

2007-12-17 Priority claimed from US11/958,341 external-priority patent/US7754950B2/en

2007-12-17 Priority claimed from US11/958,347 external-priority patent/US7712608B2/en

2009-08-26 Publication of EP2092510A2 publication Critical patent/EP2092510A2/en

2013-02-27 Publication of EP2092510A4 publication Critical patent/EP2092510A4/en

2015-05-06 Application granted granted Critical

2015-05-06 Publication of EP2092510B1 publication Critical patent/EP2092510B1/en

Status Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current

2027-12-17 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10D1/00—General design of stringed musical instruments
- G10D1/04—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
- G10D1/05—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
- G10D1/08—Guitars
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
- B21D53/38—Making other particular articles locksmith's goods, e.g. handles
- B21D53/40—Making other particular articles locksmith's goods, e.g. handles hinges, e.g. door hinge plates
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/24—Hinge making or assembling

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Stringed Musical Instruments (AREA)

EP20070869395 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Foldable guitar Not-in-force EP2092510B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US11/640,095 US7652205B2 (en)	2006-12-15	2006-12-15	Travel string instrument and method of making same
US11/732,846 US7902442B2 (en)	2006-12-15	2007-04-03	Hinge for travel string instrument
US11/958,344 US8203058B2 (en)	2007-12-17	2007-12-17	Folding guitar with self aligning neck
US11/958,341 US7754950B2 (en)	2007-12-17	2007-12-17	Travel string instrument and method of making same
US11/958,347 US7712608B2 (en)	2007-12-17	2007-12-17	Protective folding case for guitar
PCT/US2007/087827 WO2008076996A2 (en)	2006-12-15	2007-12-17	Foldable guitar

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2092510A2 EP2092510A2 (en)	2009-08-26
EP2092510A4 true EP2092510A4 (en)	2013-02-27
EP2092510B1 EP2092510B1 (en)	2015-05-06

Family

ID=41449893

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP20070869395 Not-in-force EP2092510B1 (en)	2006-12-15	2007-12-17	Foldable guitar

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP2092510B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR101519166B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2007333749B2 (en)
BR (1)	BRPI0720458A2 (en)
WO (1)	WO2008076996A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
CA2767787A1 (en) *	2009-07-10	2011-01-13	Voyage-Air Guitar, Inc.	Travel guitar with hinged neck
KR101853931B1 (en) *	2017-01-06	2018-06-20	정대헌	Length-adjustable strings

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US4638708A (en) *	1986-03-24	1987-01-27	Benjelloun Kamal	Stringed instrument
US5233896A (en) *	1992-02-03	1993-08-10	Worthington Bradford P	Break-neck stringed instrument
USD516114S1 (en) *	2004-04-15	2006-02-28	Harvey Leach	Foldable guitar neck

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US1030936A (en)	1912-04-26	1912-07-02	Joseph Soss	Hinge.
US1484093A (en)	1921-11-21	1924-02-19	Soss Joseph	Hinge
US1688996A (en)	1926-03-01	1928-10-23	Soss Joseph	Concealed hinge
US1984092A (en)	1933-07-03	1934-12-11	Soss Joseph	Link unit for concealed hinges
US2178271A (en)	1937-08-05	1939-10-31	Soss Joseph	Concealed hinge
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US4869145A (en) *	1987-11-23	1989-09-26	Evans John A	Convertible tremolo apparatus for stringed musical instrument
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2007
- 2007-12-17 AU AU2007333749A patent/AU2007333749B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2007-12-17 BR BRPI0720458-2A2A patent/BRPI0720458A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2007-12-17 WO PCT/US2007/087827 patent/WO2008076996A2/en active Application Filing
- 2007-12-17 EP EP20070869395 patent/EP2092510B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2007-12-17 KR KR1020097014766A patent/KR101519166B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4638708A (en) *	1986-03-24	1987-01-27	Benjelloun Kamal	Stringed instrument
US5233896A (en) *	1992-02-03	1993-08-10	Worthington Bradford P	Break-neck stringed instrument
USD516114S1 (en) *	2004-04-15	2006-02-28	Harvey Leach	Foldable guitar neck

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2008076996A2 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2008076996A9 (en)	2009-07-16
KR20090106523A (en)	2009-10-09
AU2007333749B2 (en)	2012-04-05
EP2092510B1 (en)	2015-05-06
KR101519166B1 (en)	2015-05-18
AU2007333749A1 (en)	2008-06-26
WO2008076996A3 (en)	2008-09-18
BRPI0720458A2 (en)	2014-01-14
WO2008076996A2 (en)	2008-06-26
EP2092510A2 (en)	2009-08-26

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