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WO2008076996A2 - Système d'instrument à cordes de voyage - Google Patents

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WO2008076996A2
WO2008076996A2 PCT/US2007/087827 US2007087827W WO2008076996A2 WO 2008076996 A2 WO2008076996 A2 WO 2008076996A2 US 2007087827 W US2007087827 W US 2007087827W WO 2008076996 A2 WO2008076996 A2 WO 2008076996A2
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Harvey Leach
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Harvey Leach
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Priority claimed from US11/640,095 external-priority patent/US7652205B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/732,846 external-priority patent/US7902442B2/en
Priority to BRPI0720458-2A2A priority Critical patent/BRPI0720458A2/pt
Priority to EP20070869395 priority patent/EP2092510B1/fr
Priority to AU2007333749A priority patent/AU2007333749B2/en
Priority to KR1020097014766A priority patent/KR101519166B1/ko
Priority to CN200780051316.1A priority patent/CN101689360B/zh
Priority to MX2009006350A priority patent/MX2009006350A/es
Application filed by Harvey Leach filed Critical Harvey Leach
Priority to CA2686078A priority patent/CA2686078C/fr
Priority claimed from US11/958,347 external-priority patent/US7712608B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/958,344 external-priority patent/US8203058B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/958,341 external-priority patent/US7754950B2/en
Priority to JP2009541637A priority patent/JP5303790B2/ja
Priority to PCT/US2008/059321 priority patent/WO2008127882A2/fr
Publication of WO2008076996A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008076996A2/fr
Publication of WO2008076996A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008076996A3/fr
Publication of WO2008076996A9 publication Critical patent/WO2008076996A9/fr

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    • 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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  • the invention relates to a folding guitar with a position locking mechanism.
  • This invention also relates to hinges and particularly what is commonly known as invisible hinges for the use in connection with doors and other swinging articles and the invention described here is an improvement on previous designs for the specific use where a very narrow surface is available for the hinge mechanism and the hinge must be able to support a proportionally much longer perpendicular surface. Also significant to this invention is the method used to locate and install the hinges.
  • hinge parts are connected by pivoted linkages hinged on a hinge pin and sliding on sliding pins, the linkages being within pockets or compartments within the hinge parts, that is the hinge plates or butt plates.
  • An early version of such hinges is a hinge design created by Joseph Soss and bearing his name. It is illustrated in several patents including United States patent numbers 1,030,936, 1,484,093, 1,688,996, 1,984,092, and 2,178,271 among others. A hinge of this sort is employed in the above referenced design patent.
  • hinges are designed to be invisible when in the closed position and allow for the focal point of the hinge to be below the surface when in the closed position and then extend beyond the surface to allow for a full 180 degree opening.
  • Two basic versions of the hinge are common, the first having a long narrow body with two attachment screws, one located at each end. This style is of a shape requiring a multi-level mortise cut for installation, the second is a cylinder or barrel hinge with a side mounted screw as a means of attachment and requiring a hole to be bored for installation.
  • these hinges known as “barrel hinges,” require a final outer surface, an example being a fretboard on musical instruments, to be attached out of sequence with normal production procedure and require holes to be bored extremely close to the surface of the fretboard weakening this vital structural member.
  • a string instrument comprises a neck extension primary member having a neck extension securement end and a tuning assembly support head end, an extension top and a length extending between the ends.
  • the neck extension primary member defines a neck extension cutaway volume configured to receive a hinge butt.
  • the neck extension cutaway volume extends to be open at the neck extension securement end and open at the top of the neck extension primary member.
  • a neck base primary member has a neck base securement end, a base top and an opposite end.
  • the neck base primary member is made to define a neck base cutaway volume configured to receive a hinge butt.
  • the neck base cutaway volume extends to be open at the neck base securement end and open at the top of the neck base primary member.
  • a hinge has a first bingfc butt positioned in the neck extension cutaway volume and a second hinge butt positioned in the neck base cutaway volume.
  • a neck fretboard portion is secured over the open top of the neck extension cutaway volume and bears against the ffirst hinge butt.
  • a base cover is secured over the open top of the neck base cutaway volume and bears against the second hinge butt.
  • a string instrument main body is secured to the neck base primary member.
  • Soss link assemblies are connected to a single pair of hinge butts, with each of the butts defining a pair of Soss hinge link receiving races, to form a pair of spaced apart Soss hinge assemblies formed on the single pair of hingje butts.
  • the hinge butts each define a securement screw receiving bore oriented to extend the length of the string instrument neck.
  • the neck extension primary member is provided with a mounting for a screw and the neck base primary member defines a hole for receiving that screw. This allows the neck base primary member and the neck extension primary member to be secured in the playing position.
  • the inventive hinge comprises a first hinge butt defining a pair of first and second races for receiving a first Soss sliding hinge pin.
  • a second hinge butt defines a pair of third and fourth races for receiving a second Soss sliding hinge pin.
  • a first Soas link assembly is mounted between and in the first and third races.
  • a second Soss Link assembly is mounted between and in the second and fourth races, the second Soss link assembly being positioned adjacent and spaced apart from, as well as extending in the same direction as the first Soss link assembly.
  • the first hinge butt defines a hole between the first and second races.
  • the second hinge butt defines a hole between the third and fourth races. The hole is oriented to receive an attachment member for urging and attaching the hinge into a member to be hingedly mounted.
  • the hinge butts may be rectangular in configuration with flat sides and routided corners or flat sides and for example pointed substantially 90° corners.
  • the hole between the first and said second races may be aligned substantially in the same direction as the races.
  • the improved alignment provided by that improved hinge is still further improved by the self-aligning locking mechanism provided in accordance with the present invention.
  • Such mechanism may be a screw or a bayonet type engagement.
  • a self aligning folding guitar comprises a neck portion, and a body portion. The binge it is mounted to the neck portion and the tyody portion. A first alignment member is secured to the neck portion. A second alignment member is secured to the body portion, the second alignment member meeting with the first alignment member at a substantially fixed position. A securement member secures the first alignment member to the second alignment member.
  • the first alignment member may include a conical surface.
  • the first and second alignment members may define surfaces which fit to eachi other.
  • the securement member is a threaded member.
  • the securement member may be a bolt or a bayonet
  • the first alignment member may define an elongated bore for receiving the securement member.
  • the first alignment member may comprise a pipe like member with an internal thread and a fiustroconical stud which screws into the pipe like member.
  • the second alignment member may comprise a solid body with a receiving volume which mates with the frustroconical stud, and further defines a threaded bore 1 for receiving the securement member.
  • the inventive guitar case comprises a guitar body receiving case portion, a guitar body portion cover and a neck portion case top.
  • a top neck zipper portion secures the neck portion case top to the neck portion case sidewall.
  • a bottom neck zipper portion secures the neck portion case bottom to the neck portion case sidewall.
  • a zipper portion secures the guitar body portion cover to the guitar body receiving case portion.
  • FIG. 1 is schematic side view illustrating the male member of the self- aligning mechanism of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bolt-receiving hole in the member of Figure 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the locking screw used in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the female member of the self-aligning mechanism of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the male and female members installed on a guitar or other string instrument in the open configuration
  • FIG. 6 is a side view similar to Figure 5 illustrating the alignment operation
  • FIG. 7 is a side view similar to Figure 6, showing the guitar neck in the playing position.
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 showing the guitar neck locked in the playing position
  • FIG. 9 illustrates an alternative locking member
  • FIG. 10 illustrates an alternative embodiment of a female member in accordance with the present invention for receiving the alternative locking member of Figure 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a view along lines 1 1 -- 11 of Figured 10;
  • FIG. 12 illustrates the alternative embodiment of the female member of the present invention in the locking position
  • FIG. 13 illustrates the inventive locking mechanism installed in a guitar
  • Figure 14 is a perspective view of an improved hinge useful with the locking mechanism of the present invention.
  • Figure 15 is a perspective view of the hinge of Figure 9 in the closed position from the bottom;
  • FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the hinge of Figure 9 from the top;
  • Figure 17 is a view similar to Figure 9 of another alternative hinge design
  • Figure 18 is a view similar to Figure 10 of the hinge illustrated in Figure 12; [55] Figure 19 illustrates the hinge of Figures 12 and 13 in use;
  • Figure 20 is a perspective view of the hinge installed and in the open position
  • Figure 21 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative configuration for the inventive traveling stringed musical instrument
  • Figure 22 illustrates the inventive instrument with the neck folded
  • Figure 23 illustrates an alternative embodiment with a protruding heel block
  • FIG- 24 is a top plan view of a guitar case constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 25 is view along lines 25-25 of Figure 24;
  • FIG. 26 is a view similar to Figure 25 showing a first step in the opening of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 27 shows another step in the opening of a guitar case in accordance with; the present invention.
  • FIG. 28 illustrates another step in the opening of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 29 illustrates the next step in the opening of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 30 illustrates a further step in the opening of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 31 illustrates the inventive guitar case in the open position with the upper neck protector unfurled for illustrative purposes
  • FIG. 32 is side view of an alternative embodiment of a guitar case according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 33 a top plan view of the inventive guitar case illustrated in Figure 32;
  • FIG. 34 is a side plan view illustrating the opening of the guitar case according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 35 illustrates a next step in the opening of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 36 illustrates the opening of the top of the body retaking portion of the inventive guitar case
  • FIG. 37 illustrates inventive guitar case in an open configuration
  • FIG. 38 illustrates a folding guitar with which the inventive guitar case may be used.
  • FIG. 15 the neck 12 of a folding guitar 1 Ois provided with a male alignment member 15.
  • An alignment member 15 comprises a docking meniiber 17 which screws into the threaded bore 19.
  • Docking member 17 includes a head 21 and an integral threaded tubular member 23.
  • Alignment member 15 further comprises elongated tube 25 which includes a top flange 27.
  • Flange 27 defines an elongated hole 29.
  • Hole 29 receives a bolt 31 ( Figure 2) which includes a frictional ⁇ y engaged retainer washer 33, as is described in detail below.
  • a mating female member 35 is mounted in the body 14 of the guitar, passing through bout 26 support block 50 of bout 26.
  • a bolt 37 passes through block 50 to mate with female member 35.
  • Female member 35 includes a receiving cone 39, which receives and mates with head 21, to securely lock, neck 12 with respect to body 14 of the guitar.
  • neck 12 is mounted to the body 14 of the guitar by a hinge 48. During use, neck 12 is pivoted toward body 14 from the position illustrated in Figure 5 to the position illustiated in Figure 6. Due to wear or normal tolerances in hinge 48, there may be some misalignment, as is illustrated in Figure 6. Such misalignment is addressed by the engagement of surface 41 by surface 43 during the advancement of neck 12 from the position illustrated in Figure 5 to the position illustrated in Figure 6 and on to the position illustrated in Figure 7.
  • a bayonet 131 with a retainer washer 133 and an arm 134 may be used instead of bolt 31.
  • a ramp 136 is engaged by the arm 13S of bayonet 131 , Ramp 136 as a shallow side 140 and a high side 142.
  • arm 138 engages shallow side 140 after passing through notch 144, and is rotated to high side 142 to securely be locked in position, as illustrated in Figure 12.
  • guitar 10 comprises a large hollow body 12, secured to the invebtive neck 14.
  • Neck 14 comprises a head 16, which accommodates tuning screws 18 in a conventional manner.
  • i Body 12 comprises top plate 20 which defines a sound hole 22.
  • Bottom plate 24 is secured to top plate 20 by bouts 26 and 28 which together form a guitar sound box sidewall having U-shaped upper and lower ends at the heel and tail ends of the body 12, and a curved central bout 30 and curved central bout 32 (not illustrated) which form the waist of the instrument.
  • Neck 14 supports a neck fretboard 34, which is glued to neck 14.
  • Neck frctboard 34 supports a plurality of frets 36.
  • Neck base 38 supports a neck base fretboard 40, which is glued to neck base 38.
  • Neck base fretboard 40 supports a plurality of frets 42, against which strings 44 are played.
  • strings 44 which are supported by bridge 46 are illustrated partially and in phantom lines.
  • Guitar neck 14 may be folded by rotation in the direction of arrow 47.
  • Hinge 448 for use with the self aligning mechanism of the present invention is illustrated in Figures 14-16.
  • Hinge 448 comprises Soss link assemblies 449, which comprise hinge links 468, hinge pins 470,, hinge pins 472 and pins 478.
  • the operation of this hinge is similar to other Soss hinges.
  • advantages are provided by the placement of screw hole 476, which because it is proximate side 477 of hinge 448 supports a screw which is driven into the, for example, neck at a point where there is sufficient wood on all of the sides of the screw to provide excellent support.
  • sidewal ⁇ s 479 have a relatively small thickness 4Sl which promotes making available added thickness for Soss link assemblies 449.
  • Slanted tracks 474 cooperate in providing the requisite configuration to allow use of the hinge in a guitar with a hinged neck. [87
  • Hinge 548 is similar in construction otherwise to hinge 448. Part of the advantage of this construction maybe seen from Figure 19, where the shallower hinge butt results in a shorter lever arm acting through screw 583 to reduce the integrity of hole 585 in which screw 583 is seated, thus promoting the long-term stability of the guitar body 512 and guitar neck 514.
  • hinge 548 includes sidewalls 579jhaving a thickness 585 of approximately .25 cm.
  • the thickness 587 of the links 568 is also .25 cm.
  • the sidewalls 579 have a height 589 of 2 cm and a length 591 iof 2 cm. Sidewalls 579 have a length 593 of 2 cm.
  • hinge 548 has a width 595 of 4 cm.
  • the inventive guitar case 810 comprises a main body portion top cover 812.
  • Main body portion bottom 814 may be joined to top cover 812 by a zipper 816.
  • a handle 18 is secured to bottom 814.
  • a neck top cover 820 is also secured by zipper 816.
  • a neck bottom cover 822 it secured by a zipper 824.
  • Guitar case 810 also includes a neck side portion 826.
  • neck top cover 820 is opened and engaged by grasping zipper pull 828 and advancing it to point 830.
  • the zipper pull 832 is advanced to point 834. This allows the inventive guitar case to be put into a position with its top cover 812 open as illustrated in Figure 8.
  • zipper pull 832 may be moved from the position illustrated in phantom lines a Figure 26 to point 834.
  • pull 828 may be put at point 830. This allows neck top cover 820 to be raised as illustrated in Figure 26.
  • Top cover 820 may then be folded in the direction of arrow 836 to overlie the top face 838 of the guitar case and bring Velcro type hook connector 840 in contact and engagement with Velcro type loop connector 842 as illustrated in Figure 28.
  • zipper pulls 828 and 832 may be moved in either direction.
  • hook connector 844 may be brought into contact with loop connector 846 after zipper 824 has been opened, causing neck side portion 826 to lie flat as illustrated in Figure 29.
  • neck bottom cover 822 may be caused to assume the position illustrated in Figure 29 by engagement of hook material 848 with loop material 850.
  • hook material 852 may be provided to engage loop material 854.
  • the inventive guitar casei 810 may be put in the configuration illustrated in Figure 30.
  • guitar case 910 is provided with a central zipper or combination of zippers 924 and 926, which allow the inventive guitar case to take a number of configurations. For example, it may be completely closed and adapted to receive a conventional guitar or a folding guitar in the playing position as illustrated in Figures 32 and 33.
  • a guitar in the position illustrated in solid lines in Figure 38 may be placed in the inventive guitar case 810 when it is in the position illustrated in Figure 24.
  • a guitar will also fit into the inventive guitar case 910 illustrated in Figures 32 and 33.
  • zippers in all embodiments may be zippers which operate in two directions, for added functionality.
  • FIG. 20 shows the hinge installed and in the folded position and shows how the butt plates 61 and 63 of hinge 48 are concealed within the pockets 50 and 52 and how the attachment screws 56 and 58 are positioned in the final assembled structure in accordance with the invention it is contemplated that pockets 50 and 52 are cut into net 14 and block 50 in guitar body 12 prior to gluing fretboards 34 and 40 in place.
  • the neck 14, neck base 38, neck fretboard 34 and main body fretboard 40 are illustrated in the storage or travel position of the musical instrument neck.
  • the inventive hinge may be suitable for other applications where a very narrow surface is available for the hinge mechanism and it must be able to support a proportionally much longer perpendicular surface.
  • a guitar 510 comprising a guitar body 512 has continuous sidewall bout which defines a notch 584 receiving hinge 548. A portion 582 of sidewall 515 is thus sandwiched between a heel block 538 and neck 514. Screw 531 secures neck 514 in the playing position in the manner of, for example, the embodiment of Figures 1-8.
  • a portion 584 of heel block 538 may alternatively extend through sidewall 515 which is cut out to match portion 584. The result is that the heel block is flush with the sidewall.
  • FIG. 22 Still yet another alternative embodiment of the inventive guitar 610 comprising a guitar body 612 and a guitar neck 614 is illustrated in Figure 22 in the folded or travel position.
  • neck 614 folds at a breakpoint 690 which coincides with the breakpoint at which hinge bolts 661 and 663 join, which is inside from sidewall 615 each as illustrated in Figure 22. The result is added support for the neck 614 by sidewalls 692.
  • a guitar 710 incorporates a protruding heel block 738 i as alluded to above.
  • the inventive structures may be applied to a solid body guitar, such as an electric guitar.
  • the hole which in an acoustic guitar leads into the body of the acoustic guitar does not exist.
  • a groove or troth, or cylindrical or spherical volume may be cut into the solid guitar to allow place for the placement of strings.
  • a hole with a diameter of, for example, five centimeters may be cut in the guitar. The guitar strings may be passed through this hole, allowing them to be laid flat against the backside of the guitar.

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L'invention concerne une guitare pliante à alignement automatique comportant une partie de manche et une partie de corps reliées conjointement avec une charnière invisible Soss. La charnière invisible Soss peut être montée dans un siège avec des côtés plats. La charnière peut être couverte par le cadre de touche de l'instrument à cordes. La charnière est montée sur la partie de manche et la partie de corps. Un premier organe d'alignement est fixé à la partie de manche. Un second organe d'alignement est fixé à la partie de corps, le second organe d'alignement rencontrant le premier organe d'alignement à une position sensiblement fixe. Un organe de fixation fixe le premier organe d'alignement au second organe d'alignement pour fixer le manche de la guitare en place.
PCT/US2007/087827 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Système d'instrument à cordes de voyage WO2008076996A2 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP20070869395 EP2092510B1 (fr) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Guitare pliable
JP2009541637A JP5303790B2 (ja) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 折り畳み式ギター
CA2686078A CA2686078C (fr) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Systeme d'instrument a cordes de voyage
AU2007333749A AU2007333749B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Foldable guitar
KR1020097014766A KR101519166B1 (ko) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 자체 정렬 접이식 기타
CN200780051316.1A CN101689360B (zh) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 可折叠的吉他
MX2009006350A MX2009006350A (es) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Guitarra plegable.
BRPI0720458-2A2A BRPI0720458A2 (pt) 2006-12-15 2007-12-17 Violão dobrável com autoalinhamento, articulação, caixa de violão, e, método para fabricar um violão dobrável
PCT/US2008/059321 WO2008127882A2 (fr) 2007-04-03 2008-04-03 Charnière pour un instrument à cordes de voyage et son procédé de fabrication

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US11/640,095 US7652205B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2006-12-15 Travel string instrument and method of making same
US11/640,095 2006-12-15
US11/732,846 US7902442B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2007-04-03 Hinge for travel string instrument
US11/732,846 2007-04-13
US11/958,341 2007-12-05
US11/985,344 2007-12-05
US11/985,347 2007-12-15
US11/958,341 US7754950B2 (en) 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 Travel string instrument and method of making same
US11/958,344 US8203058B2 (en) 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 Folding guitar with self aligning neck
US11/958,347 US7712608B2 (en) 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 Protective folding case for guitar

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