- Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,810,974
- Filed: 22 August 2016
- In the name of: Ciari Guitars Inc
- Title: Foldable Stringed Instrument
- What’s claimed: “A foldable stringed instrument, comprising: a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a lower recess formed within said lower surface, and a string aperture extending between said upper surface and said lower recess; a neck assembly coupled to said body, said neck assembly including an upper neck portion moveably coupled to a lower neck portion, said lower and upper neck portions each including a generally flat upper surface with a plurality of spaced apart frets disposed along at least part of said upper surface; and a translating bridge assembly disposed within said lower recess of said body, said translating bridge assembly including a string anchor configured to selectively tension and detension a set of musical strings coupled to said string anchor which extend through said string aperture to said upper surface of said body and over said first and second neck portions, wherein linear movement of said translating bridge assembly in a first direction relative to said body increases tension applied to said musical strings to create a tensioned string state, and wherein linear movement of said translating bridge assembly in a second direction relative to said body decreases tension applied to said musical strings to create a detensioned string state such that said upper neck portion may be moved relative to said lower neck portion into a folded position adjacent to said lower surface of said body.”
- Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to one of Ciari Guitars Inc’s earliest patents for its foldable guitar mechanism used in its ‘Ascender’ guitars. The mechanism includes a mid-neck hinge, translating truss rods, and a floating bridge that all allow the guitar to fold symmetrically in half. For more information on the design, see here for Ciari Guitar Inc’s website.
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