Button fretboard assembly for an instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10482852
APP PUB NO 20190311698A1
SERIAL NO

16280030

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An assembly for an instrument includes a fretboard having a width, a length, a top surface, frets projecting from the top surface and spaced apart along the length, strings arranged above the top surface across the width, and recesses formed into the fretboard between the frets and below the strings. A button is carried in each recess for reciprocal movement along an axis between a raised position and a depressed position. In the depressed position, the button is in contact with one of the strings and depresses the one of the strings against a proximate fret. In the raised position, the button is out of contact with the one of the strings.

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DOUGLAS WILLIAM LTUCSON AZ

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Douglas, William L Tucson, US 1 1

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