String instrument chord player
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Dec 11, 2007
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Apr 13, 2006
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Sep 26, 2005
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Oct 8, 2004
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Abstract
A string chord player for a string instrument such as a guitar designed to be surroundably mounted onto the neck of the guitar. The string chord player includes an upper housing configured to mate with a lower housing forming an opening for receipt therein of a neck of a guitar. Integrally mounted to the upper housing is a plurality of buttons with outwardly facing chord designations. Opposite the chord designations is a string engagement portion of the button that when the button is placed into a second position will temporarily engage the adjacent longitudinally mounted strings on the neck of the guitar.
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- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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BUFFKIN MICKEY | Not Provided |
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- 2005 Application Filing Year
- G10D Class
- 179 Applications Filed
- 82 Patents Issued To-Date
- 45.82 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Buffkin, Mickey | Jefferson, AR | 1 | 4 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 4 | |||
Buffkin, Roger | Stuttgart, AR | 1 | 4 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 4 |
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