Patent ID: 9251767
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A stringed-instrument slide comprising: a substantially conical inner surface having an inner upper diameter less than an inner lower diameter and defining a housing for an upwards-oriented pinky finger of a human hand, a hard, substantially conical outer surface for providing a sliding stop on a string on a stringed-instrument and having an outer upper diameter less than an outer lower diameter, and a crescent-shaped cut-away along a bottom edge of said slide, the apex of said cut-away to be positioned at a finger-palm border between said pinky finger and a ring finger of said hand, said inner upper diameter being greater than a top width of said pinky at a corresponding height, an inner diameter of said conical inner surface at said apex of said cut-away being greater than a base width of said pinky, said outer lower diameter being greater than a first inner distance between said pinky finger and a middle finger of said hand, and said outer lower diameter being greater than a second inner distance between said ring finger and a pointer finger of said hand.