Patent ID: 9466268
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A folding stringed instrument comprising: a body having string tuning pegs and, on a front face, a bridge; a neck and fret board, pivotally connected to the body for folding under the body, towards a back face thereof; a pivot between the neck and the body at the body end of the neck and the neck end of the body; stop for stopping pivotal movement of neck from moving under string tension towards the front face of the body beyond a playing position with the neck extending from the body; a roller at the stock end of the neck for tangentially holding the strings in tensioned position in a playing position and a tension member passing in a tangential direction from the roller and oppositely from the strings to an anchorage on the body, the arrangement being such that: in the playing position, the string tension is reacted by the roller and the strings hold the neck in its position stopped by the stop and in the folded position, the run of the tension member from the stock roller to the anchorage remains constant or shortens, keeping constant or relieving tension in the tension member.