Patent ID: 7772471
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G10G

Abstract:
1. An attachment for a guitar case of the type having a pair of rectangular sides each having a major dimension and a minor dimension at right angles to the major dimension, the sides being joined at edges extending in the major dimension of each side by a hinged joint to allow the sides to move between a closed position in which the sides are parallel to and abut one another and an open position in which the sides are arranged at approximately 90 degrees to one another, so that the case is self-supporting when one end of each side is supported on a horizontal surface, the attachment comprising: a support plate having an open faced notch with parallel sides, the plate being adapted to be supported between the two sides of the case at points adjacent the hinge line, at one end of the case, so that when the case is open with its sides extending at approximately 90 degrees to one another, with the notch facing away from the hinges, the distance from the hinges to the bottom of the notch is less than four inches; and a resilient cover for the parallel two sides of the notch adapted to receive the neck of a guitar sized to be enclosed in the case; whereby, when the case is in an open position, supported on a horizontal surface so that the hinged joint is disposed vertically, the notch in the retainer is operative to support the guitar by the neck so that it hangs downwardly between the opposed sides of the case.